云旅行!6个关于大峡谷的有趣小知识

1. The Grand Canyon was formed about

6 million years ago.大峡谷在六百万年前形

成。

However, we still don't know exactly

when the Grand Canyon started.然而我们

还是不清楚大峡谷是什么时候开始的。

Scientists still don't agree on how it

was formed.科学家仍然不能在它形成的原因

达成一致。

2. American Indians have been living in

and around the canyon for thousands

of years. 美国土著住在这里已经有上千年。

3. Dinosaur fossils have never been

found in the canyon.然而恐龙的化石从未

在峡谷里被看到。

4. President Roosevelt visited the

canyon several times to hunt and enjoy

the scenery，罗斯福总统曾到峡谷数次狩猎还

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.为了要与

当地的石头吻合，当地的响尾蛇还有着峡谷特别

的粉色。

6. The Grand Canyon is not the deepest

canyon in the world.大峡谷不是最深的峡

谷。

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

Grand Canyon in Tibet holds the honor.

在西藏的雅鲁藏布江才是最深的峡谷。

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