妙语佳句:

Firstly, the team had to use a ship capable of breaking through the pack ice首先拍摄团队要使用一艘船冲破斯瓦尔巴特群岛。

break through:突破, 突围

Demonstrators broke through the police cordon.

示威群众突破了警戒线。

The sun broke through at last in the afternoon.

太阳在下午终於从云层後面钻出来了。

Producer Miles Barton and cameraman Ted Giffords are checking out fjords known to be frequented by bears.制片人米尔斯·巴顿及摄影师泰德·吉福兹正往北极熊经常出没的峡湾间张望。

check out:检查，张望

The mechanic checked out the car battery.

汽车修理工检验了汽车里的电池。

You should check out that new movie. It's great.

你应该看那部新电影。很棒的。

In summer, the frozen oceans melt and the polar animals disperse to feed amongst the broken ice.在夏季，冰封的海面消融极地动物们分散到破冰之间进行觅食。

disperse:分散, 散开

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge.

智者之口传播知识。

The enemy had to disperse and hide in caves.

敌人不得不分散藏身于洞穴之中。

scatter, disperse, spread, diffuse这些动词均含“分散、散开”之意。

scatter指人或物向四处散开，或把物随意撒开。

disperse多指把一群人或物等彻底驱散。

spread指一直延伸、蔓延，侧重遍及。

diffuse指光线、声音或气味等在空中传送或散布，强调覆盖面积与物质分布相对密度之间的关系。

考考你:

在夏季，冰封的海面消融极地动物们分散到破冰之间进行觅食。

我们要了解拍摄工作的顺畅程度。

上期答案:

This new seascape is home to one of the most numerous mammals on the planet.

As the ice melts, more of the algae are released into the water.