The soft rock, ideal for carving out caves. Local families have lived here for generations.

这种软质岩石最适合挖掘洞穴。当地居民已在这里生活了世世代代。

But he was awed by what nature had carved into the soft rock of Badlands National Park.

但他对于大自然在荒地国家公园软石上留下的鬼斧神工则充满敬畏。

The area, with its unusually soft rock, is being worn away at a rate of one centimeter per year.

该地区拥有异常柔软的岩石，每年正在以1厘米的速度磨损。

The fact that the surroundings softer rocks were eroded by wind and rain, leaving this huge outcrops, high above the plain.

周边的岩石受到风雨的侵蚀，露出了巨大的岩层，高高的处于平原之上。

Thousands climbed up its slopes to carve their initials into the soft rock.

成千上万的人爬上山坡，在柔软的岩石上刻下他们名字的首字母。

Thousands of years ago, mankind added remarkable touches to the landscape by carving out houses, churches and underground cities from the soft rock.

几千年前，人类在松软的岩石上雕刻出房屋、教堂和地下城市，为这片土地增添了非凡的魅力。

The Mosul Dam, the largest in Iraq which produces hydroelectricity, is built on a foundation of soft gypsum rock, making erosion a constant challenge.

伊拉克最大，水力发电的这座摩苏尔大坝是建在一块很软的石膏岩上, 这使得侵蚀成为人们需要解决的难题。

It goes for miles and miles, and it’s all of these jagged looking peaks that are created by the erosion of really soft rock.”

它绵延数英里, 那些锯齿状的山峰都是由岩石的侵蚀而形成的。

Here erosion causes soft rock to fall hundreds of meters away to create a dramatic fall of water.

在这里，侵蚀导致软岩从数 百米外落下，造成水位急剧下降。

Local people have also carved out over two hundred caves in the soft rock, and use them for everything from sacred burial places to food storage.

当地人还在软岩中凿出了200多个洞穴，这些洞穴有的被当成神圣的墓地，有的则成了储存食物的地方。

" Badlands" is a type of land where there used to be a lot of soft rocks, but the rocks have eroded.

“Badlands”是一种土地，过去有很多软岩石，但岩石已经被侵蚀。

Pop music quiz - which musical act had a hit with the song " Ooby Dooby" : 1950s rock-and-roll legend Roy Orbison or 1970s soft rock groovers the Dooby Brothers?

流行音乐测验 - 哪位音乐剧凭借歌曲“Ooby Dooby”而大受欢迎：20 世纪 50 年代摇滚传奇人物罗伊·奥比森 (Roy Orbison) 还是 1970 年代软摇滚歌手杜比兄弟 (Dooby Brothers)？

These dramatic forms were created by erosion over millions of years, as soft sedimentary rock crumbled away, exposing layers of earth that date back to the age when the Great Plains was covered by the sea.

这些戏剧性的形式是由数百万年的侵蚀造成的，随着软沉积岩的崩塌，暴露出可追溯到大平原被大海覆盖的时代的地球层。