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举国闻名的巴拿马运河是最重要的国际大通道之一,它的兴建竟然与火山有关。国际大运河的命运与火山是怎样联系在一起的呢?在南美洲与北美洲之间,有一狭长的陆地,这就是著名的中美地峡。就是这狭长的中美地峡,隔开了太平洋和大西洋。人们早就想在中美地峡开凿一条运河,把太平洋与大西洋沟通,成为南北美洲东西两岸的捷径。
The well-known Panama Canal is one of the most important international thoroughfares, and its construction is actually related to volcanoes. How is the fate of the Grand Canal linked to volcanoes? Between South America and North America there is a long strip of land, the famous Sino-American isthmus. This is a narrow Sino-American isthmus, separated by the Pacific and the Atlantic. People long ago wanted to dig a canal in the Isthmus of China and the United States and communicate the Pacific Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean to become a shortcut for the east and west coasts of North and South America.