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　　BBC/:最新纪,.录片，讲!述地球的力量如何改变:=了人类的历史。2010年1月1/_9日首播，);共播出了5集[
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9Wa-%ter'?=_，.#9Deep ?!E$;@ar ./th(', _'Wind', \$':Fire'，&,@=#3 \(9Human Pla/net'。节目`中，Iain St\$ew#%art,教授带领观众探究几个世纪= 以来，地=-]质=%学、地理
,学和 气候是如何影响人类生活_的。　　我们的星球拥有惊人 的力量，=]但(却很少在$;`教\科书中被提起。这个系列节目=/第一次通`-过电视展现地`_
球的神奇力量对人类发展的\ -影响。节\.目将历史故事的讲述和炫目的摄影镜头紧密结合，给-$;+我们呈现``[一幅原汁原味的人类历.`史图景。　　Iain Stewart tel-ls the [epic story of !ho +w $the planet$( h\)`)as# sha.p:ed our? history. Wit/= ?h　　spectacular :images,#) su?;rprising st ,!)ori]
es and a comp
elling narr[ative, t])%he seri_!
es, dis\#c$%)overs =@the central rol;!e played@ in human h(.istory by f,our different planeta?/ry fo:rces.　　?Epi,*sode 1: W;$ater　　(;Prof _)esso
!_.r Iai:n Stewart c
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on?tinues his #%epic e!xploration o f how th#_e planet has :shaped human his\@to  ry. Th+\\@is ti ,m= e h+
\e e)/xplores 
our complex rela/t)%ionship@@ wit!-=h water. Visiting spectac;@^ul_![ar. lo,+)cations in Ice`=`land, the M_i#ddle Ea[^ !st (a.-nd India, !#:Iain shows how* control over wate^]r ha(=s bee ,n c\-ent
r,\_al to huma_:n e]xistence. `)(He takes a ^ ?p#:recari.=)(o#$us f?%/light in a mot`orised @paraglider_ to e]xperience- the %*cy#cle o_f freshwater tha=
=t/` we d[epend on, _discove+
rs +;how villag:ers in the foothills o@ f the Himalay%a#s have bui= ;lt a livi*ng bri+`dge t^o cope with the monsoon, !an ,$d visits Egypt to reveal the se
,cret of th[+\e ,;pharaohs' ?;succ*+\
ess. T*!hroughout his(`(tory, s@[/ucces\-s has d _/epend[$_ed o[n o%
ur ability to adapt to a%)@nd cont! rol- constantl(
\y shifting sourc)es o@@f wate%*r.　　E/pi/+so
*de @2: Deep Ea@rth　%,`　-Iain Stewart ?tells the epic story of how the planet has shaped o$u*
r history.  With spe:/ ct(acular images, surpr +isi
`ng (s@tori/_es and a compelling narra`ti=v!.+e, the s\*.eries d+ :isco:=ve?rs the @central role played in human#  history by four different p!lanetary forces. In this #first_# episo!^,de, Iain ex=pl:or%%es the relationship betwe;en [? the(, \deep Eart. h and %
the#) development of:@\%? [^h]uman ci+vilisat;^,ion^-. +He? visit^;s an extr;(aor%#din)(ary() crystal cave in Mexico,/^: drops d!$@own a hole i$. n )/ the :Iranian ]/[desert and craw$ls through seven-thousa$nd-yea
\r-o::ld? t:)]unnels _in Israel. His expl`o)rati#on reveals@ that through:\out h/
is=/tory, ,ou(*r ancesto?*rs we;#re/+) _strangely drawn.# to- @[ fault+] lin#%es` , areas which connect th+ %e sur( =f[+ace (with t@.+h(?@*e d:eep interio- \#r of,  the plan;e]t. T;h
es*e--. fault lines ,gave acc$-@ess to important (resou/r+?+c])e: .s, but al so brought wi. t-h them #@great; dan g-( er.　+\　Epi[@$-*so;=de $3: Wind　??:,]　P(;rofes+sor Iain Stewart con
tinues his epic%) explorati/[on of /+ how  the planet has shaped hu^+man h`+ist :+ory. Iain sets s+`$ai]l  on one of .!t[;he !*-fastest raci:ng boats e=/(.ver built to )exp *lore[@ the sto(.ry -of our turbulen+t relationshi`p w\ith!. the wind.\- Tr;avel^^l. ing t@o _iconic- locations in+:?*cluding : the S ahara de* sert, ],the coast of@= Wes[t Africa and the South .` )P %aci:fic__,_ $Iain-^ discovers how people have;%: ^
exploited
( the p!)owe^r# of the w\ind ?for thous]an.:ds of  years. The wind ) is a forc$e which at first sig,ht)( appears chaotic. Bu@(t the pa\,tterns th a t lie within the atmosp@h;.`ere have shaped.* the `$de* s[?ti/ny of cont!+]inents, and !(=
lie at th!?e heart of;* % so:me of+ -#t)%h /+e great^^est turning ^*point@^=s in human*@ history.　　Epis?!\o@@de 4: Fire;　　P].(=ro??)fessor Iain Ste`*$wart continue]).s$ his e
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\e(!!xplora]#tio.n of how the
: plan=et has ]?*shaped human -@history :. ;(@@I ain explores m an&((#39s *r[elationship/ . with fire. He b`(egins by embarking on a/#n $:extraord`)%inary .enc@_ount,=(er with. th,=is terrif
yin$g @forc e of# n+=%ature - a w%alk right through th(e  heart of a raging fire. Fi $re has lon[g been our main source of energy and I\-ai`)[n shows h(
!o+[ w thi-s mean_t t/\h=at- th%$[e! - planet _+playe`_,d a cr]@u_[
cial r([ol e *@in Br!itain&-]
#39s industrial revolution, whilst holding Chi]na's development !_^ b@ ack. :Alon!?g t-he: way he div]es in). a myster]`ious la%k!(e in Ore[#!^go%n, climbs ;a glacier of_ salt, crawl%)?s t^$hrou.-gh a_.-n extraordinary cav).e @\in Ir%an a-#,nd _;\takes a therapeutic%[ bath in crude oil_( .　　E::p:@@is@ode *5: Huma)@_n P_+.)lan**-et　)　Seri,(^es in ]` whic+h Profe)-)
ssor Iain Stewart look^+s at how four  \geological force_!]s have sha?%ped human h ]istory. #He exp\l$ )o.res th$e m#)+]ost_=^ recen( t!ly esta
)blis@_hed force;-, humans(?. It's+ easy to think );of the human! impac*- t on the #p:?;lanet as a n_*egat[iv@[%e * @one, but as]) Iain;. discovers, t\ #h +is isn't al@@-\ways th\e case. It is clear [
t* hat huma\=ns have! /_ unprecedented c? on!tro/l over* many of 
the planet&
-#39s geologic/al ]cycles the- question ^is, h,)o. w will ]the: huma@n race use th*is power?