国家地理 2006年四月

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Himalaya Mountains, Nepal, Date Unknown
　　Photograph by Barry C. Bishop
　　As two Sherpas cross a pole, National Geographic Expeditions members sit on the rocks below. Thirty-two Sherpas were used on the 185-mile (297.2-kilometer) expedition from Banepa, near Kathmandu, to Everest.
　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Six to the Summit," October 1963, National Geographic magazine)
　　
　　
　　两个夏尔巴人(西藏的一个种族)在独木桥上走过，国家地理探险队的队员们正坐在下面的石头上。有32名夏尔巴人参加了在从加德满都附近的Banepa到珠穆朗玛峰的远征，其间距离为185英里(297.2公里)。

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2006-04-02
　　Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, 1997
　　Photograph by Raymond Gehman
　　Classified as threatened as of May 1984, the Utah prairie dog has many predators. When a prairie dog senses danger it begins to chirp and retreat to its burrow.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Vanishing Prairie Dog," April 1998, National Geographic magazine)
　　
　　
　　在1984年5月犹他州的草原土拔鼠被分类为具有灭绝危险性的动物，其有许多天敌。当草原土拔鼠感到不安的时候，它就开始吱吱叫然后撤回到它的地洞里。

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2006-04-03
　　Sukhothai, Thailand, 1994
　　Photograph by Jodi Cobb
　　Decorated with celebratory color, an elephant participates in an ordination ceremony for new Buddhist monks. The ritual is held annually in April in Sukhothai, Thailand.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Many Faces of Thailand," February 1996, National Geographic magazine)
　　
　　
　　一头粉饰着庆典时所用色彩的大象，正参加为迎接新来的佛教僧人而举行的仪式。这种典礼每年四月份在泰国的Sukhothai举行。

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2006-04-04
　　
　　Off Roat醤, Bay Islands, Honduras, Date Unknown
　　Photograph by David Alan Harvey
　　Silent beauty beneath the waves lured Leah Riley from a desk job of selling insurance in Oregon, to the Bay Islands, where she co-manages a resort, teaches scuba diving, and leads tours. Off Roat醤, she explores coral formations that, diving enthusiasts say, compare in splendor to Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
　　
　　—From "Honduras: Eye of the Storm," November 1983, National Geographic magazine
　　
　　寂静曼妙的海底世界使得Leah Riley放弃了原来在Oregon的推销保险的工作，来到Bay Islands跟人合伙经营着一处旅游胜地，做起教人潜水和导游的行当。她在Off Roat醤的海底开发出一片珊瑚群，据潜水发烧友说，那里的壮观程度堪与澳大利亚的大堡礁媲美。

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2006-04-05
　　Machu Picchu, Peru,
　　Photograph by Bates Littlehales
　　With no written records, historians can only wonder why the Incas built such a mysterious place. Some believe the self-contained Machu Picchu could have been a secret ceremonial city.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Five Worlds of Peru," February 1964, National Geographic magazine)
　　
　　由于没有任何文字记录，历史学家们只能对为何印加人建造出如此神奇的地方而感到惊讶了。一些人认为，这座自给自足的城市Machu Picchu，当年有可能是一处举行秘密典礼的地方。

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2006-04-06
　　Costa Rica, 1967
　　Photograph by Kip Ross
　　Often caught in fishing gear, and wanted for their eggs, meat, oil, and shell, green sea turtles are listed on the Endangered Species Act. Breeding populations found in Florida and on the Pacific coast of Mexico are listed as endangered; the green sea turtle is listed as threatened in all other areas where it is found.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Imperiled Gift of the Sea: Caribbean Green Turtle," June 1967, National Geographic magazine)
　　
　　海龟经常遭到捕捉，而且其龟蛋、龟肉、龟油和龟壳都是紧俏货，这些使得海龟已经上了在濒危物种法案的黑名单。在佛罗里达州和墨西哥的太平洋沿岸所发现的海龟繁殖种群属于濒危动物，而在其他所有地方发现的海龟则属于具有灭绝危险的动物。

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2006-04-07
　　Key West, Florida, 1981
　　Photograph by David Alan Harvey
　　Key West, the southernmost city of the United States, has developed an eclectic culture all its own with tourism a central part of its economy.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic Book America's Atlantic Isle's, 1981)
　　
　　美国最南端的城市Key West，发展出一种折衷主义(指糅合了各种来源不同的特色和风格)的文化，其全部的经济是以旅游业为中心的。

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2006-04-08
　　Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa, 2000
　　Photograph by Chris Johns
　　The vibrant scarlet petals of the Fireball lily, Blood lily, or scadoxus multiflorus, may draw attention away from the animals in Tempe Elephant Park, South Africa. Everything about this flower is large:approximately 200 types of these flowers have blossoms that measure nearly 25 centimeters (10 inches) in diameter.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Without Borders: Uniting Africa抯 Wildlife Reserves," September 2001, National Geographic magazine)
　　
　　南非的Tempe Elephant公园里的Fireball百合，Blood百合还有scadoxus multiflorus的花瓣都是鲜艳的猩红色，这也许会引起那里动物的注意。关于这种花的评价只有一个字－－大，这类花中将近有200种开花时的直径可达25厘米(10英寸)。

