But footage of fires sweeping through the Siberian steppe, the Amazon forest, parts of Australia and now, once again, California, make it easy to believe the planet is, literally, on fire.
- footage n.连续镜头；英尺长度；以尺计算长度
- through prep.穿过；通过；凭借 adv.从头到尾；彻底 adj.直达的；过境的；完结的
- Siberian adj.西伯利亚（人）的；来西伯利亚的
- steppe n.大草原；干草原
- the Amazon 亚马逊
- literally adj.逐字的；无夸张的；文字的；字面上的
本句谓语为 make, 主句为 footage make it easy to believe the planet on fire.其中 it 为 make 的形式宾语，真正宾语为 to believe the planet on fire。 sweeping through the Siberian steppe, the Amazon forest, parts of Australia and now, once again, California,为定语修饰 fires。
译：但是，大火席卷西伯利亚大草原，亚马逊森林，澳大利亚部分地区，现在又一次席卷加州，这些镜头让人很容易认为，地球真的在熊熊燃烧。