大型纪录片电影《HOME》的英文字幕.docx

大型纪录片电影《HOME》的英文字幕.docx

《大型纪录片电影《HOME》的英文字幕.docx》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《大型纪录片电影《HOME》的英文字幕.docx（11页珍藏版）》请在冰豆网上搜索。

大型纪录片电影《HOME》的英文字幕

__________HOME.____

BySprawling.

Listentome,please.You’relikeme,ahomosapiens.Awisehuman.

Life,amiracleintheuniverse,appearedaroundfourbillionyearsago,andwehumansonly200,000yearsago.YetwehavesucceededindisruptingthebalancethatissoessentialtolifeonEarth.

Listencarefullytothisextraordinarystory,whichisyours,anddecidewhatyouwanttodowithit.

Thesearetracesofourorigins.Atthebeginning,ourplanetwasnomorethanachaosoffire,formedinthewakeofitsstar,thesun.Acloudofagglutinateddustparticles,similartosomanysimilarclustersintheuniverse.Yetthiswaswherethemiracleoflifeoccurred.

Today,life-ourlife-isjustalinkinachainofinnumerablelivingbeingsthathavesucceededoneanotheronEarthovernearlyfourbillionyears.Andeventoday,newvolcanoescontinuetosculptourlandscapes.TheyofferaglimpseofwhatourEarthwaslikeatitsbirth---moltenrocksurgingfromthedepths,solidifying,cracking,blisteringorspreadinginathincrust,beforefablingdormantforatime.

ThesewreathsofsmokecurlingfromthebowelsoftheEarthbearwitnesstotheEarth’soriginalatmosphere.Anatmospheredevoidofoxygen.Adenseatmosphere,thickwithwatervapor,fullofcarbondioxide.Afurnace.

ButtheEarthhadanexceptionalfuture,offeredtoitbywater.Attherightdistancefromthesun---nottoofar,nottoonear,theEarthwasabletoconservewaterinliquidform.WatervaporcondensedandfellintorrentialdownpoursonEarth,andriversappeared.

TheriversshapedthesurfaceoftheEarth,cuttingtheirchannels,furrowingoutvalleys.Theyrantowardthelowestplacesontheglobetoformtheoceans.Theytoremineralsfromtherocks,andgraduallythefreshwateroftheoceansbecameheavywithsalt.

Waterisavitalliquid.Itirrigatedthesesterileexpanses.Thepathsittracedareliketheveinsofabody,thebranchesofatree,thevesselsofthesapthatitbroughttotheEarth.

Nearlyfourbillionyearslater,somewhereonEarthcanstillbefoundtheseworksofart,leftbythevolcanoes’ash,mixedwithwaterfromIceland’sglaciers.Theretheyare-matterandwater,waterandmatter-softandhardcombined,thecrucialalliancesharedbyeverylife-formonourplanet.

MineralsandmetalsareevenolderthantheEarth.Theyarestardust.TheyprovidetheEarth’scolors.Redfromiron,blackfromcarbon,bluefromcopper,yellowfromsulfur.

Wheredowecomefrom?

Wheredidlifefirstsparkintobeing?

Amiracleoftime,primitivelife-formsstillexistintheglobe’shotsprings.Theygivethemtheircolors.They’recalledarchaeobacteria.TheyallfeedofftheEarth’sheatallexceptthecyanobacteria,orblue-greenalgae.Theyalonehavethecapacitytoturnthesuntocaptureitsenergy.Theyareavitalancestorofallyesterday’sandtoday’splantspecies.Thesetinybacteriaandtheirbillionsofdescendantschangedthedestinyofourplanet.Theytransformeditsatmosphere.

Whathappenedtothecarbonthatpoisonedtheatmosphere?

It’sstillhere,imprisonedintheEarth’scrust.WecanreadthischapteroftheEarth’shistorynowherebetterthanonthewallsofColorado’sGrandCanyon.TheyrevealnearbytwobillionyearsoftheEarth’shistory.Onceuponatime,theGrandCanyonwasaseainhabitedbymicroorganisms.Theygrewtheirshellsbytappingintocarbonfromtheatmospheredissolvedintheocean.Whentheydied,theshellssankandaccumulatedonthesealed.Thesestrataaretheproductofthosebillionsandbillionsofshells.

Thankstothem,thecarbondrainedfromtheatmosphere,andotherlife-formscoulddevelop.

Itislifethatalteredtheatmosphere.Plantlifefedoffthesun’senergy,whichenabledittobreakapartthewatermoleculeandtaketheoxygen.Andoxygenfilledtheair.

TheEarth’swatercycleisaprocessofconstantrenewal.Waterfalls,water,vapor,clouds,rain,springs,rivers,seas,oceans,glaciers.Thecycleisneverbroken.There’salwaysthesamequantityofwateronEarth.AllthesuccessivespeciesonEarthhavedrunkthesamewater.Theastonishingmatterthatiswater.Oneofthemostunstableofall.Ittakesaliquidformasrunningwater,gaseousasvapororsolidasice.

InSiberia,thefrozensurfacesofthelakesinwintercontainthetracesoftheforcesthatwaterdeployswhenitfreezes.Lighterthanwater,theicefloats,ratherthansinkingtothebottom.Itformsaprotectivemantleagainstthecold,underwhichlifecangoon.

Theengineoflifeislinkage.Everythingislinked.Nothingisself-sufficient.Waterandairareinseparable,unitedinlifeandforourlifeonEarth.Thus,cloudsformovertheoceansandbringraintothelandmasses,whoseriverscarrywaterbacktotheoceans.

Sharingiseverything.

Thegreenexpansepeekingthroughthecloudsisthesourceofoxygen