掉进火山后，你的身体会发生什么？：英语精读讲义

We've all heard stories of far off primitive tribes hurling virgins into the mouth of a fiery volcano in their attempt to appease some particularly capricious god. 講解

我们都听过这样一个故事：偏远的原始部落为了取悦某个反复无常的神，将处女投入火红的火山口。

What is that unfortunate girl's fate though as she falls to her fiery death?

然而，那个不幸的女孩跌向火海时，命运究竟会怎样呢？

What's it like to die inside of a burning pit of lava and sulfur? 語法

死在燃烧的岩浆和硫磺坑里会是什么感觉？

Hello and welcome to another episode of The Infographics Show.

大家好，欢迎收看新一期的《The Infographics Show》。

Today we're taking a look at what happens to your body when you fall into a volcano. 短語搭配

今天我们就来看看，如果你掉进火山，身体会发生什么变化。

Falling into a volcano is not going to be a pleasant fate for anyone.

对任何人来说，掉进火山都不会有什么好下场。

Yet in 2007 a Maasai porter fell into the rim of an active volcano

然而在2007年，一位马赛搬运工跌入了一座活火山的边缘，

and managed to survive albeit with some burns. 講解

却奇迹般地生还了，尽管受了些烧伤。

Fortunately for that porter

对这位搬运工来说幸运的是，

the reason he survived is that the particular volcano he fell into 語法

他之所以能活下来，是因为他掉进的那座特定火山，

has what's known as natural carbonatite lava 短語搭配

拥有所谓的天然碳酸盐熔岩，

which is rich in sodium and potassium carbonate minerals and nyerereite 短語搭配

这种熔岩富含碳酸钠、碳酸钾矿物以及尼雷尔石，

which is a unique combination that makes the lava cool very quickly when coming in contact with the air. 短語搭配

这种独特的组合使得熔岩在接触空气时能迅速冷却。

This lava burns at around 510 degrees Celsius

这种熔岩燃烧时的温度在510摄氏度左右，

or half the temperature of normal lava 語法

仅为普通熔岩温度的一半，

and because the porter fell near the lava and not directly on it

并且由于这位搬运工是掉在熔岩附近而不是直接掉进去，

he was able to survive.

他才得以生还。

But what happens to our sacrificed virgin as she's hurled into a fiery mouth of doom

但是，当我们献祭的处女被扔进末日烈焰的火口时，会发生什么呢，

like an unwitting Gollum trying to save his Precious. 文化背景

就像不知情的咕噜为了拯救他的“宝贝”那样。

First it's likely that as she falls through the air 表達脈絡

首先，当她从空中坠落时，

she'll quickly suffocate from the noxious gases produced by the volcano. 短語搭配

很可能会因火山产生的有毒气体而迅速窒息。

If not immediately suffocated however 語法

即使没有立刻窒息，

she'll likely completely sear her lungs as she inhales the superheated gas amidst the desperate screaming. 用詞

随着她在绝望的尖叫声中吸入超高温气体，她的肺部也会完全被灼伤。

With lungs burnt to a crisp and noxious gas coursing through her bloodstream 講解

肺部被烧得焦脆，毒气在血液中流淌，

our sacrificed virgin will be near death already before even hitting the lava below. 語法

我们献祭的处女甚至还没接触到底部的熔岩，就已濒临死亡。

Depending on the type of volcano and the shape of the rim she's hurled into 語法

根据火山的类型和她被扔进的火山口形状，

her body will next likely burst into flames as she approaches the lava 短語搭配

随着她不断靠近熔岩，她的身体很可能接下来会起火，

but before she physically hits it.

