地球 +`\造人

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　　BBC最;]新纪录片，]讲述地球的力量如何改变@了人类的历_@[史。20@$10年1月19日首播;@，共播出了5集：& #:=39 W #a$(ter'，'Deep Earth', %!%9Wind&#[39, '(`Fire`9，&*-#39H-um/][an Planet&#(39。节目
`中，Ia)*in Stewart教+授带领观众探究几个世纪以来%，地质学 ,、地#\理学和:[.气候是如何\[影响人类生活;]的。　　我们的星球拥有惊人的力量， :(`但却很少在教*科;书中被提起。这个系列#$节目第一次通过电视展现地球的神奇力量对人类发/^?展的$\影;
; 响。节目将历史故事的讲述和=炫目的摄影/@#镜头紧密%/-结合_ ，给我们呈@`现一幅原汁原味的人类历史图景) ]。-)　　Iain Stewar^t t) ells the epi`-c(* s #to]ry of!$ how the%[ _;@planet ha*=]s[ shaped our; histor +%y. With　/　spectacular ima]/ges, su!^@]rprising stories ]a: nd ?
)a compelling ! na[$[;rrat;@ive%,
 t;he )!)series discov=-ers the$ cent:;*ral role pla_ye]:]d in human [-history !@by four diff#\er[(ent plane$[
^tary forces.
]　#._　?^E[/pi]sode 1: W:ater　　Professor Iain ,Stewart contin@ues!. his ep]ic explor; ati]( on=: of how the planet has s*@h[a#%ped hum+an hist`[ory. Th?
is time he exp_=lores our
.? comp\!l( /ex*? relations #
hip with water. Vi;!s:iting
-` spectac-+ul:@-
ar locat*i^!^ons in Iceland,;^ the M:]i
ddle East a: nd India,`, Iain shows how control o!ver wat+er ha:!;s  +been c@[],entral to @!human existence. He +takes a prec.ario %
us fl`ig,@h t in a*+ mot *orised paraglider to expe$)rience the c./ycl=.e of f/^+$re,?shwat:er #/_that@ we @-depend) on, ?=dis_covers how @)villa:(,.gers in t,;he foothil#ls of
. t%he?) (
Himalaya_!s ha\;v!@!e bu ilt a(
 liv`ing brid ge to cope with th/e monsoon, and !visi.ts Egypt to rev%$eal the secre,$=_t of t:he =( pharaohs' succes_s. Thr#+\o##ughout hi#story[%%, !success h
\/as d epended on our ability,.[ to ad,+^apt to and control constantly s[hif-tin:g sources of $ w^ate=%[r.　　Epis+ode 2:

,D +e^ep Earth　
-$　Iain Stewart te,lls th+:%e ep ^ic story of ?how the p;,lanet h
? as s=;h-aped our histo,:%ry. With spectacular images, surprising \s[to
ries and a com(pelling^* !\$narrative, the se^+\ries disco[vers the c+e%$ntr,=al ro!;l!=e played in human- history by four% di!@f$^fe![*ren?t planetary: forces. In . )(t@ his,$. fi$r)!/st./_ epi.sod$e, Iain e^#xplores the relatio$;nsh.-ip be^]tween the deep E)* *arth and t-he deve]lop%@ment of h$?uman civil\)\isation. He vis*its an _+extraordinary crys[:tal cave in Mexico,$ drops@ d):\]/own a hole in the
#Irani^an de@#_s[e!% #r@(t and cr^aw$;ls thr;ough se+;;ven-th=@ousand-year -old tunne__
ls in I)#sr; #*a!el./-. Hi_]s exploration rev*^eals tha;t th]rough_\o#- ut -history, our`  an \ ces ]tors +!were strangely@) drawn to fault li/:][n$^:_e*_s_!, a/]reas which conne+
ct the =su?@[r/ =face wi# th the+ deep i/=[\nterior of :?the planet.!;  These @
fau=lt` lines gave access=\ t:o i-mportant 
resou?@ rces, but also br(]ought with the_%m great+ danger.　　Episo_de *3: Wind　　P[?rofessor !(^^Iain!\+ Stewart continues his epic explorat*ion ]@!=o!f\( h ow the pl#%anet has shaped , *human hist\ory. @$Ia*_i :n sets [=-,sail$ on -one! of the fastest #$;%ra_c/`)ing boats e ver built to exp@*lore ,* the story of$+ our, tur=\bulent relat/!ionshi=p with t
:[he wind. T*:ravelling to ic,.`on+]ic locations inc%(#luding /?:;the: S,a.^%har#a des?)ert, the co?a_+st of Wes. t `=)Af?.rica and the South Pac(ific,)!
^( :+Iain%=* discovers how pe%op@ le ha_ve, exploited( the p_ower (of the !wind for thousands of years. The wind is a force/\ which a](_t f*+@irst sight #?appe!+%%ars ? chao*t

ic. B!=@u^!t; the$= patte
rns `
that lie with=[in the .[a?tm;-osp:\here `\`have shape_/d the_=
 des%.ti!.n: ^y of
%;[co_)ntinents, and l_ie at)]` the hea/ rt of some of the :,gr:eate._st turning points in
@=/human histor`y.　　Epi(?sode -4: Fire　(-　Profess.or Iai@,!: n Ste_wart continues h+ is ep,ic explor*!atio. n o*+f@ how th_#e $ plane]t has sha !ped huma
#n history. Ia/$in- ex+pl _ores ^man]'s relationship wi]*th fire. He begins by embar?=king on an ext#,raordinary encount$er with@ this terrifyi^_ng force o:@
f! ]nature - a`
 ;]#walk righ.t thro/==ugh the he@art o+f a raging 
fire. Fire -/
has lo#+-ng b#=ee-n  our mai /n:^$ s+.ource of*( energy and Iai:n shows how th((is meant t/hat ]!,the planet pl*,a#yed ^$a([ c`=\\rucial r/_ole .% in%  Britain@*9s in`%du[?)strial rev?olution, w)hilst holding Ch$ina'( s+ developm[* ent b`(ack. Alo(:ng t$(h@]=e]=: way he d;i;\;ve/^s in \[]a mysterious  lake in Oregon,# cli@:mbs a glac(ier of salt, cra/
=wls thr[ ough an extrao= ;rd_inary?- cave in Iran+? and tak@^=es a therap# e #
utic bath i:.n :?$crude oil.　　/^Epi* sode 5:. Human Plane(

t　　Series in @-which Profess$;or I[%a?;?in Stewart lo\oks at how; fo%\#)ur geologica`l fo?-r$=ces h/a$\,ve sha )ped human h
!istory. H#$e^ expl(\
:ores t/he /!most recently esta b *-.lished force, hum(+ans. It's easy to t@hink o;f the huma [_^n im, _pa_ct o n the ;_planet %*as _a negative /!one, but ;as Iai_n discover@\s, this `^i,_sn&-:[#39]`/t always the case_[]. It *$.is clear that huma,ns have unprece den= .ted $=\con;trol o:)v%er ma^\ny o_f the planet& + #39s )ge%ological ``cycles )]the ques tion is, how w^:ill the human race use this p,);ower?