地球的力量 第1集 火山(15)宛如地獄

Our world is constantly reshaped by a never endingbattle

一場永無終結(jié)的戰(zhàn)爭 持續(xù)塑造著我們的世界

between the earth's inner heat that push the land up

一方是地球的內(nèi)熱 他不斷推動土地隆起

and the forces of erosion that wears it down.

另一方是侵蝕土地的力量

but Earth's inner head

但是地球內(nèi)部熱能

has made a profound difference to our planet in another way,

以另外一種方式使地球發(fā)生著巨大的變化

Perhaps the most important way of all.

也許也是最重要的方式

It began around 4 billion years ago.

從40億年前開始

This is Rotorua, in the north island of New Zealand.

這是位于新西蘭北部島嶼的羅托魯阿

It is one the most volcanically active place on he planet,

地球上火山運動最活躍的地方之一

possibly similar to Earth millions of years ago.

可能數(shù)百萬年前的地球也是類似的

To us, the young Earth would be a hellish place.

年輕的地球?qū)θ祟惗?，宛如地獄

but ironically, this volcanic activity helped to create the right conditions for the mostimportant change in the history of our planet.

諷刺的是，正是這樣的火山活動為地球 歷史上最重要的變化，創(chuàng)造了合適條件。