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The coast north of Vancouver has some of the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world.
在溫哥華北面的海岸上保存了最古老、最美麗的森林。
It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some measuring over 90 metres."
那兒的濕度很大，所以樹都長得特別高，一些高達90多米。”
That afternoon aboard the train, the cousins settled down in their seats.
那天下午登上了火車表姐倆落了座。
Earlier that day, when they crossed the Rocky Mountains,
那天一早，火車先是穿越落基山脈，
they managed to catch sight of some mountain goats and even a grizzly bear and an eagle.
她們設法看到了野山羊，甚至還看到了一只大灰熊和一只鷹。
Their next stop was Calgary, which is famous for the Calgary Stampede.
她們的下一站就是卡爾加里，這個城市因“大西部賽馬會”而聞名。
Cowboys from all over the world come to compete in the Stampede.
來自世界各地的牛仔們來參加賽馬會比賽。
Many of them have a gift for riding wild horses and can win thousands of dollars in prizes.
他們中許多人都有騎野馬的本領，他們能贏得幾千美元的獎金。
After two days' travel, the girls began to realize that Canada is quite empty.
兩天以后，她們開始意識到加拿大人煙稀少。
At school, they had learned that most Canadians live within a few hundred kilometres of the USA border,
他們在學校學過，大多數加拿大人定居在靠近美國幾百英里的邊境地帶，
and Canada's population is only slightly over thirty million, but now they were amazed to see such an empty country.
加拿大的人口也就是三千萬多一點兒。但是現在看到這么空曠的國家，她們很驚訝。
They went through a wheat-growing province and saw farms that covered thousands of square acres.
火車穿過一個種植小麥的省份，她們看到了面積有數千英畝的農場。
After dinner, they were back in an urban area, the busy port city of Thunder Bay at the top of the Great Lakes.
晚飯后她們又回到城市，位于五大湖區頂端的繁忙的港口城市桑得貝。
The girls were surprised at the fact that ocean ships can sail up the Great Lakes.
巨大的海輪可以開到五大湖，讓表姐妹倆感到吃驚。
Because of the Great Lakes, they learned, Canada has more fresh water than any other country in the world.
她們知道，因為有五大湖，加拿大的淡水比世界上任何其他國家都多。
In fact, it has one-third of the world's total fresh water, and much of it is in the Great Lakes.
事實上，加拿大擁有全世界三分之一的淡水量，其中大部分都蓄在五大湖泊里。
That night as they slept, the train rushed across the top of Lake Superior, through the great forests and southward towards Toronto.
那天夜里她們睡著了，火車越過蘇必利爾湖，穿過大森林，朝南向多倫多飛馳著。
