The ice destroyed the habitat over which it lay, but it also had a profound impact on regions far away.

冰川摧毁了冰下动物们的栖息地，但是对于远距离的地区却产生了深远影响。

He bent over, laying a fraternal hand on her, as if to coax her gently back into her seat.

他弯下腰​​， 慈祥的手放在她身上， 似乎要轻轻地把她哄回座位。

But the base of these high walls consisted of broken soil over which there lay picturesque piles of volcanic blocks and enormous pumice stones.

但悬崖的下边，地势崎岖不平，上面累积得很好看，堆着许多火山喷出的大块石头和巨大的火山浮石。

Down at their feet, near the shore, a dusky line of huts and houses was scarcely visible; and over these lay a pale blue film of peat smoke that did not move in the still air.

在他们站立的脚下，那块毗邻岸边的地方，成排的房屋村舍隐约憧憧，一柱蓝色泥炭炊烟隐绰升起，在静谧的空中悄然凝固。

He took a paper-knife in his hand, turned it over, laid it down, took it up again, and even then had to look along the blade of it, considering how to go on.

他手里拿着一把裁纸刀， 把它翻过来， 放下，又拿起，甚至不得不顺着刀刃看， 考虑如何继续。