1-spotlight 聚光灯，公众注意

The deadly eruption of a New Zealand volcano has drawn a spotlight on how active volcanoes draw crowds of tourism each year.

2-seek out thrills 寻求刺激

With so many active volcanos on the planet, tourists are seeking out thrills on mountains from Japan to DR Congo.

3-restless 焦躁不安的

4-smoulder 慢慢燃烧

5-seething 沸腾的

6-brittle 易碎的

7-crust 地壳

8-tectonic plates 地壳构造板块

Getting close to volcanoes offers a rare opportunity to experience the power of restless earth: the smouldering, seething release of pressure from the brittle crust of earth caused by the crush of tectonic plates.

9-towering 高耸的；出色的

10-scale 攀登，到达……的顶点

Towering over the city of Cantania, Mont Etna on Sicily is constantly active, but tourists still scale the highest permitted point of 2,920m in large numbers.

11-wipe out 彻底摧毁

Mount Vesuvius is one of the world's best known volcanoes, mainly due to its eruption in AD 79 that wiped out Roman cities.

12-seismically 地震地

Being one of the most seismically active nations, Japan accounts for around 20% of earthquakes worldwide of magnitude 6.0 or more.

13-home 产地，栖息地，发源地

14-iconic 象征性的，标志性的，偶像的

It's also home to many active volcanoes, the most iconic being Mount Fuji near Tokyo.