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1、是地球上无数生物形成的生命链中的一环18.is just a link in a chain of innumerable living beings.在近40亿年里，这些生物被彼此继承取代19.that have succeeded one another on Earth over nearly four billion years.即使到了今天，新的火山继续改变我们的景观20.And even today, new volcanoes continue to sculpt our landscapes.它们让我们目睹了盘古初开时地球的样子21.They offer a glimpse o

2、f what our Earth was like at its birth熔石从深处涌出22.molten rock surging from the depths,开场凝固，裂开23.solidifying, cracking,冒着泡，或摊开形成薄的外壳24.blistering or spreading in a thin crust,然后再休眠一段时间25.before fabling dormant for a time.这些从地球内部吐出缭绕的烟圈26.These wreaths of smoke curling from the bowels of the Earth.是地球原始

3、大气层的见证27.bear witness to the Earths original atmosphere.一个没有氧气的大气层28.An atmosphere devoid of oxygen.稠密的大气层，充满水蒸气和二氧化碳29.A dense atmosphere, thick with water vapor,30.full of carbon dioxide.一个熔炉31.A furnace.因为有水，地球有了一个与众不同的将来32.But the Earth had an exceptional future, offered to it by water.地球与太阳之间的间

4、隔 适中 不太远，不太近33.At the right distance from the sun not too far, not too near因此地球上的水可以处于液体状态34.the Earth was able to conserve water in liquid form.水蒸气凝结后形成滂沱大雨降落在地球上35.Water vapor condensed and fell in torrential downpours on Earth,河流出现了36.and rivers appeared.河流改变了地球外表37.The rivers shaped the surface

5、of the Earth,刻削着河道38.cutting their channels,并冲刷出山谷39.furrowing out valleys.它们流向地球上最低洼的地方形成海洋40.They ran toward the lowest places on the globe to form the oceans.水溶解了岩石的矿物质41.They tore minerals from the rocks,渐渐的，海洋中的淡水42.and gradually the freshwater of the oceans.变成了咸水43.became heavy with salt.水是生命必

6、需的液体44.Water is a vital liquid.它灌溉了这些广阔的不毛之地45.It irrigated these sterile expanses.水流就像人体的血管46.The paths it traced are like the veins of a body,树木的枝丫，是让大地清醒的液体导管47.the branches of a tree, the vessels of the sap that it brought to the Earth.40亿年后48.Nearly four billion years later,地球上的某些地方还能找到这样的艺术创作4

7、9.somewhere on Earth can still be found these works of art,火山灰混合着来自冰岛冰川的水50.left by the volcanoes ash, mixed with water from Icelands glaciers.就是它们，物质和水51.There they are- matter and water,水和物质52.water and matter-软硬组合，这对地球上所有生物都是至关重要的53.soft and hard combined, the crucial alliance shared by every lif

8、e-form on our planet.金属矿物元素比地球还要古老54.Minerals and metals are even older than the Earth.它们是星尘55.They are stardust.它们让地球五彩斑斓56.They provide the Earths colors.红色是铁，黑色是碳57.Red from iron, black from carbon,蓝色是铜，黄色那么是硫58.blue from copper, yellow from sulfur.我们来自什么哪里？59.Where do we come from?生命火花从哪里迸发？60.W

9、here did life first spark into being?一个光阴奇迹61.A miracle of time,地球上的温泉仍然有原始的生命存活62.primitive life-forms still exist in the globes hot springs.它们赋予温泉颜色63.They give them their colors.它们叫做“古细菌64.Theyre called archaeobacteria.它们都依靠地球热能生存65.They all feed off the Earths heat除了蓝细菌，或是蓝绿藻以外66.all except the

10、cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae.只有它们可以向着太阳来汲取其能量67.They alone have the capacity to turn to the sun to capture its energy.它们是古今所有植种的最重要的祖先68.They are a vital ancestor of all yesterdays and todays plant species.这些微小的细菌69.These tiny bacteria.及其数以亿计的后代70.and their billions of descendants.改变了地球的命运71.c

11、hanged the destiny of our planet.是它们改造了地球的大气层72.They transformed its atmosphere.毒害大气层的碳去了哪里？73.What happened to the carbon that poisoned the atmosphere?它还存在，只是被“囚禁在地壳74.Its still here, imprisoned in the Earths crust.想要理解地球历史的这一篇章75.We can read this chapter of the Earths history.卡罗拉多大峡谷的峭壁是最好的选择76.no

12、where better than on the walls of Colorados Grand Canyon.它们展现了地球近20亿年的历史77.They reveal nearby two billion years of the Earths history.大峡谷曾经是一个聚居着微生物的海洋78.Once upon a time, the Grand Canyon was a sea inhabited by microorganisms.它们汲取从大气层溶解到海洋里的碳79.They grew their shells by tapping into carbon from the

13、 atmosphere.并长出外壳80.dissolved in the ocean.它们死后81.When they died, the shells sank.外壳沉到海床堆叠起来82.and accumulated on the sealed.这些地层就是它们无数的外壳构成的83.These strata are the product of those billions and billions of shells.因为有了它们，碳从大气层中排出84.Thanks to them, the carbon drained from the atmosphere,其他生物才能得以开展85.

