And the Florida straits are very, very warm.

而佛罗里达海峡非常, 非常暖和。

We can't make it across the Channel in this, lads.

这种小船可没办穿海峡。

Now, a United States carrier strike group has been deployed the strait.

现在，一艘美国航空母舰打击群已经部署到该海峡。

The port sits across the English Channel from Britain.

这座港口位于英国英吉海峡对岸。

Napoleon wanted to dig a tunnel under the Channel.

拿破仑想在英吉海峡下面挖条隧道。

He had survived pellagra in Persia, scurvy in the Malayan archipelago, leprosy in Alexandria, beriberi in Japan, bubonic plague in Madagascar, an earthquake in Sicily, and a disastrous shipwreck in the Strait of Magellan.

他在波斯癞病，在马来亚群坏血病，在亚历山大麻疯病，在日本脚气病，在马达斯淋巴腺鼠疫，在西西里碰到地震，在麦哲伦海峡遇到牺牲重的轮船失事。

Some, like the disastrous Dardanelles campaign—an audacious attempt he masterminded at the Admiralty to seize the straits of Gallipoli and knock Turkey out of the first world war—he got wrong.

有些赌局，比如悲剧色彩的达达尼尔海峡战役，丘吉尔在海军部策划了这次大胆的军事行动，目的是占波海峡，迫使土耳其退出第一次世界大战，结果他押错了赌注。

We are getting good reports of the weather in the Channel and in France, so we should have a calm crossing.

就我们收到的报告来看，海峡和法国的天气都不错，所以我们应该能平稳地到达目的地。

For the seventy-fifth anniversary of that decisive battle in a true spirit of reconciliation, those who had formerly been sworn enemies came together in friendly commemorations, either side of the channel, putting past differences behind them.

在这场决定性的战役75周年之际，本着真正的和解精神，那些我们曾经的死敌，从海峡两岸远道而来，聚在一起，将去的分歧抛在脑后，友好地纪念这一历史。

The only place it's found in nature is the Channel Islands.

州海峡群是自然界已发现的该物种的唯一栖息地。

Yes. I, Gulliver, was crossing the stretch of water between Lilliput and the island of Blefuscu, half swimming, half wading, carrying ropes and iron hooks.

是的，我，格列夫，正在穿小人国和不来夫斯库屿之间的海峡，半游泳，半蹚水地，带着绳子和铁钩子。

And even though it spans the narrowest section between England and France at the Straight of Dover, the Channel Tunnel is still 31 miles long and it runs as deep as 250 feet.

尽管它横跨英、法两国之间最窄的多佛尔海峡，但隧道仍然有31英里长、250英尺深。

And we're lucky because by the Drake Passage's standards, these are actually really calm waters.

我们很幸运，因为根据德雷克海峡的日常来看，这里是非常平静的水域。

Traveling as far south as Colombia and Venezuela, she'll then turn north toward the Bering Strait, where she'll cross into Russia and fly over south and southeast Asia, the across Africa and the Middle East before returning home.

南下到哥伦比亚和委内瑞拉，然后向北转向白令海峡，在那里它将穿俄罗斯，飞越南亚和东南亚，穿非洲和中东后返航。

But while the Kerch Straight itself is supposed to be shared territorial waters of Russia and Ukraine, Russia controls the land on both sides of it.

但是当刻赤海峡本身被认为是俄罗斯和乌克兰共享的海时，俄罗斯却控制着它两边的土地。

He became a hero by defending the Dardanelles against the Allies in 1915.

1915年，在打击协约国保卫达达尼尔海峡战役中，他成为了英雄。

According to Guinness Book of World Records, the Dover Straight located in the English Channel is the world's biggest lane for shipping.

根据吉尼斯世界纪录，位于英吉海峡的多佛直道是世界上最大的航运通道。

To put that into context, the UK built a high-speed rail line between London and the Channel Tunnel in the 2000s that's equivalent to 0.2% of China's current network.

相比之下，英国在21世纪初修建了一条连接伦敦和英吉海峡隧道的高铁，里程相当于中国目前高铁网的0.2%。

Later it crossed the Channel, riding smoothly over the waves, which presented no problem.

后来气垫船跨越英吉海峡，平衡地在波浪上方行驶，波浪不再产生阻力。

Take the cable car right to the top of this 1,400-foot high limestone ridge and enjoy the spectacular views; south, across the Strait of Gibraltar to the African coastline, and north to Spain.

搭乘缆车可以到这座 1400 英尺高的石灰岩山顶欣赏壮阔美景；巨岩南边跨越直布罗陀海峡，直达非洲海岸线，而往北则是西班牙。