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在阿拉斯加自驾两周，体验极光、冰川、棕熊等自然奇观，适合练习旅游和自然类英语表达。
- Where do I begin?
- 我该从哪里开始呢？
Alaska is not just another U.S.
阿拉斯加并不仅仅是美国的一个普通州而已。
state, it's a world of its own.
国家，其实是一个独立存在的世界。
Traveling here had been on our bucket list for as long as I can remember.
从我记事起，去这里旅行就一直是我们心中的“梦想清单”上的项目之一。
And we finally got to spend two weeks exploring the last frontier.
我们终于有幸花了两周时间去探索这片“最后的边疆”（即人类尚未充分探索的未知领域）。
What makes this region so special goes beyond the summer's midnight sun.
这个地区的独特之处不仅仅在于夏季午夜时分出现的极昼现象。
This place is not ruled by roads or cities.
这个地方并不受道路或城市的支配。
It is pure nature in all of its humbling beauty for as far as the eye can see.
放眼所及之处，尽是大自然原始而美丽的景象——那种令人感到谦卑（或敬畏）的美。
- I found gold!
- 我发现了黄金！
- Alaska is so vast that it feels like stepping into a giant playground, made out of glaciers,
- 阿拉斯加的面积如此之大，让人感觉自己仿佛走进了一个由冰川构成的巨大游乐场。
rivers and mountains.
河流与山脉。
Where enormous animals roam the landscape.
在那里，巨大的动物在广阔的天地间自由漫步。
This is a journey across one of the most magnificent places on earth.
这是一次穿越地球上最壮丽景观之一的旅程。
We traveled in an RV from Cruise America which was super convenient and gave us a home on the road.
我们乘坐由 Cruise America 公司提供的房车进行旅行，这种方式非常方便——房车就像我们在旅途中的“家”一样，为我们提供了舒适的居住环境。
It took us from Anchorage over to Valdez up to Denali National Park and all way down to the beautiful Kenai Peninsula.
我们的旅程从安克雷奇出发，途经瓦尔迪兹，然后前往德纳利国家公园，最后一直延伸到美丽的肯奈半岛。
It was incredible to experience this level of self-guided exploration mixed with a sense of freedom only Alaska can make you feel.
能够体验到这种自我引导的探索过程，同时还能感受到只有阿拉斯加才能带给你的那种自由感，实在令人难以置信。
You know when you start with the best of the best and then everything else pales in comparison?
你知道那种情况吗？当你一开始就选用了最顶尖、最出色的产品或服务时，其他所有东西相比之下都显得黯然失色了。
We may have just done that to our trip.
我们可能刚刚对自己的旅行做了同样的事情（即：在旅行计划或安排上做出了某些改变）。
- We're going in a helicopter!
- 我们要乘坐直升机进去！
- It is hard to convey this in a video but exploring the Knik Glacier via helicopter was unbelievable.
- 很难通过视频来完全传达这种体验；不过乘坐直升机探索尼克冰川（Knik Glacier）的情景确实令人难以置信。
And one of our highlights, in life, period.
这是我们人生中最重要的时刻之一，没有之一。
- So this is why the glacier's blue, this ice right here.
这就是为什么冰川呈现蓝色的原因——就是这里的冰呈现蓝色。
It's very clear, extremely dense ice.
这种冰非常清澈，且密度极高。
- What is that?
- 那是什么？
- I just got it from over there.
- 我刚从那边拿来的。
It's freezing!
冷极了！
- What did Liv find?
- 利夫发现了什么？
- Are you guys eating it again?
- 你们又打算吃那个东西吗？
Our pilot told us over our headphones that this next stop was a popular spot for bears.
我们的飞行员通过耳机告诉我们：下一站是一个熊们经常出没的地点。
So before we touched down we needed to do a quick fly by to make sure there weren't any around.
因此，在我们降落之前，我们需要先进行一次快速飞越，以确保周围没有其他目标物（或危险物体）。
Luckily, or should I say sadly, there weren't any.
幸运的是（或者，也许应该说遗憾的是），根本没有任何问题发生。
And last but not least, landing on the enormous Knik Glacier itself at one of its many pools of bright blue ice melt.
最后但同样重要的是：在巨大的尼克冰川上着陆，选择冰川表面那些呈亮蓝色、由融冰形成的水池之一作为着陆点。
I mean, seriously how is this even real?
我是说，真的，这怎么可能是真的呢？
- That was amazing.
- 那真是太棒了。
What a way to start our trip!
这真是我们旅程的一个绝佳开端啊！
- Wow, waking up in Alaska ain't half bad.
哇，在阿拉斯加醒来，感觉真是太棒了！
Next stop, the small coastal town of Valdez.
下一站是位于海岸线上的小镇瓦尔迪兹（Valdez）。
One of our favorite parts about Alaska was the driving.
阿拉斯加最让我们喜欢的地方之一，就是那里的驾驶体验。
Imagine, endless roads with barely any other cars to share them with, and views that change as fast as the weather.
想象一下：一望无际的道路，路上几乎没有其他车辆与自己并行；沿途的景色变化得如同天气一样迅速。
- Is that a glacier?
- 那是一座冰川吗？