国家地理 2006年四月

琉璃

隨著一聲新年到，『財神爺爺』看顧您了，
你獲得了『財神爺爺』贈送現金4666個美元。

2006-04-16
　　Easter Island, Chile, 1978
　　Photograph by James P. Blair
　　The famous stone monoliths of Easter Island weigh an average of 14 tons each. Most were carved from compressed volcanic ash between 1400 and 1600 AD.
　　Multiple theories exist as to how these massive statues—thought to represent the spirits of the islanders' ancestors or chiefs—were moved into position miles from where they were quarried. Scientists have also long puzzled over why production of the statues ceased so abruptly, with hundreds left lying half-finished in the quarry. One theory is that deforestation, swelling population, and the intense dedication of resources to building and transporting the monoliths led to the collapse of the islanders' society and economy.
　　
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book, Mysteries of the Ancient World, 1979)
　　
　　
　　在著名的复活节岛上的巨石雕塑平均每个重达14吨。大部分都是在公元1400年到1600年间，由压缩的火山灰雕刻成的。
　　这些雕塑被认为是岛上居民的祖先或酋长的精神象征，关于古人是如何将这些笨重巨大的雕塑从几英里外的采石场运过来的，存在着多种理论。此外，为何这项工程如此突然的停止，在采石场留下了几百个半成品，这也长期令科学家们感到困惑。其中一个理论认为，森林的滥砍，人口的膨胀，以及建造和运输这些巨石雕像所造成的资源大量占用，最终导致岛上居民的社会和经济的崩溃。

琉璃

2006-04-17
　　Roatán, Honduras, Date Unknown
　　Photograph by David Alan Harvey
　　Honduras continues to be one of the least urbanized countries of Central America despite rapid urban growth rates.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Honduras: Eye of the Storm," November 1983, National Geographic magazine)
　　
　　尽管拥有较快的城市增长率，洪都拉斯仍旧是中美洲中城市化最少的国家之一。
　　

琉璃

2006-04-18
　　Prince William Sound, Alaska, 1998
　　Photograph by Karen Kasmauski
　　Pacific salmon are born in fresh water, but spend most of their adult lives in saltwater. As adults, the only time they return to fresh water is to spawn (in the same stream where they were hatched). Soon after spawning, the adult Pacific salmon will expire.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "In the Wake of the Spill: Ten Years After [Exxon Valdez]," March 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
　　
　　大马哈鱼在淡水中出生，但它们成年后的大多数时光却是在咸水里度过的。成年之后，大马哈鱼只在排卵的时候回到淡水(那条孵化出它们的河流)。产卵之后，大马哈鱼很快也就寿终正寝了。

乾清

圖文並茂，中文繙譯，牡丹緣葉，相得益彰。


有勞了。

琉璃

原帖由 乾清 於 2006-4-19 02:36 PM 發表
圖文並茂，中文繙譯，牡丹緣葉，相得益彰。


有勞了。

大大几句话，所有辛苦值得了

沈蓮舟

真好

中英對照  圖文並茂  

知識與見聞 俱在滾軸之間

Emma

嘩
第一樓的獨木橋
暈！
Emma畏高的丫！佩服！

琉璃

2006-04-19
　　Angkor Wat, Cambodia, 1981
　　Photograph by Wilbur E. Garrett
　　Only a foot long and a beautiful emerald green the Hanuman snake is extremely poisonous, often deadly. It is named for the fearless, superagile leader of the benevolent army of monkeys— "it jumps, it flies, it is skillful like Hanuman in battle."
　　(Text adapted from and photograph from "The Temples of Angkor: Will They Survive?," May 1982, National Geographic magazine)
别看哈努曼(印度神话中的猴神)蛇仅有一英尺长，一身漂亮的鲜绿色，这种蛇的毒性非常大，常常可以致命。其名字来自于慈善之猴子军团的那位勇敢无畏，敏捷灵活的首领－－“其跳跃，其飞翔，其如作战之哈努曼一般矫健迅猛。”

小小兔

在此真是可以走遍世界各地了...

