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.

上周三他的飞机在从位于波斯湾的航母起飞时突然失去动力。所幸的是没有掉入水里。

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），并向中东区派遣了B-52轰炸机和额外的爱国者反舰炮兵连。

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，并在边境发起了战斗，民称自己曾被机枪和重炮惊醒。

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.

俯冲而下的褶皱曲线是了映射传统独桅帆船的帆，采珠者使用它们在波斯湾汹涌的洋流中穿。

On Saturday, thousands blocked every road leading to the country's main seaport on the Gulf.

周六，数千人阻断了所有通往伊拉克在波斯湾主要海港的所有道路。

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

1991，伊拉克在波斯湾战争中战败。

That body of water is on Iran's southern border.

波斯湾是毗邻伊朗南部边境的水域。

It looks like its sailing into the Persian Gulf!

它看起来就像是要驶进波斯湾了！

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.

他们在非洲、波斯湾、印度和中国建立起了贸易殖民。

We call this place the Persian Gulf for a reason.

我们称这个方波斯湾是有原因的。

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

蒙古帝国在鼎盛时期的疆域从太平洋一直延伸到波斯湾。

OPEC is a group of 15 mostly Persian Gulf countries.

欧佩克是一个由15个国家组成的组织，其中大部分国家位于波斯湾沿岸。

Sand whipped up by Shamals offshore winds blows into the seas of the Arabian Gulf.

夏马风卷起沙尘吹向波斯湾。

Qatar is a small Arab nation in the Persian Gulf.

卡塔尔是位于波斯湾的一个阿拉伯小国。

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

在接下来的几个世纪里，它发展成了一个帝国，从北大西洋一直延伸到波斯湾。

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的废墟中挖掘出来的文物向我们证明，那里的民在公元前3100就已经想到用黏土烧砖并用砖盖房子和庙宇。

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，他们在财政上无法再维持对中东和波斯湾安全的承诺，关键是无法再维持对那里所有石油的控制。

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.

该网络的一个最昂贵的部分是阿提哈德铁路——一条价值 110 亿美元、全长 1，200 公里的货运和客运铁路，横跨阿联酋，从阿曼湾到波斯湾。

If educated Sri Lankans were allowed to work in India, they could get good jobs there instead of having to take menial work in the Gulf, thus easing a growing shortage of skilled Indian workers.

如果允许受过教育的斯里兰卡人在印度工作，他们就不用再去波斯湾做佣人，而是可以找到好工作，缓解印度日益严重的技术工人荒。