跟读练习: What Are Tectonic Plates? Our Earth and Its Movements - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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Oceans, mountains, and continents.
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Oceans, mountains, and continents.
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These are just some of the features that make up the world that we live in.
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The Earth's surface makes up only a tiny fraction of our planet,
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which we call the crust.
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But do you know what lies beneath it?
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To get an idea of how much of the earth is crust,
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take a look at this peach.
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A peach has three layers.
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A thin, hard skin on the outside,
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a thick layer of yellow flesh,
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and a stone on the inside.
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Like this peach, earth is also made up of several layers.
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crust, the mantle, and the core.
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Can you see how thin the crust is compared to the rest of Earth's layers?
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Under the crust lies a semi-liquid mantle layer of molten magma,
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which can be divided into the upper mantle and the lower mantle.
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Together, the upper mantle and the crust are collectively known as the lithosphere.
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Below the mantle lies the core,
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which can also be divided into the outer core and inner core.
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The outer core is made of iron and nickel.
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But because temperatures are so high here,
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you find these metals in their molten, liquid form.
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At the center of the Earth,
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beneath the outer core, lies the inner core.
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This layer is a solid ball made of iron as well.
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This is the hottest part of the Earth,
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with temperatures as high as the surface of the Sun.
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The inner core stays solid because Earth's gravity is so strong the metals cannot melt,
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despite how hot it is.
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If you took a look at a world map,
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it would be easy to think that the Earth has always looked like this and always will.
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However, this is just how the Earth's surface looks currently,
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because it is changing all the time.
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Most of these changes happen in the lithosphere.
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Earth's lithosphere is divided into many tectonic plates that are different in shapes and sizes,
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but fit tightly together like a jigsaw puzzle.
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There are seven large key plates,
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and several smaller plates, and our lands and oceans lie on top of them.
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Did you know that all of the continents that we know today once formed a single supercontinent?
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This supercontinent existed 335 million years ago,
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and we call it Pangaea.
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Over millions of years, the tectonic plates which hold the continents moved around,
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smashing into each other and then pulling apart.
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This process is called plate tectonics,
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but is sometimes also known as continental drift.
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If you look closely, you can see where some of the edges of the continents line up,
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like the edges of Africa and South America.
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of animals that couldn't swim or fly have been found on different continents,
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providing further evidence that all the continents were previously connected.
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So how did the plates manage to move the continents to where they are today?
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To find out, we'll have to look at what lies under the plates.
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Within the Earth, there is tremendous heat and pressure,
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and this drives slow, circular movements,
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called convection currents, within the mantle layer,
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which in turn cause the plates to move.
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Different tectonic plates meet each other at their boundaries,
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which are known as plate margins.
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There are three types of plate margins depending on what kind of movement occurs between the two interacting plates.
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At a constructive or divergent plate margin,
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two plates move away from each other.
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This movement forms a gap between plates which allows magma to seep through
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and cool to form new geological features such as volcanoes.
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The Mid-Atlantic Ridge under the Atlantic Ocean is an example of a constructive plate margin.
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At a destructive or convergent plate margin,
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two plates move towards each other.
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This can either cause one plate to go under and the other to be pushed up,
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or two plates to smash together and push upwards.
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This process can form majestic fold mountains and deep trenches and often create powerful earthquakes.
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This is how the Himalayas in Nepal,
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home of Earth's highest mountain, Mount Everest, were formed.
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At a conservative plate margin,
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two plates slide against each other,
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either in different directions or in the same direction at different speeds.
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These parts of the world also experience earthquakes due to the movement of these plates.
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An example of this is the San Andreas Fault in California.
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Our Earth is a dynamic and active planet,
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and its surface is composed of many individual plates that are always on the move due to the convection currents within.
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The plates are moving far too slowly for us to notice,
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yet they are responsible for the most devastating tectonic hazards,
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like volcano eruptions, earthquakes, and tsunamis.
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