国家地理 黑峡谷国家公园

The warm glow of the summer morning settles on the slopes of western Colorado.

夏日清晨温暖的阳光洒在西部科罗拉多的山坡上。

But as the sun climbs higher, deep shadows shield the landscape that remains¹ dark and forbidding.

但是，当太阳逐渐攀升，巨大的阴影笼罩了原本就一片黑暗可怕的风景。

It is among the nation's deepest, steepest and narrowest canyons³.

这是国家最深邃，最陡峭，最狭长的山谷。

You may hear varying explanations for how the Black Canyon² of the Gunnison got its name.

关于黑峡谷为什么叫这个名字，你可能听说过不同的解释。

"Well, there are two theories on that.

“关于山谷的名字，有两个理论。

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."

我认为最流行的一个是，因为峡谷很深，很狭窄，每天太阳只有很短的时间能够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.

作为美国最新的自然公园，黑峡谷努力想和西南部其他峡谷公园一样得到认可。

"Grand Canyon of course is so fabulous⁴ and everybody goes there and knows all about it.

“大峡谷当然非常奇妙，大家都会去那里参观，都非常了解。

But you come here and it's so deep and so narrow, and it's just, just awe-inspiring."

但是你来到这里的时候，黑峡谷这么深，这么狭窄，让人们心生敬畏。”

Much of the Black Canyon is wilderness⁵, but almost from the moment white settlers arrived in the area;

黑峡谷的大部分都是荒野，但是从白人到达这个地区定居的时候起，

plans were hatched to make this "a canyon of commerce".

就计划将这里变成“商业性的峡谷。”

"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年的时候，丹佛瑞格兰德铁路公司曾经将黑峡谷视为一条途径，将铁路从科罗拉多的Front Range连接到丹佛和科罗拉多泉，

on a route through to Salt Lake and then perhaps on to San Francisco."

取道盐湖，最后到达洛杉矶。”

The railroad made its way through 15 miles of the Black Canyon,

该铁路当时有15英里的路段经过黑峡谷，

but today it's mostly under Morrow Point reservoir.

但是现在大部分淹没在莫罗波因特水库以下。

"We've got real technical class three whitewater in here."

“我们在这里举办了几个技术性的漂流训练班。”

Not far from Black Canyon, Bill Dvorak has been guiding rafting and fishing trips in the Gunnison Gorge⁶ Conservation Area since 1982.

在距离黑峡谷不远的地方，Bill Dvorak从1982年起就在甘尼森峡谷保护区担任漂流和垂钓旅行的导游。

"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,

“我很高兴带人们到这种地方，让他们看一下，当初我们努力保护这片土地，

you know, just how spectacular and how beautiful it is."

现在它变的多么漂亮。”

Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area is adjacent to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.

甘尼森国家保护区与甘尼森黑峡谷国家公园相邻。

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，特别适合漂流和垂钓。

"You're humbled⁷ as a human. Let's put it that way.

“人真的是很卑微的生物。我们可以这么说。

You go through that and you're a very little piece of something very big and very old and very dramatic."

当你漫步在原野之中，你会感到自己是一个非常巨大，非常古老的东西的一小部分而已。”

For millions of years, the Gunnison River has been carving⁸ this canyon at work across eons of isolation⁹.

几百万年来，甘尼森河静静地流过孤独的黑峡谷。

Even now it's easy to imagine that you are the first to peer over the rim¹⁰ into the dark soul of the Black Canyon.

即使是现在，你也可以想象，你是第一个走入黑峡谷黑暗的灵魂深处的人。

"Because we don't have so many people, there is, you know, millions of people a year coming to visit the canyon,

“因为我们没有那么多人手，而每年有数百万人来大峡谷参观，

people do have that opportunity to have a personal relationship with this place."

游客往往都有机会和自然独处。”

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 canyon   

n.峡谷，溪谷

参考例句：

• The Grand Canyon in the USA is 1900 metres deep.美国的大峡谷1900米深。
• The canyon is famous for producing echoes.这个峡谷以回声而闻名。

3 canyons   

n.峡谷( canyon的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This mountain range has many high peaks and deep canyons. 这条山脉有许多高峰和深谷。 来自辞典例句
• Do you use canyons or do we preserve them all? 是使用峡谷呢还是全封闭保存？ 来自互联网

4 fabulous   

adj.极好的；极为巨大的；寓言中的，传说中的

参考例句：

• We had a fabulous time at the party.我们在晚会上玩得很痛快。
• This is a fabulous sum of money.这是一笔巨款。

5 wilderness   

n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等，荒漠

参考例句：

• She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

6 gorge   

n.咽喉，胃，暴食，山峡；v.塞饱，狼吞虎咽地吃

参考例句：

• East of the gorge leveled out.峡谷东面地势变得平坦起来。
• It made my gorge rise to hear the news.这消息令我作呕。

7 humbled   

adj. 卑下的，谦逊的，粗陋的 vt. 使 ... 卑下，贬低

参考例句：

• The examination results humbled him. 考试成绩挫了他的傲气。
• I am sure millions of viewers were humbled by this story. 我相信数百万观众看了这个故事后都会感到自己的渺小。

8 carving   

n.雕刻品，雕花

参考例句：

• All the furniture in the room had much carving.房间里所有的家具上都有许多雕刻。
• He acquired the craft of wood carving in his native town.他在老家学会了木雕手艺。

9 isolation   

n.隔离，孤立，分解，分离

参考例句：

• The millionaire lived in complete isolation from the outside world.这位富翁过着与世隔绝的生活。
• He retired and lived in relative isolation.他退休后，生活比较孤寂。

10 rim   

n.(圆物的)边，轮缘；边界

参考例句：

• The water was even with the rim of the basin.盆里的水与盆边平齐了。
• She looked at him over the rim of her glass.她的目光越过玻璃杯的边沿看着他。