| 1. | The giant toad and andean iguana are some examples of reptiles
巨型蟾蜍和安地斯山的鬣蜥是爬行动物的代表。 |
| 2. | The andes mountains are the longest and one of the highest mountain ranges in the world
安地斯山是世界上最长的山脉，还是世界上最高的山脉之一。 |
| 3. | The andes mountains supply many birds with homes like the flamingo , andean flicker , the condor , and the hillstar hummingbird
安地斯山还生存着许多的鸟类比如火烈鸟、安地斯山的神鹰,和蜂鸟。 |
| 4. | The andes mountains are hurt by humans because they cut down trees which shelter many unique andean animals
安地斯山被人类破坏由于人类大量的砍伐树木，很多的安第斯山脉珍惜动物都是靠这些树来建窝。 |
| 5. | The amazonian landscape altered significantly soon thereafter when a violent episode of tectonic activity began pushing up the northeastern andes
之后，剧烈的地壳构造活动，推挤出安地斯山的东北边，于是亚马逊河流域的地貌开始大幅改变。 |
| 6. | And a trip to the mountain hamlets of nepal or the andes is not considered an exotic vacation but a therapeutic retreat for spiritual growth
造访尼泊尔或安地斯山上的小村落，不称为具有异国情调的渡假，而是具有疗效、有助心灵成长的避静修行。 |
| 7. | She has explored rivers in amazonia , the andes , the himalayas and the sultanate of oman to identify the influence of these sedimentary environments on local vegetation
她探勘过河流的地区，包括亚马逊河流域、安地斯山、喜马拉雅山、西亚的阿曼王国等地，为的是要了解当地沉积物生成环境对植物群的影响。 |
| 8. | Less frightening episodes came as the children wandered round the an - dean city of machu picchu , followed in the footsteps of charles darwin on the galapagos islands and travelled 6 , 000 miles on the trans siberian ex - press from china to moscow
比较不惊悚的插曲发生在孩子跟随达尔文在加拉巴哥斯群岛的脚步，漫游安地斯山的马丘比丘城市，以及搭从中国直通莫斯科、长达六千哩的泛西伯利亚快车。 |
| 9. | In support of this idea , later analysis of the sediment at wageningen university in the netherlands proved that many of the brown sand grains were indeed fragments of the dark - colored schists and other rocks that began washing away as the newborn andes rose up
荷兰瓦荷宁罕大学后来对于沉积物的分析，证实了许多棕色沙粒确实是深色片岩及其他岩石的碎屑，这些应该是新生成的安地斯山隆起时冲刷下来的。 |
| 10. | Before the early 1990s geologists knew only that powerful movements of the earth ' s crust forged south america ' s andes and towering mountain peaks elsewhere ( including the himalayas and the alps ) primarily between about 23 million and five million years ago , an epoch of the earth ' s history known as the miocene
在1990年代初期以前，地质学家只知道地壳板块的剧烈运动，推挤出南美洲的安地斯山，以及其他地方的高耸山峰（包括喜马拉雅山及阿尔卑斯山） ，时间主要是在2300 ~ 500万年前，这段时期就是地球历史上的中新世。 |
