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The old Shamanic beliefs of Tibet ascribed magical powers to the landscape.
古老的薩滿教把魔法的力量歸功于這片土地.
But there's afar moretangible source of power here
但這里還有的更多可以感知的力量
which owes nothingat allto magic.
卻和魔法沒有一丁點關系
Strewn acrossthe plateau are boiling thermal springs,
散布于高原上的是滾燙的溫泉
the evidence of mighty natural forces
這是在這里有百萬年歷史的
which have beenat work over millions of years.
渾厚的自然力量存在的證據
Deep below the surface,the vast continental plates
在地下深處巨大的亞洲板塊和
of Asia and India arecrashing intoeach other.
印度板塊互相沖擊
The turmoil below erupts in clouds of sulphurous steam.
地下的混亂狀態使大量含硫的蒸汽噴薄而出
It seems unlikely that scalding mineral springs should support life.
由滾燙的礦物泉來孕育生命聽起來并不太可能
But one unlikely creature thrives here precisely because of them.
但確實有種不尋常的生物因之而繁衍興旺
The hot spring snake is unique to Tibet
這種溫泉蛇是西藏所特有的
and is believed to have survived the inhospitable conditions up
人們把它在高原艱苦環境存活下來的原因
on the plateau principally thanks to this natural central heating.
主要歸功于這里的天然地熱
These cold-blooded snakeshang outin streams and rivers which are fed
這些冷血的蛇在由溫泉形成的溪流中游弋
by the hot springs,where they enjoy a surprisingly productive lifestyle.
在溫泉中它們無憂無慮的生活著
