巴拿马运河

He adds that plans for transisthmian railways in Mexico and Central America are not real competitors because moving a container from the Pacific to the Caribbean would cost ten times more than through the expanded canal.

他接着说，在墨西哥和中美洲穿越地峡铁路的设想并不是真正的竞争对手，因为把货柜从太平洋移到加勒比海，该计划的耗费是经由扩建后的巴拿马运河的十倍以上。

He says the project will "bring a breath of fresh air", altering the relative merits of the different transpacific or Atlantic routes.

他称这一工程将&带来新鲜空气&，将改变巴拿马运河与其它太平洋或大西洋航线的优劣格局。

The Petaquilla mine is located 100 kilometers west of the Panama Canal, and is one of the largest copper mining projects in the world.

Petaquilla矿场位于巴拿马运河以西100公里处，是世界上最大的铜矿开采工程之一，预计在2013年开始运营。

Burks hopes to live long enough to see his lawsuit through, and win. Fingering the brim of a cap that reads "Panama Canal," he says he'd like to buy a motor home and travel.

他一边用手摸着写有&巴拿马运河&的帽沿儿，一边说自己想买一辆摩托车，然后骑着摩托车去旅行，趁自己还活着把钱花掉。

Whenever America reached out in genuine friendship — with FDR's Good Neighbor Policy, JFK's Alliance for Progress, and President Carters return of the Panama Canal — we did better.

每当美国伸出真诚的友谊之手的时候——如富兰克林。罗斯福总统的&睦邻友好政策&，约翰。肯尼迪的&美洲争取进步同盟&，卡特总统归还巴拿马运河——我们生活得更好了。

As well as providing a short cut for battleships, the canal became a vital artery of world trade.

巴拿马运河不仅为战舰提供了一条捷径，也成为了国际贸易的重要大动脉。

Mr Page thinks the canal would have faced marginalisation had it not started expanding.

他计算，在2000年，85%的集装箱船队仍可能经由巴拿马运河航行。

From east to west through the Panama Canal, the order is that the Atlantic Ocean - East shiplock Ga (3)- Canadian lake - a narrow river Gaillard - Mickey shiplock Petrovsky (1),米拉弗洛Rice shiplock - American Bridge - the Pacific.

从东到西通过巴拿马运河的顺序是，大西洋——嘎东船闸（3级）——加通湖——狭窄的盖拉德河道——彼得罗米基船闸（1级）、米拉弗洛莱斯船闸——美洲大桥——太平洋。

All over the globe, in such disparate places as the troubled Pacific Island states of Oceania, the Panama Canal zone, and out-of-the-way African nations, the Chinese are becoming masters of indirect influence—by establishing business communities and diplomatic outposts, by negotiating construction and trade agreements.

全球各地，从骚乱的大洋洲太平洋岛国、巴拿马运河，到偏远的非洲国家，中国人正试图通过建立贸易共同体和外交前哨主导着间接的影响。

Before it was built, ships often had to spend several weeks traveling around Cape Horn at the end of South America.

在巴拿马运河修建以前，船只不得不花费数周时间绕过南美洲最南端的哈恩角，许多船只在这一危险区域由于遇上巨大的暴风雨而消失。

I didn't watch TV last night, because it .

昨晚我没有看电视，因为电视机坏了。

Since this year, in a lot of villages of Beijing, TV of elevator liquid crystal was removed.

今年以来，在北京的很多小区里，电梯液晶电视被撤了下来。