The strip of land, known as the Isthmus of Panama, was formed about 3.5 million years ago.

巴拿马地峡形成于350万年前。

But isn't that isthmus only composed of quicksand?

那么，这地峡只是由松动沙土形成吗？

Yes, last night, in a matter of minutes, we cleared that insuperable isthmus.

对，就是昨夜，几分钟内，我们便走了这不能走地峡。

But they are technically connected by land to one another across the narrow Isthmus of Panama.

但严格来说，它们是通陆地上狭窄巴拿马地峡相互连接。

For thousands of years now people have been walking across the Isthmus of Panama between the two halves of America.

几千年来，人们一直步行穿美洲两部分之间巴拿马地峡。

They itched to visit a famous isthmus and planned a wonderful itinerary.

他们渴望游览一处著名地峡并计划了一条很棒路线。

Today,nearly 14,000 vessels travel through the isthmus annually— each in under 12 hours.

如今，每年有将近 14,000 船只穿越地峡——每船只航行时间都在 12 小时以内。

To truly connect these two bodies of water shipping interests needed a canal— a continuous maritime passage through the isthmus.

为了真正连接这两水域， 航运需要一条运河— —一条穿地峡连续海上通道。

The museum's eight galleries celebrate the history of the Central America Isthmus, as one of the world's richest deco systems. BBC News.

博物馆展厅展示了中美洲地峡历史，它是世界上最丰富装饰系统之一。英国广播公司新闻。

It had made its way from the south, crossing the still-forming Isthmus of Panama and onto the coastal plains of Texas and then Florida.

它从方出发，穿仍在形成巴拿马地峡，进入得克萨斯州沿海平原，然后进入佛罗里达州。

The only hope for avoiding a grueling six month wagon journey was to travel the narrowest portion of the continent— the 48-kilometer Isthmus of Panama.

避免六月艰苦旅行唯一希望是穿越大陆最狭窄部分——48 公里巴拿马地峡。

When this exciting news reached the East, a mighty rush began to California, over the trails, across the Isthmus of Panama, and around Cape Horn.

当这令人振奋消息传到东方时， 人们开始涌向加利福尼亚，越小径，穿巴拿马地峡， 绕合恩角。

To move goods between Asia and the Mediterranean basin, traders had to traverse the narrow isthmus separating the Red Sea and the Nile, journeying in camel-bound caravans through the unforgiving desert.

在亚洲和地中海盆地之间运输货物，商人不得不穿越分隔红海和尼罗河狭窄地峡，骑着骆驼大篷车上穿无情沙漠。

To have gained a prize in the Olympic, Isthmian, or Nemaean games, gave illustration, not only to the person who gained it, but to his whole family and kindred.

在奥林匹克运动会、地峡运动会或 Nemaean 运动会中获奖，不仅对获奖者，而且对他全家和亲属都起到了示范作用。

Other importations were made, from time to time, by way of the Isthmus, and, though great pains were taken to insure success, about one half usually died on the way.

其他输入，不时地，通地峡，虽然付出了巨大努力以确保成功，但大约有一半通常在途中死亡。

As the isthmus was then a part of Colombia, President Roosevelt proceeded to negotiate with the government at Bogota a treaty authorizing the United States to cut a canal through its territory.

由于地峡当时是哥伦比亚一部分，罗斯福总统着手与波哥大政府谈判一项条约， 授权美国在其领土上开辟一条运河。

The idea of a water route across the isthmus, long a dream of navigators, had become a living issue after the historic voyage of the battleship Oregon around South America during the Spanish War.

横跨地峡水道想法成为了航海家长期以来梦想，现在已经成为一现实问题。

It was the sacred thirst of gold that carried Ovieda, Nicuessa, and Vasco Nugnes de Balboa, to the Isthmus of Darien; that carried Cortes to Mexico, Almagro and Pizarro to Chili and Peru.

正是对黄金神圣渴求，将奥维达、尼库萨和瓦斯科·努格内斯·德·巴尔博亚带到了达里安地峡；它将科尔特斯带到了墨西哥，将阿尔马格罗和皮萨罗带到了智利和秘鲁。

The very narrow isthmus of Panama presented a unique opportunity for mankind to build a shortcut by carving a Canal across just a bit more than 50 kilometers worth of land that separated the two oceans here.

巴拿马非常狭窄地峡为人类提供了一独特机会，通在仅 50 多公里土地上凿出一条运河来修建一条捷径，这条运河将这里两大洋分隔开。

This is by far the biggest city that New Zealand has got strategically located along in Isthmus with good natural harbors to the North and the South and placed over a dormant volcanic field with fairly fertile soils.

这是新西兰迄今为止最大城市，地理位置优越，地峡沿岸有天然良港，位于休眠火山地带，土壤相当肥沃。