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"This is a very exciting place. Where else on Earth can you find so much unexplored territory?"

“这里是一个让人非常激动的地方。你还能在地球上找到如此大面积的未开发区吗?”
A huge grin lit Andy Eavis's face. Then the expedition leader frowned.
安迪·艾维斯咧嘴大笑。然后探险队长皱了皱眉。

加里曼丹岛的地底洞天

"Well, I suppose there are a few spots," he said, considering his own question. "Papua New Guinea comes to mind. And of course, there's the bottom of the sea. But anyway, no. So far as cave exploration is concerned, Borneo is singular. There's no place like it under the earth."

“我觉得有一些地方,”他一边考虑自己的问题一边说道。“我想到了巴布亚新几内亚。当然,还有海底。但不管怎样都没有。到目前为止,婆罗洲是独一无二的洞穴探险地。地球上没有任何一个地方能与之媲美。”
Eavis, stout and hale at 70, felt comfortable staking the claim. He has spent more than 50 years exploring some of the world's most remote and fantastic subterranean systems and has served on nearly every one of his sport's governing bodies, helping decide how caving records are kept and how titles such as "biggest" and "deepest" are bestowed. Less formally, he's spent years working to protect caves and ensure they remain open to the cavers who love them. Eavis is, by any measure, an ambassador of the underworld.
艾维斯现年70岁,身体结实、健壮,对涉足这个领域很兴奋。他花了50年的时间来探索一些世界上最偏远、最漂亮的地下洞穴系统,而且他几乎供职过所有的体育管理机构,他的工作是决定如何保持洞穴探险记录以及如何评定“最大”和“最深”的洞穴。用不太正式的话来说,他多年来致力于保护洞穴,并确保洞穴依然为探险者开放。不论怎么看,艾维斯都堪称地下世界的大使。

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measure ['meʒə]

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n. 措施,办法,量度,尺寸
v. 测量,量

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expedition [.ekspi'diʃən]

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n. 远征,探险队,迅速

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claim [kleim]

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n. 要求,要求权;主张,断言,声称;要求物

 
singular ['siŋgjulə]

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adj. 个人的,单数的,独一的,唯一的,非凡的

 
grin [grin]

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v. 露齿而笑,(以咧嘴笑来)表示
n. 露齿

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remote [ri'məut]

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adj. 偏僻的,遥远的,远程的,(感情等)距离很大

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fantastic [fæn'tæstik]

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adj. 极好的,难以置信的,奇异的,幻想的

 
hale [heil]

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exploration [.eksplɔ:'reiʃən]

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n. 探险,踏勘,探测

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decade ['dekeid]

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