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，这地峡只是由松动的沙土形成的吗？

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

对，就是昨夜，几分钟内，我们便走过这不能走过的地峡。

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

但严格来说，它们是通过陆地上狭窄的巴拿马地峡相互连接的。

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

几千年来，人们一直步行穿过南北美洲两部分之间的巴拿马地峡。

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

他们渴望游览一处著名的地峡并计划一条很棒的路。

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——每船只的航行时间都在 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.

为连接这两个水域， 航运需要一条运河— —一条穿过地峡的连续海上通道。

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

博物馆的八个展厅展示中美洲地峡的历史，它是世界上最丰富的装饰系统之一。英国广播公司的新闻。

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.

它从南方出发，穿过仍在形成的巴拿马地峡，进入得克萨斯州的沿海平原，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.

避免六个月的艰苦旅行的唯一希望是穿越大陆最狭窄的部分——48 公里的巴拿马地峡。

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.

当这个令人振奋的消息传到东方时， 人们开始涌向加利福尼亚，越过小径，穿过巴拿马地峡， 绕过合恩角。

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的狭窄的地峡，骑着骆驼的大篷车上穿过无情的沙漠。

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，而且对他的全家和亲属都起到示范作用。

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，通过地峡，虽然付出巨大的努力以确保成功，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的一部分，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.

横跨地峡的水道想法成为航海家长期以来的梦想，现在已经成为一个现实的问题。

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.

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

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.

巴拿马非常狭窄的地峡为人类提供一个独特的机会，通过在仅 50 多公里的土地上凿出一条运河来修建一条捷径，这条运河将这里的两大洋分隔开。

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的城市，地理位置优越，地峡沿岸有南北天然良港，位于休眠火山地带，土壤相当肥沃。