A Landforms Adventure

A Landforms Adventure. Written by Rose Brooker.

《地貌大冒险》，作者：罗斯·布鲁克

Road trip. We're going on a road trip this summer. My parents and I are driving from Boston to Seattle. My class has been learning about landforms in school. We're going to see some amazing landforms on the trip.

公路旅行。今年夏天我们要去公路旅行啦。我和爸爸妈妈打算开车从 波士顿开到西雅图。我们班最近在学校学地貌相关的知识哦。 这次旅途中我们要去看好多超棒的地貌呢。

In class, my teacher, Mr. Lopez, said that Earth's crust is made up of huge pieces of rock called plates. Some of the plates are larger than continents. The plates sit above melted rock and slowly slide around because of heat deep inside Earth. The moving plates can create landforms.

课堂上，我的老师洛佩兹先生说，地壳是由叫做板块的巨大岩石块组成的。 有些板块比整片大陆还要大哦。 板块位于岩浆上方，受地球内部的热量影响会慢慢滑动。 不断移动的板块就会形成各种各样的地貌。

Mr. Lopez also said that Earth's surface is always changing. He said that some changes are slow, while others are fast. Old landforms can change over time, and new ones can be created. Some landforms result from changes underground. Hot, melted rock under Earth's surface can build up and form a volcano. A volcano is a type of mountain.

洛佩兹先生还说地球表面一直在变化 有些变化很慢，有些变化却很快 旧的地貌会随着时间变化，还会产生新的地貌 有些地貌是地下变化产生的 地球表面下滚烫的岩浆不断堆积就会形成火山 火山是山的一种哦

Other changes happen on the surface. Weathering breaks down rock and shapes it. Erosion carries away the pieces that have broken off. Wind, water, and ice are the main tools of weathering and erosion. Mr. Lopez handed out a list of different landforms. I'm going to take the list on my trip and try to see them all.

还有些变化发生在地表。 风化作用会分解岩石，塑造它的形状。 侵蚀作用会带走碎裂的岩石碎块。 风、水和冰是风化和侵蚀的主要作用力。 洛佩兹先生给我们发了一份不同地貌的清单。 我要把这份清单带去旅行，争取把上面的地貌都看个遍。

Getting Ready to Leave Mom and I start at Castle Island in Boston Harbor. It's not really an island since it doesn't have water all around it. It's connected to the mainland on one side, so it's a peninsula. You can see a bunch of islands from there, though.

准备出发啦，我和妈妈先去了波士顿港的城堡岛。 它其实不是真正的岛，因为它周围没有全被水包围。 它和陆地的一侧相连，所以它是半岛。 不过从那里你能看到好多小岛哦。