特别广播英语第 15 课：The Atlantic Ocean 大西洋-3

It is a current of warm water. Another is at he Labrador Current - cold water coming down from the Arctic. 这是一股暖水流。另一股是拉布拉多湾流--从北冰洋下来的一股寒水流。

Ocean currents affect the climates of the lands near which they flow. 这些海洋潮流影响着所流经过的附近的陆地的气候。

The Atlantic furnishes much food for the people on its shores. 大西洋为岸边的居民提供了丰富的食物。

One of its most famous fishing regions, the Grand Banks, is near New-foundland.

Today the Atlantic is a great highway.

It is not, however, always a smooth and safe one. 可是，它并不总是平稳安全的航道。

Storms sweep across it and pile up great waves. 暴风雨会横扫过大西洋向上掀起层层巨浪。

Icebergs float down from the Far North across the paths of ships. 像冰山一样巨型浮冰块会从北冰洋向南漂浮下来横着阻挡住海船的条条航道。

We now have such fast ways of traveling that this big ocean seems to have grown smaller. 现在我们有很多非常快速的方法到国外旅行，以致这个大西洋使我们觉得比以前小多了。

Columbus sailed for more than two months to cross it. 哥伦布用了两个多月才横渡了大西洋。

A fast modern steamship can make the trip in less than four days. 现在用现代的快轮用不了四天就能完成这段航程。

Airplanes fly from New York to London in only eight hours and from South America to Africa in four! 飞机从纽约飞到伦敦只用八个小时，而从南美洲飞到非洲只用四个小时就行了。