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2006-04-08
　　Yukon River, North America, 1997
　　Photograph by Jay Dickman
　　The sun casts a glow on this mountain terrain surrounding the Yukon River. Winding from sea to sea, the Yukon begins only 35 miles (56 kilometers) from the Pacific Ocean, flowing north and west to the Bering Sea.
　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Untamed Yukon River," July 1998, National Geographic magazine)
　　
　　太阳将一缕光辉抛洒在环绕着Yukon河的山岭上。Yukong河在两个海洋之间蜿蜒流淌，仅有35英里(56公里)长，起自太平洋，流向西北方的白令海。

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2006-04-10
　　Beqa Island, Fiji, 1993
　　Photograph by James L. Stanfield
　　Tantalizing sunsets, warm beaches, and plenty of activities have made Fiji a tourist hot spot. Tourism has taken over sugar as Fiji's leading industry. Additionally, Fiji is growing in popularity with charter-boat sailors, surfers, and windsurfers.
　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Two Worlds of Fiji," October 1995, National Geographic magazine)
　　
　　诱人的夕阳，和煦的沙滩，处处洋溢的活力，这些使得斐济成为旅游者们向往的地方。旅游业现在已经取代制糖业成为斐济的主导产业。此外，自驾船，冲浪和帆板等运动都使得斐济名扬四海。

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2006-04-11
　　Giverny, France, 1989
　　Photograph by Farrell Grehan
　　Looking a lot like one of his paintings, this water-lily pond in Giverny, France, is one of the many legacies left by French Impressionist painter Claude Monet. Monet began painting in Giverny, a village on the Seine some 45 miles (74 kilometers) west of Paris, in 1883.
　　Few people know that he also designed the gardens he immortalized on canvas, such as this pond and garden near his Giverny home.
　　
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Giverny," March 1989, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
　　
　　Claude Monet是一位法国印象派画家，图中这个看起来好像他的作品一样的睡莲池位于法国的Giverny，是其留下来的众多遗产之一。Giverny是巴黎以西大约45英里(74公里)塞纳河旁的一个小村庄，在1883年，Monet就是在那里开始他的绘画生涯的。

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2006-04-12
　　Scotland, 1968
　　Photograph by Winfield Parks
　　A herd of grazing sheep cross a road in the mountainous glens and lochs of the Scottish Highlands. In the 18th century, sheep took over the Highlands, replacing cattle as the farmers' mainstay. Sheep's wool is an important source of income for the locals.
　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Scottish Highlands," August 1968, National Geographic magazine)
　　
　　在苏格兰高地，一群放牧的绵羊正穿过峡谷中的公路。在18世纪，绵羊取代了牛的位置，成为高地上的农民的主要产业。羊毛是当地的一个重要的收入来源。

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2006-04-13
　　Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), 1983
　　Photograph by James L. Stanfield
　　Residents of Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), participate in the Water Throwing festival marking the Buddhist new year.
　　Celebrants in the Water Festival merrily douse each other with water by whatever means are available. The purifying ritual, which takes place in April each year, commemorates the participants' belief that water washes away the misdeeds of the previous year.
　　
　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Time and Again in Burma," July 1984, National Geographic magazine
　　
　　缅甸曼德勒市的居民正举行泼水节，这象征佛教的新年。参加泼水节的人们兴高采烈的用各种办法互相弄湿。这种净化典礼每年四月举行一次，其参与者都带有这样的信念：水可以洗去前一年所做的恶行。

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2006-04-14
　　Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia, 1995
　　Photograph by Sam Abell
　　The Australian rainforest, concealed by clouds, is a land full of songs and stories of ancestral beings who traveled across the continent at the dawn of time.
　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Cape York Peninsula," June 1996, National Geographic magazine)
　　
　　
　　这片在云雾中若隐若现的澳大利亚雨林，充满了歌谣和传说，讲述着万物伊始时祖先们横跨大陆的那段时光。

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2006-04-15
　　Jiayuguan Pass, Gansu Province, China, 1980
　　Photograph by James L. Stanfield
　　Two-humped, or Bactrian, camels roam wild in the Gobi. This one has its shaggy winter coat, which it will shed when the weather warms. Bactrian camels have tough feet for crossing rocky land.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic Book Desert, 1999)
　　
　　图中的双峰骆驼正在戈壁中散步。这头骆驼现在穿着厚厚的冬装，当天气转暖的时候它的厚毛就会脱掉。双峰骆驼拥有结实的脚掌，足以应付坎坷崎岖的道路。