Antarctica is the continent at the far south of the Earth — a huge piece of land, almost all of it buried under ice. It is the coldest of the seven continents, and nobody lives there as a regular country; people only stay for science, for a time.

Antarctica is the continent at the far south of the EarthAntarctica南極洲是地球最南端的大陸——— a huge piece of land, almost all of it buried under ice.一大片土地，幾乎全部被冰覆蓋。It is the coldest of the seven continents,它是七大洲裡最冷的一個，and nobody lives there as a regular country;沒有人把它當成一般國家長住在那裡；people only stay for science, for a time.只有科學家會去待一段時間。

Penguins live around its coasts; polar bears do not (those are Arctic animals, in the north).

Penguins live around its coasts;企鵝住在它的海岸邊；polar bears do not北極熊則不住這裡(those are Arctic animals, in the north).（北極熊是北極的動物）。

The name comes from the same roots as Antarctic: “opposite the Arctic”. Arctic itself goes back to a Greek word for a bear, because the northern sky has the Great Bear. Antarctica is the land; the Antarctic is the wider south polar region.

The name comes from the same roots as Antarctic:這個名字跟Antarctic的字根一樣，"opposite the Arctic".意思是「跟Arctic相反」。Arctic itself goes back to a Greek word for a bear,Arctic這個字本身則來自一個希臘文裡指「熊」的字，because the northern sky has the Great Bear.因為北方的天空有大熊星座。Antarctica is the land;Antarctica指的是那塊陸地；the Antarctic is the wider south polar region.the Antarctic指的則是比較大範圍的南極地區。

In careful English, keep those two apart.

In careful English, keep those two apart.在講究一點的英文裡，這兩個字要分清楚。