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

苏伊于1869年首次通航，或者少是我们今天所知道的苏伊。

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

相比之下，苏伊长近 200 公里。

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

但在苏伊，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·祖兹，我们首先来看苏伊。

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

苏伊连接了地中海到红海和印度洋。

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

狮子和大象甚可以到达欧洲，最强壮的狮子和大象可以游过苏伊。

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

埃及收到的移民汇款达到苏伊上贸易额的三倍。

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

上个月，埃及高调宣布苏伊的扩建计划。

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苏伊。

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

随后，埃及总统贾迈·杜·纳赛尔接管了营苏伊的公司。

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

船东和苏伊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苏伊一样重要势在必行。

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

请说明一下为何苏伊如此重要。这些船只载的是什么物品？

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

但是虽然今天苏伊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到保证。

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

埃及的苏伊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苏伊卡住了，阻碍了全球贸易的流通。

A tanker transporting crude oil has broken down in Egypt's Suez Canal, disrupting traffic in the global waterway.

一艘输原油的油轮在埃及苏伊发生故障，全球贸易航道被扰乱。

Today, nearly 30% of all global ship traffic passes through the Suez Canal, totaling over 20,000 ships in 2021.

如今，全球近 30% 的船舶要通过苏伊，到 2021 年，船舶总数超过 20000 艘。

It wasn't too long ago that we showed you a cargo ship that got stuck in the Suez Canal.

就在不久前，我们向大家展示了一艘被困在苏伊的货船。

He runs the only privately managed port in Egypt located just below the southern entrance of the Suez Canal.

他经营着埃及唯一一个私人管理的港口，位于苏伊南部入口下方。