but they could never have known that these flooded passageways were actually the beginning of subterranean rivers, 但他们从不知道这些水下通道 其实是地下河的入口
Yet these depths were first explored only two years before man landed on the moon. 然而人类直到登月前两年 才第一次进入这个深渊
were created by the collision of continents. 也是由于大陆板块相撞而形成的
were carved by those great mountain sculptors - 这些杰作出自一位伟大的山峰雕刻家之手
The Alps were raised some 15 million years ago 阿尔卑斯山崛起于1500万年前
the only food the cubs have known since they were born deaf and blind beneath the snow some two months ago. 自从熊崽们两个多月前又聋又瞎地 在雪下出生以来 母乳就是它们唯一的食物
there were one and a half billion people on Earth. 地球上生活着15亿人