约旦

Dead Sea, A salt lake, about 397 m (1,300 ft) below sea level, between alestine and Jordan. It is one of the saltiest bodies of water known and is the lowest point on the earth.

死海：位于巴勒斯坦和约旦之间的一个盐渍湖，约低于海平线397米，它是目前所知的最咸的水体和地球上的最低点

With water levels in the Dead Sea, the Earth's lowest and saltiest body of water, shrinking sharply, the Jordanian government plans to extract more than 10b cubic feet a year from the Red Sea, 110 miles to the south, direct it to a desalination plant to create drinking water and then pipe the residual salty wastewater to the Dead Sea.

世界上海拔最低且最咸的湖泊——死海近年来水位急剧下降，为使死海不&死&，约旦政府计划每年从南边110英里处的红海提取100亿立方英尺的水，先引往海水淡化厂加工出饮用水，再用管道将剩下的含盐废水引入死海中。

China's more than 5,000-km-long engineering and architectural marvel is followed by the pink-colored ruins of Petra in Jordan, the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru, the Mayan city of Chichen Itza in Mexico, the Coliseum in Rome, and the Taj Mahal in India.

除中国的万里长城外，粉红色的约旦佩特拉古城、巴西里约热内卢的基督像、秘鲁的马丘比丘印加遗址、墨西哥的奇琴伊察玛雅城邦遗址、意大利的古罗马斗兽场和印度的泰姬陵也入选&世界新七大奇迹&。

The French, prepared to contemplate eating almost anything, report 33 Burns feasts. North Americans claim to be holding about 385 suppers, and there are several hundred more in countries including Russia, whose folk are no mean quaffers themselves, Jordan and Congo.

在什么都打算&尝&试一下的法国，摆出宴席数目已达33，北美地区也登记了385席，还有几百席分布在俄罗斯（俄国人民喝起酒来也毫不含糊）、约旦和刚果，和一些其他地区。

DESERT PATROLLERS: Camel riders from Jordan's Badia force patrolled the desert for smugglers and infiltrators, near the Syrian border Tuesday.

沙漠巡逻人员：从约旦的巴迪亚骆驼骑手巡逻力量为走私和渗透的沙漠，靠近叙利亚边境的星期二。

Jordan's ancient city of Petra staged folk dances and pageants to highlight its charms.

约旦古城佩特拉也将民间舞蹈和盛装表演搬上了舞台，藉以凸显其迷人的魅力。

Egypt had signed a series of military pacts with Syria and Jordan and placed troops in the West Bank.

埃及与叙利亚、约旦签署了一系列的军事协议并在河西岸布置军队。

Abraham had an "other world" perspective. That's what enabled him to give up a piece of well-watered land by the Jordan (Gen. 13). He knew that God had something better for him later on.

亚伯拉罕拥有的是「另一个世界」的观点；因此他能够放弃约旦河边的肥沃之地（创世记13章），他知道上帝稍后要将更好的赐给他。

These tough-looking young policemen, trained in Jericho and Jordan under the aegis of an American security co-ordinator for the Palestinian territories, General Keith Dayton, have brought a modicum of calm and safety to Palestinian streets—to the benefit of Israelis too.

这些面容坚毅的年轻警察，曾在美国驻巴安全协调员Keith Dayton将军治下的杰里科和约旦区域受训。

The killings in turn set off gun battles across Gaza City, including one outside Mr Abbas's home, though he was in Jordan at the time.

这件事情引发了本次警察袭击事件。这些死伤事件继而又引发了加沙城的枪战，Mahmoud Abbas外部的一个城市也发生了枪战。当时，巴勒斯坦总统在约旦。

As she looked at Warrington's manly face, and dark, melancholy eyes, she had settled in her mind that he must have been the victim of an unhappy attachment.

每逢看到沃林顿那刚毅的脸，那乌黑、忧郁的眼睛，她便会相信，他一定作过不幸的爱情的受害者。

Maybe they'll disappear into a pothole.

也许他们将在壶穴里消失