北极人

是的，所以问题是，考虑到所有这些明显的不利之处，北极人为什么还选择制作和使用陶器炊具呢？

Yes . So the question is , given all these clear disadvantages , why would Arctic people choose to make and use ceramic cooking vessels ?

当时，我们想成为最先抵达北极的人。

Then , we wanted to be the first men at the North Pole .

世人将会知晓，你不仅是第一个飞达北极的人。

The world will know you , not only as the first man to fly over the arctic .

实际上，他是第一个去探索北极得人，那是一件非常困难得事。

In fact , he was one of the first to explore the Arctic Circle , Which is a big deal .

而这就是为什么制作陶器是一项挑战了，事实上对生活在北极的人来说这相当困难。

And that 's why manufacturing pottery would have been a challenge , actually quite difficult for people in the Arctic .

如同任何一位被人发现在随大流的名人一样，所有这些造访北极的人都坚称，他们的计划老早之前就已经制定了，并强调说同时出现如此多的极地探险纯粹是碰巧而已。

Like any celebrity who is caught following the crowd , all the Arctic travellers insisted that their plans had been made ages ago and that the coincidence of so many polar expeditions was purely haphazard .

“两年前，我们便开始为这次旅程做准备。当时，我们想成为最先抵达北极的人。然而去年，美国人皮里找到了北极。所以，美国人首先到达了北极，而不是挪威人。我们现在正要去那儿，但为时过晚了。”

We began to work for this journey two years ago . Then , we wanted to be the first men at the North Pole.But last year , Peary , an American , found the North Pole.So America was first to the North Pole , not Norway . We 're going there , but we 're too late . "

v.存在住在北极地方的人主要以鱼和肉为生。

subsist People in the far north subsist chiefly on fish and meat .

住在北极地区的人主要以鱼和肉为生。

People in the far north subsist chiefly on fish and meat .

北极比许多人所意识到的离家更近。

The Arctic is closer to home than many of us realize .

我想北极地区的人要比这里的少得多。

I guess there are much less people in the Arctic regions than here .

他是一个著名的探险家，事实上他是第一批到北极探险的人之一，这是很了不起的。

Very famous explorer , in fact he was one of the first to explore * the arctic circle , which is a big deal .

曾有个浪漫传说：在北极生活的人，说出的话凝结成冰，只有把它带回家，放在火炉上慢慢烤，才能听的真切，贴耳。

Had a romantic legend : people living in the Arctic , say , if ice crystals , and only brought it home , slowly roasted on the stove in order to hear clear , ear .

政府把开发石油获得的财富都用在了北极地区，萨米人的文化也因此得到了某种意义上的复兴。

The state has lavished its oil wealth on the region , and Sami culture has enjoyed something of a renaissance .

通过电视直播节目，最终获胜的三个吉祥物是：微笑的北极熊、惹人爱怜的小白兔以及一只手持滑板的雪豹。

The three mascots – a grinning polar bear , a cuddly hare and a snowboarding leopard – were selected during a live broadcast .

他过去对环保还做过很多努力，包括成为在北极游泳的第一人，并因此获得了“人类北极熊”的称号。

His past endeavors include being the first human to swim in the Arctic - a feat that earned him the nickname of ' human polar bear ' .

很多糟糕的气候问题发生在北极，但是大多数人不在北极生活，所以这就产生了一定的距离。

A lot of climate issues are worse in the Arctic and most of us don 't spend time in the Arctic . And so , there is a certain distance .

北极仅有一盏路灯，南极也只有一盏；唯独北极的点灯人和他南极的同行，过着闲逸、懒散的生活：他们每年只工作两次。

Only the man who was in charge of the single lamp at the North Pole , and his colleague who was responsible for the single lamp at the South Pole -- only these two would live free from toil3 and care : they would be busy twice a year .