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His fate now turns on a powerful force of nature beneath the waves.
他的命运由波浪之下 一股强大的自然力开启
An ocean gyre,A vast circular current caused by prevailing winds
海洋环流 盛行风反作用于地球自转产生的
working against the rotation of the earth,
一股强大的环形洋流
Creating a conveyor belt of water four thousand times more powerful than the Mississippi River.
形成一条传送带 其威力是 密西西比河流的四千倍
If you're sitting becalmed in an ocean gyre,
如果你静静坐在海洋环流之中
it feels like you're a painted ship on a painted ocean,nothing's happening.
感觉就像身在画中静止不动 相安无事
But what's really going on is you're covering ground,
但事实是你搁浅了
but the whole sea is moving in this arc.
而整个海洋在不停地转动
The discovery of ocean gyres will revolutionize seafaring.
海洋环流的发现将彻底改变海上航行
But Diaz has no idea of the forces that slingshot his ship
但迪亚士对这股流向非洲南端
from an empty ocean toward the southern tip of Africa.
拍打他船只的力量一无所知
He really had everything going for him,
对他来说简直就是万事俱备
he had the prevailing winds and the current with him,
盛行风 洋流相伴
and he was on a ride that he may not even have fully understood.
他自己估计都不知道这会是一场怎样的旅行
Diaz claims the land in the name of god and country.
迪亚士以上帝和国家的名义宣称对土地的所有
It will become known as the Cape of Good Hope.
后以好望角著称
The key to a new sea route to the east,
绕过君士坦丁堡
bypassing Constantinople.A direct passage to India.
即是通往东方的一条新航道 直达印度
