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Fira is a typical Greek city overlooking the Aegean Sea.
菲拉是一座典型的希臘城市，在這里可以俯瞰愛琴海。
Sitting atop a twelve hundred foot cliff on Santorini Island, it’s an ideal vacation spot.
這座城市坐落在圣托里尼島1200英尺高的懸崖頂端，是一處理想的度假勝地。
But this island wasn’t always a paradise. Thirty five hundred years ago, it was the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in historic times.
然而，這座島嶼之前并不一直是人間天堂。3500年前，這里發生了史上最大規模之一的火山爆發。
The Santorini volcano blew up with very little warning, causing a massive tsunami that destroyed coastal towns around the Mediterranean.
圣托里尼火山爆發前幾乎毫無征兆，這次的爆發引發了一場巨大的海嘯，摧毀了地中海沿岸的城鎮。
The volcano collapsed to form what looks like a collection of small islands, but the islands are actually part of the rim of its four mile wide sunken caldera.
火山塌陷后形成了如今的一座座小島。這些島嶼其實是四英里寬的破火山口邊緣的一部分。
The volcano’s long slumber, followed by such a sudden and massive eruption, was a puzzle to scientists.
圣托里尼火山經過長期的沉寂，突然間大規模的噴發現象令科學家們困惑不已。
Why does a volcano sit dormant for thousands of years and then suddenly erupt?
為何一座火山在休眠數千年后突然噴發呢？
Scientists think they have found a clue in layers of crystal rock.
科學家們認為，他們已在結晶巖層中發現了一條線索。
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