世界新七大自然奇迹 带你走入奇幻景致

近日一份名为“世界新七大自然奇观”的榜单出炉，尽管投票机制(voting mechanism)不一定能得到所有人的认可，但不得不承认这次评选还是令许多人大开眼界的。现在，让我们用自己的感官来评选“世界新七大自然奇观”吧。 1. The Amazon Rainforest – 5.5 million square kilometers of the most ecologically complex environments on our increasingly fragile planet. Its beauty rivals its ecological importance. 1.亚马逊热带雨林——这片面积550万平方公里的土地是我们日益脆弱的地球上最为复杂的生态环境。它美丽与其自身的生态价值相媲美。 2. Halong Bay, Vietnam – A UNESCO World Heritage site, Halong Bay is 500 million years` worth of limestone formations, proudly jutting out of the rolling ocean waters. 2.越南下龙湾——该地区被联合国教科文组织列为世界自然遗产，下龙湾由五亿年之久的石灰岩组成，这些岩体从翻滚的海水中凸现出来，十分壮观。 3. Iguazu Falls, Argentina and Brazil – Legend has it that a god created these falls in order for some desperate lovers to plummet into them eternally. Gaze into the cascading waters, and turbulent passions will definitely come to mind. 3.位于阿根廷和巴西边界的伊瓜苏大瀑布——传说一位神灵创造了这些瀑布，为了让一些绝望的情人们永恒地缀落于这些瀑布之中。凝视着这些喷泻的水流，汹涌澎湃的激情自然也会随之进入脑海。 4. Jeju Island, South Korea – A World Heritage site, this volcanic island rises out of the sea in a perfectly shaped pie, filled with a meringue of lush grasses. 4.韩国的济州岛——世界自然遗产，这座火山岛从海中突起，犹如一个外形完美， 填满“郁郁草丛”做馅料的馅饼。 5. Komodo National Park, Indonesia – These luscious shorelines were once the Komodo dragons` best kept secret. 5.印度尼西亚的科莫多国家公园——这些唯美的海岸线曾经是科莫多巨蜥守护得最好的秘密。 6. Puerto Princesa River, Philippines – If you can`t remember the difference between stalactites and stalagmites now, you will after cruising 10 kilometers of this underground waterway. 6.菲律宾的普林塞萨地下河——如果你现在忘了钟乳石和石笋的区别，在“巡游”完这条10公里的地下水道后你便会统统都记起。 7. Table Mountain, South Africa – It`s as if the gods themselves hammered this mountain into a place where they could wine and dine. 7.南非的桌山——这里仿佛是神灵们自己动手将这座山锤打成为一个容他们喝酒就餐的地方 昆明韦博国际英语