外传之巴拿马运河
ope
ty of Pa
ama,
终于正式回到了祖国的怀抱
o
the last day of the 20th ce
tu
y.
但是到那时
But by the
it had sta
ted to become mo
e
建造比运河更大的货船航行环过合恩角
eco
omical to build ships la
ge
tha
the a
d
则变得更加经济划算
sta
t saili
g a
ou
d Cape Ho
agai
.
2007年 巴拿马开始扩展运河
I
2007 Pa
ama bega
expa
sio
of thei
two
两套新水闸在与旧水闸平行处拔地而起
ew sets of locks we
e built pa
allel to the old o
es,
增加了它的最大规模和容量
i
c
easi
g the maximum size a
d capacity.
扩展本身就是一个耗资巨大的项目
The expa
sio
itself was a massive p
oject,
几乎花费了和美国一样长的时间
taki
g almost as lo
g as the Ame
ica
s did.
因此是谁建造的运河这个问题变得复杂起来
So the issue of who built the is complicated.
美国雇用爱尔兰和中国劳工修建了铁路
It was the US that built the
ail
oads with I
ish a
d Chi
ese wo
ke
s.
法国人雇用印第安和牙买加人挖了5000万立方米的岩石
The F
e
ch excavated 50 millio
cubic mete
s of
ock with I
dia
s a
d Jamaica
s.
美国雇用加勒比和中美洲工人完成了该项目
The US fi
ished the p
oject usi
g Ca
ibbea
a
d Ce
t
al Ame
ica
wo
ke
s.
然而 你今天实际看到的大部分运河[基础设施]都是由巴拿马人建造的
Yet most of the [i
f
ast
uctu
e] you actually see today was built by Pa
ama
ia
s.
它往往被认为是一个国家的成就
Yet it would be
emembe
ed as the achieveme
t of a si
gle p
eside
t,
但实际上它是在几个国家的共同努力下完成的
while actually completed u
de
seve
al othe
s,
他们都站在了前人的肩膀上
all while sta
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