LESSON 8 The falls of Niagara
第八课 尼亚加拉瀑布
The most striking feature of North America is the vast chain of lakes which separates Canada from the United States.
北美洲最令人震惊的景象是大片的湖泊群，这些湖泊将加拿大和美国分开。
Lake Superior, the greatest of these inland seas, is the largest body of fresh water in the world.
苏必利尔湖是这些湖当中最大的一个，也是世界最大的淡水湖。
The four other principal lakes are, Lakes Huron, Michigan, Erie, and Ontario; from the last of which issues the noble river St. Lawrence, which runs an uninterrupted course of seven hundred miles before it reaches the Atlantic.
其他四大湖是休伦湖，密歇根湖，伊利湖和安大略湖。绵延七百英里不断，最终汇入大西洋的圣劳伦斯河，就是发源于安大略湖。
Lakes Erie and Ontario are united by the river Niagara, the length of which is thirty-three and a half miles. On this river, about twenty miles from Lake Erie, the celebrated Falls are situated.
尼亚加拉河将伊利湖和安大略湖连接起来，河长33.5英里。离伊利湖大约20英里的地方就是著名的尼亚加拉大瀑布。
The Niagara, as it leaves Lake Erie, is three quarters of a mile in width. Before reaching the falls it is one mile broad, and twenty-five feet deep, and flows with great swiftness.
尼亚加拉与伊利湖脱离后，有四分之三英里宽。瀑布上游的地方却宽一英里，深25英尺，而且水流湍急。
An island, on the verge of the cataract, divides it into two sheets of water. One of these, called from its shape the Horse-shoe Fall, is six hundred yards wide and one hundred and fifty-eight feet in height. The other, called the American Fall, is two hundred yards wide and one hundred and sixty-four feet high.
大瀑布边上的一座岛将其分为两部分。其中得名于其形状的马蹄形瀑布宽600码，高158英尺。另外一部分是美利坚瀑布，宽200码，高164英尺。
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