术语“自然博物馆”的详细信息

英译术语:

museum of natural history

汉语语境:

三峡地区的先民们早在远古时代便在沿江定居，生息繁衍。正是他们开始了长江上最原始的航行，写下三峡航运最初的篇章。从某种意义上说，三峡就是一个古今舟楫的自然博物馆，各个不同时代都有它的主要船型和独特功用。长江各支流上还活跃着其它各种各样的船只，这些船只不仅种类繁多，而且在造型上独具风格，功用上各有所长。

英语语境:

People in Three Gorges region began to settle along the river since ancient time. Their ancestors began to sail primitively over the river and composed the first navigation chapter of Three Gorges. To a certain extent, the Three Gorges region was a museum of natural history, and each stage of the museum had its specific functions at that time. On other tributaries of the Yangtze River, there were also different kinds of boats and ships with various molds and functions.