埃及发行邮票纪念新苏伊士运河闹乌龙

困难

高中二年级

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世界与环境

埃及为纪念即将开工的新苏伊士运河发行邮票。细心的网友发现，邮票上的照片是巴拿马运河。埃及邮政部门已责令相关人员作出修正。新的苏伊士运河在一些河段允许轮船双向行驶，加大了运河的航运能力。

When the Egyptian government proudly announced plans to build a new Suez Canal last month, officials were so puffed up with pride that they took the time-honored step of commissioning a series of stamps to mark the £2.4 billion project.

上月，埃及政府自豪地宣布了建造一条新苏伊士运河的计划，政府官员们深感自豪，因为他们开创历史先河，通过发行一系列的邮票来纪念这个价值 24 亿英镑的工程。

But in an embarrassing start to the scheme, it appears that the stamps are not all they seem—the designers have managed to mix up their canals. Instead of featuring photographs taken only in Egypt, the stamps have been printed with pictures of the other world -famous canal that runs through Panama.

然而，这个计划有着令人尴尬的开始，因为这些邮票看起来并非他们应有的样子 —— 设计师们混淆了他们的运河。邮票上的照片并非苏伊士运河的特写，而是印着另一条世界著名的巴拿马运河。

“ Egypt issues stamps of ‘new Suez Canal’, but steals an image of the “Panama Canal instead,” tweeted Amro Ali, an academic from the coastal city of Alexandria . “Major fail”. The stamps feature images of a map of the Suez Canal, along with photographs of a waterway in a desert setting which do indeed appear to come from Egypt. However they also show another two waterways in a green, fertile landscape which bears an incredible resemblance to the Panama Canal — the 48 mile Central American passage which links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

“埃及发行‘新苏伊士运河’邮票，但却窃取了“巴拿马运河”的图像，来自亚历山大港沿海城市的学者阿姆鲁·阿里在推特上写到。“这是一种大失败”。这些邮票以苏伊士运河以及处于荒凉环境中的一条河道为特写，看起来确实似乎来源于埃及。然而，这些图片也展示了另外两条处于绿色肥沃地形中的河道，这与巴拿马运河 —— 连接大西洋和太平洋的长达 48 英里的中美洲通道，有着惊人的相似之处。

The Suez Canal has long been an asset desired by European empires and local Arab nationalists alike. It was once one of the gateways to the British Empire in India. Also revenues from the canal, which total around £3 billion ever year, are now a hugely important channel of revenue for the Egyptian government.

长久以来，苏伊士运河是欧洲帝国和当地阿拉伯民族主义者觊觎的财产。它曾是印度通往大英帝国的通道之一。运河的收入，每年合计约 30 亿英镑，现成为埃及政府收入的重要来源。

Officials in Cairo announced their plan for a 45-mile extension of the waterway last month. The scheme will allow ships to travel in both directions for a section of the waterway. But engineers have already run into hot water after it emerged that thousands of Egyptians have been forced to move away from their homes to make way for the bypass.

上月，开罗官员们宣布了将河道延伸 45 英里的计划。该计划在一些河段允许轮船双向行驶。但是工程师们已经遇到了困难 —— 因为数以万计的埃及人为给运河辅线让路而被迫离开家园。