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The warm glow of the summer morning settles on the slopes of western Colorado.
夏日清晨溫暖的陽光灑在西部科羅拉多的山坡上。
But as the sun climbs higher, deep shadows shield the landscape that remains dark and forbidding.
但是，當太陽逐漸攀升，巨大的陰影籠罩了原本就一片黑暗可怕的風景。
It is among the nation's deepest, steepest and narrowest canyons.
這是國家最深邃，最陡峭，最狹長的山谷。
You may hear varying explanations for how the Black Canyon of the Gunnison got its name.
關于黑峽谷為什么叫這個名字，你可能聽說過不同的解釋。
"Well, there are two theories on that.
“關于山谷的名字，有兩個理論。
I think the one that's most popular is that it is so deep and narrow that the sunshine only reaches most of the canyon a short time each day."
我認為最流行的一個是，因為峽谷很深，很狹窄，每天太陽只有很短的時間能夠照耀到山谷的大部分。”
As one of America's newest national parks, Black Canyon struggles for the recognition enjoyed by that other canyon park of the Southwest.
作為美國最新的自然公園，黑峽谷努力想和西南部其他峽谷公園一樣得到認可。
"Grand Canyon of course is so fabulous and everybody goes there and knows all about it.
“大峽谷當然非常奇妙，大家都會去那里參觀，都非常了解。
But you come here and it's so deep and so narrow, and it's just, just awe-inspiring."
但是你來到這里的時候，黑峽谷這么深，這么狹窄，讓人們心生敬畏?！?/div>
Much of the Black Canyon is wilderness, but almost from the moment white settlers arrived in the area;
黑峽谷的大部分都是荒野，但是從白人到達這個地區定居的時候起，
plans were hatched to make this "a canyon of commerce".
就計劃將這里變成“商業性的峽谷?！?/div>
"By 1880 you saw the Denver and Rio Grand Railroad (and) starting to look at the canyon as a possible way to bring the railroad from the Front Range of Colorado, Denver and Colorado Springs,
“1880年的時候，丹佛瑞格蘭德鐵路公司曾經將黑峽谷視為一條途徑，將鐵路從科羅拉多的Front Range連接到丹佛和科羅拉多泉，
on a route through to Salt Lake and then perhaps on to San Francisco."
取道鹽湖，最后到達洛杉磯。”
The railroad made its way through 15 miles of the Black Canyon,
該鐵路當時有15英里的路段經過黑峽谷，
but today it's mostly under Morrow Point reservoir.
但是現在大部分淹沒在莫羅波因特水庫以下。
"We've got real technical class three whitewater in here."
“我們在這里舉辦了幾個技術性的漂流訓練班?！?/p>
Not far from Black Canyon, Bill Dvorak has been guiding rafting and fishing trips in the Gunnison Gorge Conservation Area since 1982.
在距離黑峽谷不遠的地方，Bill Dvorak從1982年起就在甘尼森峽谷保護區擔任漂流和垂釣旅行的導游。
"Yeah, I really like bringing people into these kinds of places and showing them what it's like when we do preserve these places and how,
“我很高興帶人們到這種地方，讓他們看一下，當初我們努力保護這片土地，
you know, just how spectacular and how beautiful it is."
現在它變的多么漂亮?！?/div>
Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area is adjacent to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.
甘尼森國家保護區與甘尼森黑峽谷國家公園相鄰。
At its heart is a wilderness area that is especially popular for rafting and fishing.
在它的腹地是一片荒野，特別適合漂流和垂釣。
"You're humbled as a human. Let's put it that way.
“人真的是很卑微的生物。我們可以這么說。
You go through that and you're a very little piece of something very big and very old and very dramatic."
當你漫步在原野之中，你會感到自己是一個非常巨大，非常古老的東西的一小部分而已。”
For millions of years, the Gunnison River has been carving this canyon at work across eons of isolation.
幾百萬年來，甘尼森河靜靜地流過孤獨的黑峽谷。
Even now it's easy to imagine that you are the first to peer over the rim into the dark soul of the Black Canyon.
即使是現在，你也可以想象，你是第一個走入黑峽谷黑暗的靈魂深處的人。
"Because we don't have so many people, there is, you know, millions of people a year coming to visit the canyon,
“因為我們沒有那么多人手，而每年有數百萬人來大峽谷參觀，
people do have that opportunity to have a personal relationship with this place."
游客往往都有機會和自然獨處。”
| 重點單詞 | 查看全部解釋 | |||
| preserve | [pri'zə:v] |
想一想再看 v. 保存，保留，維護 |
聯想記憶 | |
| adjacent | [ə'dʒeisnt] |
想一想再看 adj. 毗連的，鄰近的，接近的 |
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| popular | ['pɔpjulə] |
想一想再看 adj. 流行的，大眾的，通俗的，受歡迎的 |
聯想記憶 | |
| dramatic | [drə'mætik] |
想一想再看 adj. 戲劇性的，引人注目的，給人深刻印象的 |
聯想記憶 | |
| shield | ['ʃi:ld] |
想一想再看 n. 盾，防衛物，盾狀物 |
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| recognition | [.rekəg'niʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 認出，承認，感知，知識 |
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| spectacular | [spek'tækjulə] |
想一想再看 adj. 壯觀的，令人驚嘆的 |
聯想記憶 | |
| route | [ru:t] |
想一想再看 n. 路線，(固定)線路，途徑 |
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| canyon | ['kænjən] |
想一想再看 n. 峽谷 |
聯想記憶 | |
| commerce | ['kɔmə:s] |
想一想再看 n. 商業，貿易 |
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