1·This makes it seem unlikely Nazca is an observatory.
这使得纳斯卡不太可能是一个天文台。
2·The Nazca "lines" of Peru were discovered in the 1930s.
秘鲁的纳斯卡“线”是在20世纪30年代发现的。
3·By measuring the slow rising and falling of the ground as the inexorable collision of the Nazca plate squeezed the coast, they could calculate how fast strain was actually building.
通过测量因纳斯卡板块挤压海岸发生碰撞造成的地面的缓慢上升与下降，他们能够估算压力的实际聚集速度。
4·There are now no undisturbed ecosystems in the region the Nazca used to call home.
现在在这个曾经称之为“家园”的纳斯卡地区已经没有不受干扰的生态系统了。
5·The Nazca – also spelt Nasca – thrived in arid valleys of what is now the southern coast of Peru between 300BC and AD800.
纳斯卡文化在公元前300年和公元800年间繁荣于现在秘鲁南部海岸的干旱河谷。