14、and other life-forms could develop.生命改变了大气层86.It is life that altered the atmosphere.植物靠太阳能存活87.Plant life fed off the suns energy,这能量使植物别离水分子88.which enabled it to break apart the water molecule.并释放出来氧气89.and take the oxygen.空气因此充满氧气90.And oxygen filled the air.地球的水不断更新循环91.The Earths water cycle i

15、s a process of constant renewal.瀑布，水蒸气，92.Waterfalls, water vapor,云、雨、泉93.clouds, rain, springs,河流、海洋、冰川94.rivers, seas, oceans, glaciers.这个循环从未连续95.The cycle is never broken.地球的水量恒久不变96.Theres always the same quantity of water on Earth.历来的生物都喝同样的水97.All the successive species on Earth have drunk th

16、e same water.水是令人惊叹的物质98.The astonishing matter that is water.是最不稳定的一种99.One of the most unstable of all.它可以是液态的流水100.It takes a liquid form as running water,气态的蒸汽101.gaseous as vapor.或是固态的冰102.or solid as ice.在西伯利亚，冬季结冰的湖面103.In Siberia, the frozen surfaces of the lakes in winter.蕴含着水在结冰时展现的力量104.c

17、ontain the traces of the forces that water deploys when it freezes.冰比水轻因此浮于水面105.Lighter than water, the ice floats,不会沉到湖底106.rather than sinking to the bottom.它形成御寒的保护罩107.It forms a protective mantle against the cold,冰下的生命可以延续108.under which life can go on.生命的引擎连锁结合109.The engine of life is linkag

18、e.一切都连结起来110.Everything is linked.没有东西是自给自足的111.Nothing is self-sufficient.水和空气不可分割112.Water and air are inseparable,为了地球上的生命而结合113.united in life and for our life on Earth.于是，形成于海洋上的云给陆地带来降雨114.Thus, clouds form over the oceans and bring rain to the landmasses,河流再将水带回海洋115.whose rivers carry water

19、back to the oceans.分享就是一切116.Sharing is everything.从云层窥望的大片绿色是空气中的氧气117.The green expanse peeking through the clouds is the source of oxygen in the air.七成氧气来自海藻118.Seventy percent of this gas, without which our lungs cannot function,这些海藻给海洋外表染上了颜色es from the algae that tint the surface of the oceans

20、.地球要依赖120.Our Earth relies on a balance.万物各司其职121.in which every being has a role to play.互相依存的生态平衡122.and exists only through the existence of another being.一种敏感而脆弱的和谐，极易破碎123.A subtle, fragile harmony that is easily shattered.于是海藻和贝壳的结合形成了珊瑚124.Thus, corals are born from the marriage of algae and

21、shells.澳大利亚沿海的大堡礁125.The Great Barrier Reef, Off the coast of Australia,绵延三十五万平方公里126.stretches over 350,000 square kilometers.哺育着一千五百种鱼类，127.and is home to 1,500 species of fish,四千种软体动物128.4,000 species of mollusks.和四百种珊瑚129.and 400 species of coral.每个海洋的生态平衡都依靠这些珊瑚130.The equilibrium of every ocea

22、n depends on these corals.地球计算时间以十亿年计131.The Earth counts time in billions of years.它花了四十多亿年创造了树木132.It took more than four billion years for it to make trees.在物种的链条中133.In the chain of species,树木是至高无上的134.trees are a pinnacle,是完美的活的雕塑135.a perfect living sculpture.它们蔑视地心吸力136.Trees defy gravity.它们是

23、唯一永久地朝向天空的自然元素137.They are the only natural element in perpetual movement toward the sky.它们的枝叶不疾不徐地向着太阳生长138.They grow unhurriedly toward the sun that nourishes their foliage.它们从微小的古细菌继承了139.They have inherited from those minuscule cyanobacteria.吸收光线能量的才能140.the power to capture lights energy.它们储存并利

24、用此能量141.They store it and feed off it,并使其变成木材和树叶142.turning it into wood and leaves,然后又分解成水，矿物，植物143.which then decompose into a mixture of water,和生命物质的混合体144.mineral, vegetable and living matter.就这样145.And so, gradually,生命不可或缺的土壤逐渐形成146.the soils that are indispensable to life are formed.土壤是生物多样性的工

25、厂147.Soils are the factory of biodiversity.它们是不断活动的世界148.They are a world of incessant activity.微生物觅食，挖掘，透气，蜕变149.where microorganisms feed, dig, aerate and transform.它们制造腐植土，在这肥沃的土层上所有生命互相紧扣150.They make the humus, the fertile layer to which all life on land is linked.地球上的生命我们知道什么？151.What do we kn

26、ow about life on Earth?我们认识多少品种？152.How many species are we aware of?非常之一？还是百分之一？153.A 10th of them? A hundredth perhaps?对于它们之间的互相关系我们知道什么？154.What do we know about the bonds that link them?地球是个奇迹155.The Earth is a miracle.生命仍是个谜156.Life remains a mystery.动物的家族得以形成157.Families of animals form,至今仍存的习

27、惯和仪式使它们凝聚158.united by customs and rituals that survive today.有些适应了环境159.Some adapt to the nature of their pasture,有些是环境适应它们160.and their pasture adapts to them.双方都受益161.And both gain.动物得到食物，而树木可以开花结果162.The animal sates its hunger, and the tree can blossom again.在地球上生命的伟大的历险中163.In the great adventure of life on Earth,每种生物各司其职164.every species has a role to play,各有其位165.every species has its place.没有多余或有害166.None is futile or harmful.它们互相抵消167.They all balance out.然后你们168.And thats where you,这些聪明的人类169.Homo sapiens- wise human-进入剧情170.enter the story.你们