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

运河连接了地中海到红海和印度洋。

The Suez crisis was a political victory for the Soviets.

运河危机是联政治上的胜利。

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。

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

但运河，这引发了一场全球危机。

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。

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

上个月，埃高调宣布运河的扩建。

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

两家主要的货运公司表示将避开运河。

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

埃收到的移民汇款达到运河上贸易额的三倍。

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

相比之下，运河长近 200 公里。

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分歧。

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

狮子和大象甚至可以到达欧洲，最强壮的狮子和大象可以游过运河。

But it soon became clear this wasn't going to be like the Suez situation at all.

但很快就清楚了，这根本不会像运河事件那样。

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。

Moreover, the Suez Crisis, which I mentioned earlier was in full swing just then.

此外，正如我早先提到的，运河危机当时也轰轰烈烈地进行。

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

数以百的船只乘此航线通过运河。

But the ship's crew can't steer it through the Suez Canal carrying 2 million barrels of crude oil.

但船员无法驾驶这艘载有200万桶原油的油轮通过运河。

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

因此，运河的航运是一笔大生意。

An official claimed the offending stamp was a fake aimed at damaging the Canal project.

一官位员称，这张引起民众反感的邮票是有人蓄意破坏运河工程而发出的假邮票。

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要。这些船只运载的是什么物品？

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

埃的运河因一艘大风中搁浅的巨型集装箱船而受阻。