Wegener's book on continental drift was published in 1915.

Wegener关于大陆漂移的著作出版于1915年。

There's some kind of continental drift going on.

现在感觉我们之间产生巨大分歧。

People didn't understand continental drift because they didn't understand seafloor spreading.

人们不相信大陆漂移说是因为他们不了解海底扩张学说。

In 1912 meteorologist Alfred Wegener came forward with the first truly detailed explanation of continental drift.

1912 年，气象学家阿尔弗雷德·魏格纳提出了第一个真正详细的大陆漂移解释理论。

This was the mechanism that could drive continental drift, now understood as plate tectonics.

这是驱动大陆漂移的机制，现在被称为板块构造。

Just like any detective story, the case of continental drift required keen observation, relentless questioning, and a little bit of serendipity.

就像任何侦探故事一样，大陆漂移案件需要敏锐的观察、不懈的质疑和一点点偶然性。

So why did it take people so long to believe in continental drift, when it's obvious that Africa and South America fit together like a puzzle?

为什么大陆漂移说经过那么长时间才被普遍认可，这不一目了然吗，非洲和南美洲可以像拼图一样拼在一起？

This is a 'continental drift book' only to the extent that Wegener was interested in that topic and later became famous for it.

这是一本“大陆漂移书”，只是韦格纳对该主题感兴趣并后来因此而闻名。

Over the next decades, other scientists brought forth more evidence for the theory of continental drift, such as the presence of identical plant fossils in North American and European coal deposits.

在接下来的几十年里，其他科学家为大陆漂移理论提出了更多的证据，比如在北美和欧洲的煤矿中发现了相同的植物化石。

In 1953 he confessed: I have never succeeded in freeing myself from a nagging prejudice against continental drift; in my geological bones, so to speak, I feel the hypothesis is a fantastic one.

1953年，他承认：“对于大陆漂移学说，我从来没有摆脱过一种令人不安的反感；在作为地质学家的骨子里，恕我直言，我觉得这个假设是个荒唐的假设。”