甚至在物理接触到岩浆之前就会这样。

That's because radiant heat can superheat the air above and around the volcano mouth 表達脈絡

这是因为辐射热能使火山口上方及周围的空气达到超高温，

making it reach temperatures so high that human flesh immediately ignites. 語法

温度高到让人体血肉瞬间燃烧。

Just seconds after being hurled into the mouth of the volcano 語法

在被扔进火山口仅仅几秒钟后，

our sacrificed virgin has turned into a fiery human comet. 習語

我们献祭的处女就已经变成了一颗燃烧的人形彗星。

Though the worst is unfortunately still to come. 短語搭配

遗憾的是，最糟的情况还在后头。

Despite what you've seen in the movies 語法

尽管你在电影里看到过那种场景，

most lava is incredibly dense anywhere from two to three times as dense as water. 語法

但大多数熔岩密度极高，大约是水密度的两到三倍。

This is after all liquid rock we're talking about. 表達脈絡

毕竟我们说的是液态岩石。

That means that a human body is going to float on its surface 表達脈絡

这意味着人体会漂浮在其表面，

and because lava is also anywhere from thousands to millions of times more viscous than water 語法

而且因为熔岩的黏度也是水的成千上万甚至数百万倍，

a human body impacting the surface is unlikely to deform it enough to sink beneath the surface. 語法

人体撞击表面时不太可能使其变形到足以沉入底部的程度。

Our virgin if she's miraculously still alive

如果我们的处女奇迹般地还活着，

is then going to impact the surface of the lava with so much force 語法

她将以巨大的力量撞击熔岩表面，

that she'll break most bones in her body

导致全身大部分骨骼断裂，

and remain stuck on the surface.

并被卡在表面上。

Although variations in lava and temperatures across different volcanoes

虽然不同火山的熔岩和温度存在差异，

may possibly see her sink a few inches below. 用詞

可能会让她下沉几英寸。

If she hadn't burst into flames from the radiant heat during her fall 語法

如果她在下坠过程中没有因辐射热而燃烧，

she certainly will now as she rests on the lava itself

现在躺在熔岩上时，她绝对会燃烧起来，

with temperatures reaching up to 2200 degrees Fahrenheit 短語搭配

因为温度高达华氏2200度（约1200摄氏度），

she will immediately burst into flames

她会瞬间爆燃，

hot enough to reduce her body to ash within seconds. 講解

高温能在几秒钟内将她的身体化为灰烬。

For anyone hoping to recover any remains for a proper burial

任何希望能收敛一点遗骸以便妥善安葬的人，

there'll be nothing left but ash floating in the wind to collect. 短語搭配

除了收集随风飘散的骨灰外，将一无所获。

Any metal fillings, jewelry or medical implants will also be incinerated

任何金属补牙、珠宝首饰或医疗植入物也会被焚毁，

although a titanium medical implant may possibly survive

尽管钛合金的医疗植入物可能会留存下来，

given titanium's melting point of 3034 degrees Fahrenheit. 表達脈絡

因为钛的熔点为华氏3034度（约1667摄氏度）。

So if you hurled your aging Aunt May into the mouth of a volcano 文化背景

所以，如果你把年迈的梅姨扔进火山口，

you might have her hip implant left to remember her by. 短語搭配

你可能还能拿回她的髋关节植入物来缅怀她。

It's clear after our investigation that movies like Terminator 2 and Lord of the Rings lied to us. 講解

经过我们的探究，很显然像《终结者2》和《指环王》这样的电影对我们撒了谎。

A fall into a fiery volcano won't mean a dramatic emotional goodbye 語法

掉进炽热的火山并不意味着一场戏剧性的深情告别，

but rather result in an instant fireball

而是会瞬间化为一个火球，

and a smattering of ashes moments later 用詞

片刻之后变成一撮灰烬，

with just your bones burning for a minute or so after that. 短語搭配

只有你的骨头在那之后还会再燃烧一分钟左右。

What other places and what they would do to your body would you like to know about?

你还想知道掉进哪些其他地方对你的身体会有什么影响吗？

Also be sure to check out our other video called

另外请务必观看我们的另一个视频，叫做

Spend a Billion in 24 Hours or Lose It All Challenge.

《24小时花光10亿否则全输挑战》。

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感谢观看，和往常一样，别忘了点赞、分享和订阅。

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