That sounded fine to us, so we booked our four-day trip from Aswan to Luxor.

我们觉得那听起来还不错，所以订了从阿斯旺到卢克索的四日游。

But the Aswan Dam changed everything.

但阿斯旺水坝改变了一切。

We left Aswan on the following morning and we sailed downstream through a fertile region.

第二天早上我们就离开了阿斯旺，并且顺流而下经过了一片富饶的地区。

You could also choose to use the train network in Egypt linking Cairo to Luxor, Aswan and Alexandria.

你也可以选择使用埃及的铁路网，其将开罗与卢克索、阿斯旺亚历山大连接起来。

We had to get a taxi to Aswan in southern Egypt and stay there overnight in a hotel.

我们须打的去埃及南部的城市阿斯旺，并在那儿的旅馆住一晚。

The biggest of them all cracked while it was being carved and it was simply abandoned in its quarry in Aswan.

其中最大的一个在雕刻时破裂了，被遗弃在阿斯旺的采石场。

These days, Aswan is most famous for its massive dam.

如今，阿斯旺以其巨大的水坝而闻名。

The highest indisputable date is year 9, with records from Aswan and Canaes.

最无可争议的日期是第九年，有来自阿斯旺卡纳伊斯的记录。

Number five Aswan Why should you visit the city of Aswan?

第五名 阿斯旺 为什么您应该参观阿斯旺市？

Egypt's leadership in the Arab world was cemented by the Aswan High Dam.

埃及在阿拉伯世界的领导地位是通过阿斯旺高坝巩固的。

It is time that the world learned the lessons of Aswan.

现在是世界从阿斯旺的教训中学习的时候了。

To visit that temple, tourists catch a short flight from Aswan.

要参观那座寺庙，游客可以从阿斯旺乘坐短途航班。

In the nineteen fifties, both East and West offered aid to Egypt to build the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River.

20世纪50年代，东西方都帮助埃及在尼罗河上建阿斯旺大坝。

We start in Alexandria, fly to Luxor, cruise up the Nile to Aswan, and finish in Abu Simbel.

我们从亚历山大港出发，飞往卢克索，沿尼罗河航行至阿斯旺，最后抵达阿布辛贝。

Aswan Dam has stopped the floods.

阿斯旺大坝阻止了洪水。

It wouldn't surprise me the slightest if there were plenty there at Aswan.

这完全不会让我感到惊讶，阿斯旺那边很可能有很多。

The Aswan High Dam, which captures floodwater during rainy seasons and releases water during times of drought, generates about half of Egypt's power supply.

阿斯旺水坝在雨季时储存水量，旱季时开闸放水，产生埃及一半的电量。

Reports from the city of Aswan say gunfights broke out close to the hospital and the morgue near 2 tourist hotels and the market.

来自阿斯旺的报道称枪战发生在医院附近两座旅游酒店附近的陈尸间市场里。

Surgical instruments on a wall carving in the Qom-Ombo temple near Aswan show the significance of surgery in ancient Egyptian culture.

在阿斯旺附近的科姆翁布神庙的墙雕上，外科手术器械展示了外科手术在古埃及文化中的重要性。

The granite for the sculpture was quarried from Aswan and extracted in a single colossal block-the whole statue would have originally weighed about 20 tons.

雕像所使用的花岗岩釆自阿斯旺，在尼罗河上游，距神殿超过一百五十公里。它使用了整块巨石雕琢，原石重量应超过二十吨。