云旅行!6個(gè)關(guān)于大峽谷的有趣小知識(shí)

1. The Grand Canyon was formed about

6 million years ago.大峽谷在六百萬(wàn)年前形

成。

However, we still don't know exactly

when the Grand Canyon started.然而我們

還是不清楚大峽谷是什么時(shí)候開(kāi)始的。

Scientists still don't agree on how it

was formed.科學(xué)家仍然不能在它形成的原因

達(dá)成一致。

2. American Indians have been living in

and around the canyon for thousands

of years. 美國(guó)土著住在這里已經(jīng)有上千年。

3. Dinosaur fossils have never been

found in the canyon.然而恐龍的化石從未

在峽谷里被看到。

4. President Roosevelt visited the

canyon several times to hunt and enjoy

the scenery，羅斯福總統(tǒng)曾到峽谷數(shù)次狩獵還

有享受美景。

5，In order to match the local rocks,

one of the rattlesnakes in the Grand

Canyon has special pink color.為了要與

當(dāng)?shù)氐氖^吻合，當(dāng)?shù)氐捻懳采哌€有著峽谷特別

的粉色。

6. The Grand Canyon is not the deepest

canyon in the world.大峽谷不是最深的峽

谷。

The Yarlung Tsangpo (yar-loon-zang-po)

Grand Canyon in Tibet holds the honor.

在西藏的雅魯藏布江才是最深的峽谷。

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