And what effect does that mercury have on the living things here, including the people?

那么水银对这里的生物，包括人类有什么影响呢？

Some corners of Mercury polar craters are in permanent shadow.Here, on the most sunbaked planet of all, water seems to survive frozen in the eternal darkness.

一些角落里的水银极地陨石坑久的影子。这里, 地球上的所有最太阳炙烤下, 水似乎冻结的黑暗中生存。

He had a bad experience with the mercury in a broken thermometer.

他不小心吃过温度计里的水银。

Now that doesn't mean it turns solid like steel, it's still liquid, but a metallic liquid, maybe something like the mercury inside a thermometer.

这并不意味着它会像钢铁一样变成固体，它仍然是液态，但却是一种金属态的液体，或许有点像温度计里的水银。

Quicksilver was the messenger of the gods.

水银是众神的信使。

It was because of the mercury and it became known as mad hatter disease.

这是由于水银的缘故，它被称为疯帽匠病。

Mercury has a greater density than water.

水银的密度比水大。

Ever since the evening before the barometer, suddenly falling, had indicated an approaching change in the atmosphere;and during the night the temperature varied, the cold became sharper, and the wind veered to the south–east.

从昨天夜里开始，晴雨表上的水银柱就迅速下降，预示着气候即将发生变化。到了13号夜晚，天气果然变得更冷了，西北风也转为东南风了。

Mercury is the only metal that's a liquid at room temperature, which is why it's sometimes called quicksilver — which comes from the Old English for “living silver”, not the X-Men.

汞是唯一一种室温下呈液态的金属，这就是为什么它有时被称为水银的原因——它来自古英语，意为“活银”，而不是“X战警”。

Shortly after, the mercury in the thermometer would descend below freezing and stay there until April or May, when the snow would begin to melt and the rivers would rush with the clear turquoise of super-oxygenated ice.

不久之后，温度计中的水银就会降到冰点以下，并一直保持到 4 月或 5 月，这时雪会开始融化，河流会随着超氧化冰的清澈绿松石涌动。

When the mercury rises and the danger of frost is past, the plants are then transplanted to the garden or to a flowerbed.

当水银上升，霜冻的危险过去后，这些植物就被移植到花园或花坛上。

Typical symptoms of mercury poisoning include mental retardation, loss of balance, tremors, blindness and loss of hearing.

水银中毒的典型症状包括神迟缓，平衡失调，颤抖，失明，失聪。

He wanted to know exactly how long the storm was going to last; whereupon he was referred to the barometer, which seemed to have no intention of rising.

可是路路通一定要问清楚这场暴风雨还会继续多久。别人叫他去看晴雨表，可是晴雨表上的水银柱一点也没有上升的意思。

She lifted the pitcher as if pouring milk into Quicksilver's bowl, but without any idea that any milk would stream forth.

她提起牛罐好像要往水银的碗里倒牛，但是她压根没有想到会有牛流出来。

The World Health Organization says that mercury is a potent nerve toxin and can affect the brain.

世界卫生组织说，水银是强有力的神经毒药，严重者可以影响大脑。

The two snakes that were twisted about Quicksilver's staff stretched out their heads and began to lap up the spilled milk.

缠绕水银手杖上的那两条蛇伸出头开始舔舐溢出来的牛。

Here they endure long hours at dangerous jobs, wringing flecks of gold from the dirt with mercury.

他们每天这种危险的环境下工作很长时间，从带有水银的泥沙中淘出金沙。

Quicksilver's staff, you remember, had set itself up against the wall of the cottage.

你记得水银的手杖是自己靠小屋的墙上的。

Squatting next to a plastic tub, boys of school age pour mercury onto their bare hands. Mercury attracts gold like a magnet.

这些学龄儿童蹲塑料管旁边，将水银倒裸露的手臂上。水银像磁石一样吸引这金子。

" I can't tell what to make of my staff, " said Quicksilver.

我不能说我的手杖是怎么做的，水银说。