Last Wednesday it was taking off from an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf when it suddenly lost power. It didn't crash into the water.

上周飞机在从位于波斯湾航母飞时突然失去动力。所幸是没有掉入水里。

Ur–that mound of rubble near the Persian Gulf, where they dug up all those ancient things like harps and game-boards and weapons and jewelry.

乌尔城——这是波斯湾附近废墟，人们在那儿挖掘出很古老文物，如竖琴和棋盘，武器和首饰。

The U.S. says it urgently deployed the USS Abraham Lincoln to the Persian Gulf and sent both B-52 bombers and additional patriot anti- craft batteries to the Middle East.

美国表示，它紧急向波斯湾部署了 USS Abraham Lincoln t（美国亚伯拉罕·林肯号航空母舰），并向中东地区派遣了B-52轰炸机和额外爱国者反舰炮兵连。

In the coming centuries, it grew into an empire that stretched from the north Atlantic all the way to the Persian Gulf.

在接下几个世纪里，它发展成了个帝国，从北大西洋直延伸到波斯湾。

The swooping, frilled curves are meant to mirror the sails of traditional Dhow boats used by pearl divers to weave through the tumultuous currents of the Persian Gulf.

俯冲而下褶皱曲线是为了映射传统独桅帆船帆，采珠者使用它们在波斯湾汹涌洋流中穿行。

And an explosive development near the Persian Gulf, word that Iraq has invaded neighboring State of Kuwait with fighting reported along the border, the residents say that they were awakened by machine gunfire and heavy artillery.

波斯湾附近连续发生爆炸性事件，有消息称伊拉克入侵了邻国科威特，并在边境发了战斗，当地居民称自己曾被机枪和重炮惊醒。

In March of nineteen ninety-one, Red Adair went to Kuwait following the Persian Gulf War.

1991年3月，在海湾战争后，雷德·亚戴尔去了科威特。

Iraq had been defeated in the Persian Gulf War of nineteen ninety-one.

1991年，伊拉克在波斯湾战争中战败。

It looks like its sailing into the Persian Gulf!

它看像是要驶进波斯湾了！

Excavations of rubble mounds on plains near the Persian Gulf have revealed that the people living there had already learnt how to shape bricks from clay and build houses and temples by 3,100 BC.

从耸立于波斯湾附近废墟中挖掘出文物向我们证明，那里居民在公元前3100年已经想到用黏土烧砖并用砖盖房子和庙宇。

And Persian Gulf officials say 4 oil tankers have been damaged by sabotage.

波斯湾官员说，4艘油轮被蓄意破坏。

They established trading colonies in Africa, the Persian Gulf, India and China.

们在非洲、波斯湾、印度和中国建立了贸易殖民地。

It was also around that time that the British Empire decided that they could no longer financially maintain their commitments to security in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf, and, critically, all of the oil there.

也是在那个时候，大英帝国决定，们在财政上无法再维持对中东和波斯湾安全承诺，关键是无法再维持对那里所有石油控制。

We call this place the Persian Gulf for a reason.

我们称这个地方为波斯湾是有原因。

At its height, the Mongol Empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to the Persian Gulf.

蒙古帝国在鼎盛时期疆域从太平洋直延伸到波斯湾。

The president also asked other countries to condemn Iran on what he said is an attempt to harm the freedom of navigation and global commerce in the Persian Gulf area.

还要求其国家谴责伊朗企图损害波斯湾地区" 航行自由和全球贸易自由" 行为。

OPEC is a group of 15 mostly Persian Gulf countries.

欧佩克是个由15个国家组成组织，其中大部分国家位于波斯湾沿岸。

Qatar is a small Arab nation in the Persian Gulf.

卡塔尔是位于波斯湾个阿拉伯小国。

The most expensive elements being Saudi Arabia's Metro project and Etihad Railway, an $11 billion, 1,200 kilometre freight and passenger railway that stretches across the Emirates from the Gulf of Oman to the Persian Gulf.

该网络个最昂贵部分是阿提哈德铁路——条价值 110 亿美元、全长 1，200 公里货运和客运铁路，横跨阿联酋，从阿曼湾到波斯湾。

The deserts around it are already scorching in the summer and the Persian Gulf itself is shallow, so as it heats up it soaks the air humidity.

它周围沙漠在夏天已经很热了，波斯湾本身也很浅，所以当它升温时，它吸收了空气湿度。