The expansion of the current canal means two ships will be able to sail by each other.

运河扩建后意味着两艘船可以并行。

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The high cost of steam and the lesser need for speed kept the majority of the world's ocean freight moving by sail until the early years of the 20th century.

蒸汽的高成本、加上货运对速度的低需求，使得世界上大多数的海运货物都是通过帆船来运输的，直到20世纪初，这一状况才有所改变。

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She says the boat would be shaped like a capsule, powered by a small nuclear engine, and though there would be no sail, it would have a mast to hold a camera.

她说船将被制成胶囊形，由一个小型核动力引擎驱动，尽管不会有帆，但船上会有一个固定照相机的桅杆。

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The researchers will sail for Antarctica early next month, in an expedition funded by the Australian and New Zealand governments.

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Yet Robert Forward, one of the committee's members, has suggested a way to squeeze even more thrust from such a sail: by passing ten times closer to the sun.

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Al Busaidi, who had never sailed before joining the Sultan of Oman's Navy as young man, was joined aboard the "Musandam-Oman Sail" by his fellow 29-year-old countryman Fahad Al Hasni who has only been sailing for three years.

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In total, the contenders will cover 25, 000 miles by sail.

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