Thousands of men labored ten years (1859-69) to build this shortcut from the Mediterranean to the vast waters of Asia, and vice versa.

成千上万人辛劳劳作10年(1859年至1869年)建成这一相互联接地中海到亚洲广大水域的便捷通道。

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At the Pearl River estuary on the vast waters, large and small islands spread all over, including 146, most of them concentrated in the eastern waters Wanshan islands.

在珠江口广大的水域上，年夜巨细小的岛屿鳞次栉比，计有146个，此中年夜局部集中于东部海域的万山群岛。

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The vast area of waters, dotted with partially submerged atolls and reefs, contain some of the world's busiest shipping lanes and are thought to hold large deposits of oil and natural gas.

这片面积广阔的水域，半淹的环礁和暗礁星罗棋布，世界上一些最繁忙的航道经过这里，并被认为有大量的石油和天然气储存。

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Congress quietly lifted the ban on offshore oil drilling yesterday, opening the vast waters of the outer continental shelf to oil and gas companies eager to exploit the area's substantial energy resources.

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The vast area of waters, dotted with partially submerged atolls and reefs, contain some of the world's busiest shipping lanes and are thought to hold large deposits of oil and natural gas.

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