不论是委内瑞拉的平顶山风光，还是恶魔峡谷之上的浓密细雾，都是这个世界上最神秘又圣洁的美景家园，话不多说，请君继续欣赏。
阿瑟·柯南道尔的《失落的世界》
原文来自未成年吖的读书笔记《【英文】BBC纪录片行星地球Planet Earth 3-1》
Only 3 percent of the water on our planet is fresh. Yet these precious waters are rich with surprise. All life on land is ultimately dependent upon fresh water. The mysterious tepuis（平顶山） of Venezuela（委内瑞拉） isolated mountain plateaus rising high above the jungle. This was the inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle's 'Lost World,' （亚瑟·柯南道尔的《失落的世界》）an imagined prehistoric land.
我们这个星球上，只有3%的水是淡水。这些宝贵的水资源，是如此丰富又令人啧啧称奇。这个星球上的所有生命，从根本上来说，都依赖于这些淡水。
在瑞内瑞拉神秘的平顶山上，密林风光犹如失落的家园，都被山脉隔绝在停止抬升的半山腰。这正是亚瑟·柯南道尔的《失落的世界》中，富于想象力的史前世界的灵感来源。
Here, strange towers of sandstone have been sculptured over the millennia by battering wind and torrential rain（倾盆大雨）. Moisture rising as water vapor from the surface of the sea is blown inland by wind. On reaching mountains, the moisture is forced upwards and as it cools, it condenses into cloud and finally rain - the source of all fresh water.
在这里，风雨侵蚀千年，形成犹如雕刻的砂岩石塔。海平面的盐水蒸发，形成上升的湿气，被风吹向内陆；抵达高山遇阻，湿气被迫抬升，遇冷空气温度急剧下降。简要总结，就这样形成了浓密云层，并最终降下雨水。这就是所有淡水的成因。
There is a tropical downpour（热带暴雨） here almost every day of the year. Fresh water's journey starts here, high in the mountains. Growing from humble streams to mighty rivers it will travel hundreds of miles to the sea. Angel Falls（委内瑞拉天使瀑布）, the highest waterfall in the world. Its waters drop unbroken for almost a thousand meters. Such is the height of these falls that long before the water reaches the base in the Devil's Canyon（恶魔峡谷） it's blown away as a fine mist.
这里有一种热带暴雨，几乎全年无休。淡水之旅，开始于这些高高的山脉之上。从涓涓细流，汇聚成大江大河，最终奔向万里之遥的大海。
瑞内瑞拉的天使瀑布，是世界上最高的飞流瀑布。它的流水，从几乎一千米的高空坠落而下。如此高山流水，还未到达底部的恶魔峡谷，就已经形成细雾，随风而散。
翻译：黄思明╯□╰
高山流水遇知音
恶魔峡谷最美景
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