The Suez Canal was first opened in 1869, or at least the Suez Canal as we know it today.

运河于1869年首次通航，或者至少是我们今天所知道的运河。

The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.

运河连接了地中海红海和印度洋。

But in the Suez Canal, it was a global crisis.

但在运河，这引发了一场全球危机。

For comparison, the Suez Canal is nearly 200 kilometers long.

相比之下，运河长近 200 公里。

I'm Carl Azuz and we're starting in the Suez Canal.

我是卡尔·阿祖兹，我们首先来看运河。

Two major shipping freight firms say they will avoid the Suez Canal.

两家主的货运公司表示将避开运河。

And as a result, the Suez canal is big business.

因此，运河的航运是一笔大生意。

Lions and elephants could even reach Europe, the strongest swimming across the Suez Canal.

狮子和大象甚至可以达欧洲，最强壮的狮子和大象可以游过运河。

In Egypt remittances are three times the size of revenues from the Suez Canal.

埃及收的移民汇款达运河上贸易额的三倍。

Hundreds of ships have joined the line to get through the Suez Canal.

数以百计的船只乘此航线通过运河。

Egypt announced plans for an extension of the Suez Canal last month with much fanfare.

上个月，埃及高调宣布运河的扩建计划。

Unfortunately, though, these new secondary channels weren't constructed along the entire Suez Canal's length.

然而不凑巧，这些新的二级航道并没有沿着整条运河的长度建造。

Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser then seized control of the company that operated the Suez Canal.

随后，埃及总统贾迈勒·阿卜杜勒·纳赛尔接管了运营运河的公司。

The ship's owners and the Suez Canal authority are in dispute over compensation for the incident.

船东和运河管理局就事件的赔偿问题存在分歧。

Of late, he has compared his state's planned high-speed train to the Panama and Suez canals.

最近，Brown把修建高铁的计划比作同修建巴拿马及运河一样重势在必行。

Remind us why the Suez Canal is so important. What kinds of things are these ships carrying?

请说明一下为何运河如此重。这些船只运载的是什么物品？

But an Egyptian windfall is far from guaranteed despite today's festivities on the Suez Canal.

但是虽然今天运河举行了盛大的庆祝仪式，但是埃及的这笔意外收获还远不能得保证。

Egypt's Suez Canal's been blocked by a giant container ship that ran aground in windy conditions.

埃及的运河因一艘在大风中搁浅的巨型集装箱船而受阻。

A huge cargo ship got wedged across Egypt's Suez Canal today, blocking the flow of global trade.

今天，一艘巨型货船在埃及运河卡住了，阻碍了全球贸易的流通。

The Suez Canal represented the quickest possible way for British to reach India from the home island.

运河是英国人从本土达印度的最快途径。