纪录片《我们的地球》 第33期 雄伟高山(10)

（单词翻译）

Another battle is being waged here but on a much longer time scale.

这里又开辟了一个新的战场，可是不会持续多久

These loose boulders¹ are the mountains' crumbling² bones.

这些散落的石块是从山脊上崩裂下来的

The Rockies are no longer rising but slowly disintegrating³.

落基山脉已不再上升，却是在慢慢地崩塌

All mountains everywhere are being worn down by frost, snow and ice.

世界各地的高山都在不断经受森林、积雪和冰川的消蚀

The Alps were raised some 1 5 million years ago

阿尔卑斯山崛起于1500万年前

as Africa, drifting northwards, collided with the southern edge of Europe.

原因是非洲板块向北漂移，与欧洲南麓相撞

These spires⁴ are the eroded⁵ remains⁶ of an ancient seabed that once stretched between the two continents.

曾经连接两块大陆的古老海床侵蚀后留下了一座座尖耸的山峰

But these are just the Alpine⁷ foothills.

可是这些只是阿尔卑斯山麓地带的小山

The range at its centre rises to three miles high and is crowned with permanent snows.

山脉中心地带的山峰伫立高达3英里，并且终年覆盖积雪。