琉璃

<EMBED src=http://www.czie.net/metc/musi/mingqu/019.mp3 width=200 height=40 type=audio/x-ms-wma autostart="true" loop="true">
2006-04-20
　　Yukon River, North America, 1997
　　Photograph by Jay Dickman
　　Residents in rowhouses try to keep warm along the Yukon River. The 2,000-mile-long (3,219-kilometer-long) Yukon River is home, highway, and hunting grounds to 36,000 people scattered along its wild banks. For residents of the Yukon, there are few modern conveniences and even less modern constraints, which is the way they like it.
　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Untamed Yukon River," July 1998, National Geographic magazine)
　　
　　育空河沿岸的居民正在设法将他们的房子保暖。育空河有2,000英里(3,219公里)长，大约36,000个居民分布在育空河宽广的两岸，这里有他们的家园，公路和猎场。对于育空的居民来说，那里虽然缺少现代生活带来的便利，但是更没有现代生活造成的束缚，这样的生活才是他们所喜爱的。

[ 本帖最後由 琉璃 於 2006-4-23 02:01 PM 編輯 ]

琉璃

2006-04-21
　　Loango National Park, Gabon, Africa, 2003
　　Photograph by Michael K. Nichols
　　In a boat off the coast of Gabon, Africa, Michael Nichols, a National Geographic photographer, rode the waves made by male humpback whales vying for a female.
　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Gabon's Loango National Park: In the Land of the surfing Hippos," August 2004, National Geographic magazine)
　　
　　在非洲加蓬的海面上，国家地理摄影师Michael Nichols正在雄性驼背鲸为了竞争雌性而造成的波涛中，驾驭着他的小船。

琉璃

2006-04-22
　　Andes Mountains, Tierra del Fuego, Chile, 1981
　　Photograph by Thad Samuels Abell II
　　Approximately 13,000 Guanacos, undomesticated members of the camel family, roam wild on the island of Tierra del Fuego.
　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic Book Secret Corners of the World, 1982)
　　
　　Guanacos是骆驼家族中未被驯化的成员，大约有13,000头Guanacos在Tierra del Fuego岛上的野外徜徉。

琉璃

2006-04-23
　　County Cork, Ireland, 1993
　　Photograph by Sam Abell
　　"Score! Red-jerseyed hurlers from County Cork tangle with the lads from Wexford in the league title match. Players use their sticks to whip a hard leather-covered ball toward the goal in hurling, akin to field hockey and Ireland's national sport for more than 2,000 years."
　　
　　—From "Ireland on Fast Forward," September 1994, National Geographic magazine
　　
　　"球进了！在这场锦标赛中，来自County Cork身着红色运动服的球员正在和来自Wexford的球员进行激烈的争夺。图中进行的运动为康华尔足球，是一种类似曲棍球的爱尔兰游戏，球员挥舞着他们的球棒，努力将一个硬皮球击入对方的球门里。这项运动在爱尔兰已经有2000多年的历史了。"

琉璃

2006-04-24
　　Loango National Park, Gabon, Africa, 2003
　　Photograph by Michael Nichols
　　"When I first stood on the beach in Gabon, I took off my clothes and contemplated writing home to say: 'Don't worry, Ma, I'm OK. Just don't come looking for me—you'll never see me again, ever.' Christmas morning a decade later, and here I was back on that same beach, where hippos surf and buffalo sunbathe."
　　
　　—From "Gabon's Loango National Park: In the Land of Surfing Hippos," August 2004, National Geographic magazine
　　
　　"当我第一次站在加蓬沙滩上的时候，我脱掉了衣服，心里想着要这样写给家里：‘不要为我担心，妈妈，我很好。但是不要来找我，你再也不会见到我了。’二十年后的圣诞节清晨，我又回到了这个沙滩，依旧见到河马戏水，野牛沐浴阳光。"

琉璃

2006-04-25
　　Itala Game Reserve, Natal Province, South Africa, 1995
　　Photograph by Chris Johns
　　Among African animals, the black rhino is one of those most threatened with extinction. The primary reason is poaching: A black rhino’s two horns go for as much as $50,000 on the black market for use as Arab dagger handles or Oriental medicines.
　　(Text adapted from "A Personal Vision of Vanishing Wildlife," April 1990, National Geographic magazine)
　　
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A Place for Parks in the New South Africa," July 1996, National Geographic magazine)
　　
　　在非洲的动物当中，黑犀牛是最有灭绝危险的物种之一。其首要原因是偷猎：据称在黑市上黑犀牛的两只角价值高达50,000美元，用于阿拉伯匕首的刀柄和东方医学的药材。