50个地方--大峡谷50 Places-- The Grand Canyon

　　
　片名：50 Places-- The Grand Canyon

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英文：
50 Places—The Grand Canyon

Best time to go: Year round - the climate here is dry with plenty of sunshine, some rain and snow. Winter months are a little more comfortable, especially in the scorching heat of the Grand Canyon
The Paiute Indians call it Kaibab, or 'Mountain Lying Down'. John Wesley Powell gave it its more commonly known name in 1872.

One of the most spectacular examples of rock erosion, stretching for 277 miles where the Colorado river cuts through Northwest Arizona, it is little wonder that the Grand Canyon is widely proclaimed as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World and named a World Heritage Site.
Although the Grand Canyon is a mere baby by geological standards, formed only 5 or 6 million years ago, the rock layers at the bottom of the Canyon are almost 2 billion years old. The vivid colours of the different geological layers delight visitors from sunrise to sunset.

Welcoming more than five million visitors a year, there is much more to the Grand Canyon than simply admiring the breathtaking views. It is crowned by two rims, the South Rim and the North Rim.

The difference in elevation between the Rims is 1,324 feet, and although they are only 12 miles apart, the journey by road is 219 miles!

In between the Rims is the Inner Canyon, accessed only by hiking, by mule or by rafting the Colorado River.
Hikers are warned of the dangers of heat stroke, hypothermia, dehydration and exhaustion - and to beware of the skunks.

They’re pretty stinky apparently.

'It’s the only place on earth that can exceed expectation by so much. You walk along, get to the brim, it’s just incredible. You might as well have died and gone to heaven.'
Jilly Goolden

'I think - you cannot get it on film properly. It's…astonishing. I’ve never even seen it painted or photographed properly. It’s a must see in person…'
Sandi Toksvig

'The Grand Canyon is one of those incredible natural wonders that glows almost with the light on it. The way those rock formations change in colour and shape and texture is like looking at running liquid pools of chocolate that have been moulded into shapes. It’s just the most incredible natural sight.'
Sarah Miller - Condé Nast

'I walked down it years and years ago when I was about 18. The walk down was incredible, the way that the landscape changes at every twist and turn, but the walk back up was painful to say the least. I think I should have taken one of those donkeys. I think I would nowadays.'
Sophie Raworth

'The Grand Canyon is absolutely awesome. It was a tremendous privilege to see it. I flew up it in a helicopter, over it in an aeroplane. Topsy-turvy experience. A magnificent feat of nature.'
Eamonn Holmes

'Never really appealed. Rather sit on a beach.'
Dean Gaffney

'Been there - not that exciting. Just a big hole! Drove for 6/7 hours - big hole - got back in car and drove back.'
Jeremy Edwards

'Just a big valley actually. No beach there, no nightclubs.'
Joe Mace
DID YOU KNOW？
·on average five people are killed each year by falling over the edge of the Canyon

·the average Grand Canyon visitor spends only 15 minutes looking at the Canyon

·the National Park Service will charge you $2,000 for an emergency rescue out of the Canyon

译文：
50个地方--大峡谷

去的最好时间：整年--这里的气候是充满了阳光的干燥，少许雨雪。
冬季的月份更舒适点，特别是在大峡谷灼烈的热气中。
派尤特族印第安人把它称作开巴白，或者“正躺下的山脉”。约翰.维斯利.鲍威尔
在1872年赋予它更为大家所熟知的名字。

岩石腐蚀的最引人入胜的例子之一，科罗拉多河在那里切入亚利桑那州西北部277英里，
难怪大峡谷被广泛地称为世界七大奇迹之一，并被命名为世界遗产。
虽然大峡谷只是通过地质标准（诞生）的婴儿，仅仅形成了5，6百万年，但是在大峡谷
底部的岩石层已经差不多20亿年了。不同地质层鲜艳的色彩使从日出到日落的游客们欢
喜不已。

每年迎接超过5百万的游客，大峡谷有着远比简单地赞赏这惊人的景观多得多的内容。
它由两处边缘围成王冠，南缘和北缘。

两缘之间的海拔差距为1324英尺，而且虽然它们之间仅仅相隔12英里，但是通过公路的
话旅程需要219英里！

在两缘之间的里面是内部的峡谷，只能通过徒步，骡子或者在科罗拉多河乘筏进入。
徒步旅行者被警告有中暑，低温症，脱水和虚脱的危险，并要小心臭鼬。

他们显然是相当臭的。

“它是世界上仅有的能超出预料如此多的地方。你往前走，到达边缘，真是令人难以相信的。
你好象已经死了，来到了天堂”

“大峡谷是令人难以置信的自然奇迹之一，奇迹的光芒照耀着它。那些岩石构成在颜色，
形状和纹理的变化象看着流动的巧克力液体淤积层，那些淤积层已经塑造成型。它就是
最令人难以置信的自然风景。”
莎拉.米勒--孔德·纳斯特杂志

“很多年以前当我大概18岁的时候，我走过它。步行是难以置信的，这种方式景色在
每一个盘旋和转弯处改变，然而至少要说支援这种步行是非常痛苦的。我认为我应该
带走那些驴子其中的一头。现在我想我会的。”
索菲.洛沃斯

“大峡谷绝对棒极了。看到它是一种极大的优待。我乘直升机飞上过它，乘飞机飞越
过它。上下颠倒的感觉。自然的壮丽功绩。”
Eamonn Holmes

“决不真正地请求。宁愿坐在沙滩上。”
Dean Gaffney

“在那里--不是那样令人兴奋。只是一个巨大的动！驾车要6，7个小时--大洞--坐小
轿车回来和驾车回来。”
杰里米.爱德华兹

“实际上只是一个巨大的山谷。这里没有沙滩和夜总会。”
乔.梅斯

你知道么？
·平均每年有5个人因为从大峡谷边缘跌落而死亡。
·大峡谷游客花在观看峡谷的平均时间只有15分钟。
·国家公园服务处会为一次救出峡谷的紧急救援收你2000美元。

 

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