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English to Spanish: Extracts from National Geographic Explorer!
Source text - English Wonder and welcome
The Spaniards reached the Aztec capital on November 8, 1519. They found themselves facing thousands of curious eyes. Those Aztec eyes grew wider and wider.
For starters, the strange visitors appeared to be made of glowing metal. That’s because sunlight reflected off their armor.
The Aztec stared especially hard at the visitors’ horses. These animals were new to the Aztec. Some even wondered if horse and rider were a single, giant monster.
Despite their puzzlement, the Aztec welcomed the Spanish. The Aztec king, Moctezuma, even swapped gifts with Cortés. To the Aztec that meant the two men were friends.
What Moctezuma didn’t know was that his new friend had other ideas. He wanted more than gifts.
Tough Neighborhood
The deep sea is not an easy place to live. It’s cold. Water temperatures may be just a few degrees above freezing.
It’s dark too. The deeper you go, the less sunlight you get. At about 3,000 feet, light vanishes entirely. And that’s just a third of the way down. The average ocean depth is 12,000 feet. The deepest spot yet discovered lies more than 35,000 feet below the surface.
That’s a lot of darkness. With nothing to see, many deep-sea fish have no eyes. A few, such as giant squid, have huge eyes. These plate-size organs allow a squid to see dim outlines of other animals.
Besides the cold and the darkness, deep-sea animals face a third danger – other creatures.
Translation - Spanish Asombro y bienvenida
Los españoles llegaron a la capital azteca el 8 de noviembre de 1519. Se encontraron con miles de ojos que los observaban con curiosidad y que iban aumentando en número a medida que avanzaban.
Aquellos situados en las primeras filas tenían la sensación de que los extraños visitantes estaban hechos de metal reluciente, efecto causado por el reflejo de la luz del sol en sus armaduras.
Los aztecas se quedaron especialmente boquiabiertos al ver los caballos de los visitantes. Aquellos animales eran nuevos para ellos. Incluso algunos se preguntaban si caballo y jinete eran un solo monstruo gigante.
A pesar de su asombro, los aztecas dieron la bienvenida a los españoles. Moctezuma, el rey azteca, incluso intercambió regalos con Cortés, hecho que para los aztecas significaba la amistad entre dos hombres.
Lo que Moctezuma desconocía era que su nuevo amigo tenía otras intenciones: quería algo más que regalos.
Un barrio peligroso
Las profundidades marinas no son un lugar agradable para vivir. Hace mucho frío: la temperatura del agua está sólo unos pocos grados por encima de la congelación.
También está muy oscuro: a cuanta más profundidad, menos luz del sol llega. Ésta se extingue completamente a 900 metros de profundidad más o menos. Y eso es solamente un cuarto del camino: la profundidad media del océano es de 3650 metros. El punto más profundo que hasta hoy se ha descubierto está a más de 10 600 metros bajo la superficie.
Realmente está muy oscuro. Y como no se ve nada, muchos peces abisales no tienen ojos. Unos pocos, como el calamar gigante, tienen unos ojos enormes. Estos órganos del tamaño de platos permiten al calamar vislumbrar la forma de otros animales.
A parte del frío y la oscuridad, los animales abisales tienen que enfrentarse a una tercera adversidad: otras criaturas.
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