1·We had left Aswan for Luxor three days earlier, just 40 of us aboard a boat that usually carried 250.
三天前我们离开阿斯旺前往卢克索，在这条能装载250名乘客的船上只有40名游客。
2·At the time of its construction, it was the third-largest infrastructure project ever undertaken in Africa, after the Aswan Dam in Egypt and the Volta Dam in Ghana.
在当时，这条铁路是非洲有史以来第三大基础设施工程，紧次于埃及阿斯旺大坝及加纳沃尔特水库。
3·In Aswan, Rice praised Egypt's historic role as a leader in the search for peace.
赖斯在阿斯旺对埃及在寻求和平的努力中作为带头国家所发挥的历史性作用表示赞赏。
4·37a section of Lake Nasser in Egypt, a massive reservoir behind the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River, seen from the International Space Station in January of 2010.
2010年1月份，国际空间站上拍摄到的埃及纳赛尔湖，这座尼罗河阿斯旺大坝上的大型水库。
5·The high Dam at Aswan was completed in 1970.
阿斯旺的高坝是于1970年完工的。