黄石：世界上第一个国家公园
📖 逐句对照翻译
Yellowstone National Park in the western United States was the world’s first national park.
美国西部的黄石国家公园是世界上第一个国家公园。
Established in 1872, it is famous for its geothermal activity and wild animals.
它成立于1872年，以地热活动和野生动物而闻名。
It includes beautiful mountains, deep canyons, lakes and rivers.
它包括美丽的山脉、深邃的峡谷、湖泊和河流。
Yellowstone is still one of the largest national parks in the U.S.
黄石公园仍然是美国最大的国家公园之一。
It takes up almost 9,000 square kilometers.
它占地近9000平方公里。
Most of the park lies within the western state of Wyoming.
公园的大部分位于西部的怀俄明州境内。
The park is unusual because of what lies underneath it.
这座公园的独特之处在于它的地下。
It sits on top of an ancient super volcano, known as the Yellowstone Caldera.
它坐落在一座古老的超级火山之上，这座火山被称为黄石破火山口。
The caldera remains an active volcano.
破火山口仍然是一座活火山。
A lake of hot liquid rock is about six kilometers under the park.
公园下方约六公里处有一个炽热熔岩湖。
Experts say this lake is under huge amounts of pressure.
专家表示，这个湖泊正承受着巨大的压力。
The pressure and heat cause geysers to shoot hot water out of the ground and mud to boil at Yellowstone.
在黄石公园，压力和热量导致间歇泉喷出热水，泥浆沸腾。
The park is home to more than 300 geysers.
这座公园拥有300多处间歇泉。
There are more geysers and hot springs in Yellowstone than any other place on Earth.
黄石公园的间歇泉和温泉数量比地球上任何其他地方都要多。
“Old Faithful” is the name of the park’s most famous geyser because it erupts about every 90 minutes.
“老忠实”是公园里最著名的间歇泉的名字，因为它大约每90分钟喷发一次。
Yellowstone is on a high plateau with an average height of 2,400 meters above sea level.
黄石公园位于海拔平均2400米的高原上。
This makes the weather very cold in winter, with January temperatures averaging between -18 degrees and -7 degrees Celsius.
这使得冬季天气非常寒冷，一月份的平均气温在摄氏零下18度到零下7度之间。
However, some areas of the park remain open to visitors throughout the year.
然而，公园的一些区域全年对游客开放。
Yellowstone Canyon is about 365 meters deep.
黄石峡谷深约365米。
The Yellowstone River runs through it and drops 93 meters in the Lower Falls.
黄石河穿流其间，在下瀑布处落差达93米。
Visitors can walk on a path that brings them very close to the top of the falls.
游客可以沿着一条小径行走，这条小径让他们非常接近瀑布的顶部。
There, they can see and hear the powerful falls.
在那里，他们能看到并听到气势磅礴的瀑布。
In summer of 1988, forest fires burned large areas of the park.
1988年夏天，森林大火烧毁了公园的大片区域。
Most of those areas are now covered with plants and young trees.
现在，这些地区大多被植物和幼树覆盖。
Home to wildlife
野生动物的家园
Yellowstone is home to the largest group of wild animals in the lower 48 United States.
黄石公园是美国本土48个州中最大的野生动物栖息地。
These include bison, grizzly bear, elk, deer, moose, fox, beaver, coyote and wolves.
这些动物包括野牛、灰熊、麋鹿、鹿、驼鹿、狐狸、海狸、郊狼和狼。
In 2024, park officials estimated the bison population to be about 4,500 animals.
2024年，公园管理人员估计野牛数量约为4500头。
That makes it the largest group of wild bison in the world.
这使其成为世界上最大的野牛群。
There is still a wild west in America…and its name is Yellowstone.
美国仍有片狂野西部……它的名字叫黄石。
I'm Andrew Smith.
我是安德鲁·史密斯。
Andrew Smith wrote this story.
安德鲁·史密斯写了这个故事。
