Expedition Zero

Expedition Zero, written by Celeste Fraser.

《零纬度探险》，作者：塞莱斯特·弗雷泽。

Getting ready for your trip. Pack light clothes and a hat to protect yourself from the sun. Also, take insect repellent. The bugs are big where you're going. Throw in an umbrella because it rains often. Don't forget a camera. You might see monkeys, parrots, or pythons. You will be traveling at zero degrees latitude along the equator, the imaginary line that separates the northern and southern hemispheres.

准备开启你的旅程啦。 打包轻薄衣物和帽子，帮你阻挡太阳暴晒哦。 还要带上驱蚊水。 你要去的地方虫子个头可大了。 再带上一把雨伞吧，那里经常下雨。 可别忘记带相机哦。 你说不定能见到猴子、鹦鹉还有蟒蛇呢。 你会沿着赤道也就是零纬度线旅行，这条假想线分隔了北半球和南半球。

Starting out in Singapore, as your plane nears the airport in Southeast Asia, you look down on Singapore. Its shiny skyscrapers make this small island country look very large. You can see hundreds of ships in the harbor. Singapore has one of the world's busiest ports.

从新加坡出发，当你的飞机临近东南亚的机场时，你低头看向新加坡。 亮眼的摩天大楼让这个小岛国看起来格外气派。 你能看到港口里停着成百上千艘船。 新加坡拥有全世界最繁忙的港口之一。

As you begin to explore the city, the tropical heat takes your breath away. You come upon an outdoor market. You can tell that you are in a hot climate by looking at the plants for sale. Sugarcane, limes, papayas, and orchids love Singapore's hot, wet weather. The charts below show what the climate is like at one degree north latitude.

当你开始探索这座城市，热带的热浪让你喘不过气。 你走到了一处露天集市。 看看售卖的植物，你就知道这里气候炎热了。 甘蔗、青柠、木瓜和兰花都喜爱新加坡又热又湿润的天气。 下方的图表展示了北纬一度的气候情况。

Island hopping in Indonesia. Your next stop is Java, one of Indonesia's thousands of islands. You're traveling on a train without air conditioning through the low lands, and it's hot. In the distance, the tops of volcanoes poke above the clouds. You pass paddies, watery fields where rice is grown. The volcanic soil is good for growing crops.

在印度尼西亚开启跳岛之旅。 你的下一站是爪哇岛，它是印尼数千座岛屿中的一员。 你坐一班没有空调的火车穿过低地，天气十分炎热。 远处，火山山顶探出了云层。 你途经了稻田，也就是种植水稻的水田。 火山土壤非常适合种植农作物。

All day long, the train stops in small villages. At each stop, you notice the tall spires of mosques, places of worship in the Islamic religion. Most Indonesians are Muslims. Five times a day, you hear the beautiful cries of men calling people to pray.

一整天，火车都在各个小村庄停靠。 每停靠一站，你都会注意到清真寺高高的尖塔，清真寺是伊斯兰教徒做礼拜的场所。 大多数印度尼西亚人都信奉伊斯兰教。 一天里会有五次，你能听到唤拜者优美的召祷声，呼唤人们做礼拜。