啊杜 - 2007-12-25 10:17:00
原文：Japanese Garden, Missouri, 1988
Photograph by James P. Blair
A tree gleams yellow in the sunlight in the Seiwa-en Japanese garden at the Missouri Botanical Garden. At 14 acres (5.6 hectares), it is the largest traditional Japanese garden in the United States.
Described by its creator, Koichi Kawana, as a place of "pure, clear harmony and peace," Seiwa-en features multiple pathways, wooden bridges, bamboo fences, and stone lanterns, all designed to encourage visitors to slow down and reflect.
意译：主标题――日本公园，美国密苏里州，1988。
日光的照耀下那一个树闪烁微弱的黄色在美国密苏里州的日本植物园。它有14英亩，那是传统的日本人的公园在美国。创建者是日本人（Koichi Kawana），这是一片纯净的协调的及和平的地方。公园造型多样化，木桥、竹子篱笆、石灯笼，全部设计得到游客的良好评价。
原文：Performers prepare for the Dragon Dance during the Chinese New Year, which is a major holiday festival in Hong Kong.
Photograph by Justin Guariglia
意译：表演者准备舞蹈――龙舞，当中国人的新年来临时刻，那是一个重大的节日。
原文：Children at Play, Yerevan, Armenia, 2003
Photograph by Alexandra Avakian
Young girls in Yerevan, Armenia, play in the mist created by the citys Republic Square fountain. This grandiose water feature is an apt fixture in a city whose landscape is dominated by the ghostly Mount Ararat, thought to be the resting place of Noahs Ark.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Rebirth of Armenia," March 2004, National Geographic magazine)
意译：主标题：――孩子们在玩耍，埃里温市，亚美尼亚国，2003年。
年轻的姑娘们在“埃里温”，是亚美丽亚国的首都，在薄雾中，她们在城市的“共和国广场”创建的巨大而魅力的喷泉周围玩耍。这是宏伟的水上建筑的特色，是一个永恒的装置，可怕的阿勒山啊！怎么能变成安静的地方――“诺亚方舟”。
引自――“美国国家地理杂志”――（当天的图片2007.10.21.）
原文：Members of the Querini boat club row alla veneta, or gondola-style, through the waters of Venice Lagoon during the citya??s 20th annual Vogalonga, a spirited rowing marathon that covers an 18-mile (30-kilometer) loop from Venice to Burano and back.
A group of oarsmen started the race in 1974 to revive traditional Venetian lagoon rowing. Today, the competition attracts some 5,200 rowers in more than 1,400 boats.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, a??Venice: More Than a Dream, February 1995, National Geographic magazine)
意译：划船俱乐部的成员，都是那种两头尖的小船，通过威尼斯泻湖举行一年一次的的贡多拉的英勇划船马拉松，全长是30公里自威尼斯到（Burano）再折返。一群男人划桨手开始这样的比赛在1974年再次复活传统的威尼斯泻湖划船赛。今天，这种划船赛吸引了大约有5200名划手和多于1400条船。
原文：Halifax Lupine, Nova Scotia, 1990Photograph by James P. Blair
A shed stands in a field of lupine in Halifax. After the American Revolution, Nova Scotia was deluged by New Englanders still loyal to the crown and England. Settling farms vacated by Acadians, the recent immigrants doubled the provinces population by the 1780s.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in the National Geographic book Canadas Incredible Coasts, 1991)
意译：主标题――哈利法克斯（加拿大省会），(Nova Scotia)，1999年。
一间小屋位于哈利法克斯的一片原野上。美国革命之后，地名（Nova Scotia）受到洪水袭击时新英格兰人仍然效忠于英格兰的王冠的统治。设置的农场腾空被阿卡迪亚人占有，1780年当新移民进入后，在全省以两倍的努力不断增加人口。
原文：Sydney Harbour, Sydney, Australia, 2000Photograph by Annie Griffiths Belt
Storm clouds paint the sky over Circular Quay, the heart of Sydney Harbour and the gateway for many of the citys waterside attractions, including the Sydney Opera House, at right. A sequence of nested concrete shells forms the roof of this iconic structure, which opened in 1973 after almost three decades of planning and construction.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Sydney," August 2000, National Geographic magazine)
意译：主标题――悉尼港，悉尼，澳大利亚，2000年。
暴风雨的云层布满天空在圆形码头上面，悉尼港的中心和其通道为许多海边城市所吸引，其中还包括悉尼歌剧院，正是那个顺序的、嵌套的、混凝土的壳形屋顶等图标的结构 ， 悉尼歌剧院建筑几乎用了三十年时间，终于在1973年展现出来并且营业。
原文：Colorful bathhouses line St. James beach on the [Cape] Peninsulas east coast.
(Photographed while on assignment for, but not published in, "The Fairest Cape," March/April 1997, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
Photograph by Steve McCurry
意译：华丽的公共浴室排列在詹姆士街的海滩，在（Cape）半岛的东海岸。
原文：Rome: Pigeons in St. Peters Square
A boy chases pigeons in column-ringed Piazza San Pietro, designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
Photograph by Bob Krist
意译：主标题――罗马：许多鸽子在彼得斯广场街。
一位男孩在追赶一群鸽子在圆柱状物镶环轮状的圣彼得鲁广场，设计者是伊恩·洛伦佐·伯尔尼。
原文：Vimy, Giza, Egypt, 1994Photograph by James L. Stanfield
"In the antique light of a desert dawn, a Vickers Vimy biplane circles the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. In 1919 another Vimy buzzed above the sands here, attempting the longest, riskiest flight in history."
(Text from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Vimy Flies Again," May 1995, National Geographic magazine)
意译：主标题：Vimy, Giza,埃及，1994年。
淡淡的阳光落在黎明的沙漠上，一架维克斯双翼飞机盘旋在埃及金字塔上。在1919年又有另外一架（Vimy）飞机发出嗡嗡声在那沙滩上，历史上他努力尝试长时间、危险的飞行。
原文：Outrigger Replica, Hawaii, 1982
Photograph by Steven Raymer
A replica of a Polynesian outrigger canoe sits on a beach in Hawaiis Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park.
These handcrafted vessels, hewn from a single log and often in excess of 50 feet (15 meters) in length, likely carried the first Polynesians to the Hawaiian Islands more than 1,200 years ago.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Kamehameha: Hawaiis Warrior King," November 1983, National Geographic magazine)
意译：主标题：舷外支架――复制品，夏威夷，1982年。
一件复制品由玻利尼西亚人的独木舟舷外支架停放在夏威夷的海滩的国家历史公园。