The recent Mississippi River floods have affected life in St. Louis and they have devastated farmers across the Midwest.

西西比河最近的洪灾，摧毁了中西部的一些农业带，也影响了圣路易斯的生活。

If such an earthquake happened today, it would be felt from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean and would flatten most of the cities in the Mississippi valley. That, he figured, should get his classmates' attention.

如果这种震在当下发生，从洛矶山脉到大西洋，你都能感觉到它，而且西西比河附近的村庄都会被夷为平。他认为这样会引起生们的注意。

Mark Twain, which means watermark two, was a call used by sailors on the Mississippi, to warn shipmates that they were coming into shallow water.

“马克·吐温”的原意是“（吃水）刻度二”，为防止水手进入浅水，西西比河上的船员会使用这个词。

If you wanted to go west from there or really anywhere from the Mississippi River, you had to travel by wagon.

如果你想从那里向西或者西西比河的任何方，你必须乘马车旅行。

The Gateway Arch towers above St. Louis on the banks of the Mississippi River.

圣路易斯的西进之门伫立在西西比河的河岸。

Today, we're getting an exclusive look inside the USS Mississippi, one of the most powerful warships on the planet -- with a crew of around 140 people.

今天，我们将独家一睹西西比河号战舰的内部情况，它是球上最强大的战舰之一--该战舰由大约140人组成舰队。

New Orleans is a port city at the mouth of the Mississippi River.

新奥尔良是西西比河口的港口城市。

Beginning around 1,900, the Mississippi's natural wandering course began to change again.

大约从 1900 年开始，西西比河的自然流动路线又开始改变。

Four Asian carp species now live in much of the Mississippi River.

四种亚洲鲤鱼现在生活在西西比河的大部分。

Around 25 times the volume of water that flows in the Mississippi is flowing through the air and this is the 10th so-called atmospheric river to hit California this winter.

空气中流动的水量大约是西西比河流量的25倍，这是今年冬天袭击加州的第10条所谓的大气河。

At one time, Tulare Lake was the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River.

图拉雷湖曾经是西西比河以西最大的淡水湖。

But if he wrote about this river today, Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn would spend a lot of time walking on the beach. Because in too many places, the not so mighty Mississippi is a fraction of a Twain.

但如果他在书中所写的是今天的这条河，汤姆·索亚和哈克·芬恩便会花上大量的时间在河滩上散步。因为在现在西西比河流域的很多，水量只是“吐温”的一小部分。

In 1912 America's Supreme Court ruled that a coalition of 14 railroad proprietors had used their joint ownership of a bridge across the Mississippi river, near the St Louis terminal, to unlawfully stifle competition.

1912年，美国最高法院裁定，一个由14名铁路业主组成的联盟利用他们对圣路易斯终点站附近一座横跨西西比河大桥的共同拥有权，非法扼杀了竞争。

The family lived and worked on a cotton farm along the Mississippi River. Cotton was a crop that grew well in the rich, dark soil near the river.

这家人在西西比河沿岸的一个棉花农场生活和工作。棉花是一种在河边肥沃的黑土上长得很好的作物。

For industrial purposes, Pullman was placed strategically to be able to take advantage of the proximity to this lake, existing rail lines, and to connect with the Mississippi River.

出于工业目的，普尔曼被战略性安置在能够利用靠近这个湖、现有铁路线以及与西西比河连接的方。

If Columbus hadn't brought colonization over to the Americas, then the Iroquois would probably have continued to grow their nation and surround much of the Great Lakes area and the Mississippi River.

如果哥伦布没有将殖民化带到美洲，那么易洛魁人可能会继续壮大他们的国家，并包围五大湖和西西比河的大部分。

The British soldiers were commanded by General Sir Edward Pakenham. The general did not take his men directly to the mouth of the Mississippi River.

英军由爱德华·巴肯汉爵士将军指挥，巴肯汉没有直接把他的士兵带到西西比河的河口。

These were serious losses for the Confederacy. It already was low on manpower and weapons. But an even greater loss was the control of the Mississippi River.

这些对联盟国来说是非常严重的损失，其人力和武器已经不足。但更大的损失，是对西西比河的控制。

Flood control measures along the Mississippi River stopped the natural process that left materials from the river in the delta – the low-lying land next to the river.

西西比河沿岸的防洪措施阻止了该自然过程，该过程会使河水中的物质留在三角洲——河流旁边的低洼带。

These rivers in the sky can transport the equivalent of as much as 25 times the amount of water that flows through the actual Mississippi River.

这些天上的大河可以运输的水量，相当于西西比河流量的25倍。