CNN News: 地球上最干旱的地方是哪里?

地球上最干旱的地方是哪里?

Sahara Desert, Atacama Desert, Pelican Point, Namibia, or Dry Valleys, Antarctica?

撒哈拉沙漠，阿塔卡馬沙漠，鵜鶘角，納米比亞，還是南極洲的干燥山谷?

As their name suggests, Antarctica’‘s Dry Valleys have extremely low humidity and almost no snow or ice to cover them.

正如他們的名字所表明的那樣，南極洲的干燥山谷濕度極低，幾乎沒(méi)有冰雪覆蓋。

AZUZ: An international campaign has been launched to create a massive sanctuary, a protective area in the oceans around Antarctica. But that would make fishing there illegal. And that’‘s part of the reason why efforts like this have failed in years past.

在南極洲周?chē)暮Ｑ蟊Ｗo(hù)區(qū),一項(xiàng)國(guó)際運(yùn)動(dòng)已經(jīng)啟動(dòng)，以建立一個(gè)巨大的避難所。但這將使捕魚(yú)非法。這也是為什么類(lèi)似項(xiàng)目在過(guò)去幾年失敗的部分原因。

According to the environmental group Greenpeace, the international fishing industry has been using these waters to catch krill. These animals are like tiny shrimp. They’‘re an important food source for the animals around Antarctica. The krill are also important to people as they can be used in oils, supplements and pet food.

據(jù)環(huán)保組織綠色和平組織稱(chēng)，國(guó)際捕魚(yú)業(yè)一直在利用這些水域捕獲磷蝦。這些動(dòng)物就像小蝦。它們是南極洲周?chē)鷦?dòng)物的重要食物來(lái)源。磷蝦對(duì)人們來(lái)說(shuō)也很重要，因?yàn)樗鼈兛梢杂糜谟汀⒀a(bǔ)充劑和寵物食品。

We don’‘t know yet whether the international community will agree to establish a new sanctuary but we did get a close-up view of Antarctica.

我們還不知道國(guó)際社會(huì)是否會(huì)同意建立一個(gè)新的避難所，但是我們確實(shí)看到了南極洲的近景。