世界上最大的游泳池 （小奥自己翻译的哦）
The World's Largest Swimming Pool
世界上最大的游泳池
If you like doing laps in the swimming pool, you might want to stock up on the energy drinks before diving in to this one.
如果你喜欢在游泳池里游圈圈的话，也许你在跳进这个游泳池之前得储存足够的能量才行。
It is more than 1,000 yards long, covers 20 acres, has a 115 ft. deep end，and holds 66 million gallons of water.
它的长度超过1000码（约914米！），占地20英亩（约121亩！），最深处达115英尺（约35米！），容纳6600万加仑（不算了，太多啦）的水。
Yesterday the Guinness Book of Records named the vast pool beside the sea in Chile as the biggest in the world.
昨天吉尼斯世纪记录宣布这个位于智利海边的巨大的游泳池为世界上最大的游泳池。
But if you fancy splashing out on one of your own - and you have the space to accommodate it - then beware...
但是如果你突发奇想，也想建造一个属于自己的它，并且你也有足够的空间，那么你要小心了。。。
This one took five years to build, cost nearly $1 billion and the annual
maintenance bill will be $2 million!
这个游泳池耗时5年建成，花费将近10亿美元，而每年的维护费用将达到20亿美元！
The man-made saltwater lagoon has been attracting huge crowds to the San Alfonso del Mar resort at Algarrobo, on Chile 's southern coast, since it opened last month.
这个人造盐水泻湖，从它上月一开张起，就吸引了众多的人们奔赴这个位于智利南海岸的Algarrobo的San Alfonso del Mar。
Its turquoise waters are so crystal clear that you can see the bottom even in the deep end.
它那绿宝石般的水是如此的清澈透明，甚至在最深处你也能一眼望到底。
It dwarfs the world's second biggest pool, the Orthlieb - nicknamed the Big Splash - in Morocco , which is a mere 150 yards long and 100 yards wide. An Olympic size pool measures some 50 yards by 25 yards.
它把世界第二大泳池给远远地比了下去，那是Orthlieb，位于摩洛哥的绰号Big Splash（大水花？），长150码、宽100码。而奥林匹克的标准泳池则为50码（长）x25码（宽）。
Chile 's monster pool uses a computer-controlled suction and filtration system to keep fresh seawater in permanent circulation, drawing it in from the ocean at one end and pumping it out at the other.
智利这个巨大的泳池采用了电脑控制的抽水和过滤系统，使得海水在永久循环中保持新鲜，一边从大海中引水进来，同时另一边将水抽出去。
The sun warms the water to 26°C, nine degrees warmer than the adjoining sea.
太阳照耀下的泳池水温达到26°C，比相邻的大海温度高9度。
Chilean biochemist Fernando Fischmann, whose Crystal Lagoons Corporation designed the pool, said advanced engineering meant his company could build 'an impressive artificial paradise' even in inhospitable areas.
智利的生物化学家Fernando Fischmann（费昂纳多. 费斯克曼），他的水晶泻湖公司设计了这个泳池，说，有了先进的工程技术，他的公司甚至在不毛之地，也能建造出让世人难以忘怀的人造天堂。
As long as we have access to unlimited seawater, we can make it work,and it causes no damage to the ocean.
只要我们有权使用这用之不竭的海水，我们就能使它运转，并且它对大海不会造成污染。
All I can say is …Wow!
我所能说的只有…Wow!
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