a ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States (1904-1914)

even if the dry canal's trains can carry more than the 270 teu of a fully laden panama canal railway train, a 12,000 teu shipload might take 30 trains to move.

即使「干运河」列车能够装载的集装箱，比一列巴拿马运河铁路列车满载的270只标準箱还多，1.2万只标準箱大概也需要30列列车。

what would be our panama canal or great wall of china?

什么能成为我们的「巴拿马运河」或「中国万里长城」？

ships too big to go through the panama canal would save even more.

不能穿过巴拿马运河的极大的船将节省更多。

the panama canal connects the atlantic and pacific oceans. it reduces travel by thirteen thousand kilometers. it avoids the need for ships to sail around cape horn at the bottom of south america.

巴拿马运河连接大西洋和太平洋，它避免了船只绕道南美洲下方的合恩角（capehorn），可以缩短1.3万公里航程。

the panama canal opened almost one hundred years ago.

巴拿马运河开通于近100年前。

the 51mile panama canal made shipping history when it opened a route between the atlantic and pacific oceans.

长达51英里的巴拿马运河开通了大西洋与太平洋之间的航线，彪炳航运史册。

alajuela is one of two artificial lakes linked to the panama canal (not pictured).

阿拉胡埃拉湖是连接着巴拿马运河的两个人工河之一。

through the panama canal it is linked with atlantic ports of americas and europe.

通过巴拿马运河，它与美国和欧洲的大西洋港口相连。

the master relays orders from the panama canal authority (acp) pilot to the helmsman as the vessel eases into the lock under her own power.

来自巴拿马运河管理局的引航员发出指令，船长又将指令传达给舵手，使船在低于自身动力的情况下能顺利通过船闸。

the panama canal was closed to shipping for the first time in 21 years, because of flooding.

巴拿马运河21年里第一次因洪水而停航。

the panama canal joins two ocean.

巴拿马运河连接两年夜洋。