February 1, 2007
Island Paradise, French Polynesia, 1996
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
A naked boy stands at the turquoise blue edge of the South Pacific in French Polynesia. This island paradise is a haven for European tourists, but its natives have long been troubled with feelings of antipathy over 150 years of French rule.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "French Polynesia: Charting a New Course," June 1997, National Geographic magazine)
天堂般的岛屿，法属波利尼西亚，1996
摄影者：Jodi Cobb
一个没穿衣服的小男孩站在法属波利尼西亚湖蓝色的南太平洋边缘。虽然这个天堂般的岛屿是欧洲游客的避风港，但是当地人却长期因反感法国150年的统治而苦恼。
文字改编自1997年《国家地理杂志》6月号《法属波利尼西亚：制定新方向》，图片为此文而拍摄，但未刊发。
翻译：小妖Tiana
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February 2, 2007
Rocky Nook, Yellowstone National Park, 1990
Photograph by George F. Mobley
A mountain lion peers out from a rocky nook in Yellowstone National Park. Demonized by farmers and ranchers, mountain lions were almost hunted out of existence until substantial research in the 1960s helped dispel fears about these mysterious big cats which are in fact more likely to run up a tree than attack a human.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Learning to Live with Mountain Lions," July 1992, National Geographic magazine)
岩洞隐蔽所，黄石国家公园，1990
摄影者：George F. Mobley
一只山狮正从黄石国家公园的岩洞隐蔽所向外凝望。由于是农场主和牧人严重的恶魔，山狮过去几乎被猎杀殆尽，直到19世纪60年代的权威研究显示：这种神秘的大猫事实上遇到人常常进退犹豫而不是主动攻击。
（图片为《国家地理》1992年7月刊“学着于山狮相处”一文而拍摄，却未发表）
翻译：皓hao
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February 3, 2007
Universalist Church, Yarmouth, Maine, 1968
Photograph by B. Anthony Stewart
Twilight illuminates the snow-covered grounds of a Universalist Church in Yarmouth, Maine.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Character Marks the Coast of Maine," June 1968, National Geographic magazine)
普遍主义者的教堂，雅茅斯，缅因洲
摄影者：B. Anthony Stewart
黄昏时的阳光照射在普遍主义者教堂前的白雪皑皑的大地上。该教堂位于缅因州雅茅斯。
图片为国家地理杂志1968年6月的“缅因州海岸的特征”拍摄，为发表，文字摘自该文。
翻译：sky
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February 4, 2007
Lone Evergreen, Wyoming, 1979
Photograph by David Alan Harvey
A lone evergreen in a snowy expanse of Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park waits to see whether the sun will emerge from the thick morning fog.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Grand Teton—A Winter's Tale," July 1979, National Geographic magazine)
孤单的常青树，怀俄明州，1979
摄影者：David Alan Harvey
在一望无垠白雪皑皑的怀俄明州大提顿国家公园，一棵孤单的常青树等待着太阳是否会从早晨的浓雾中露出来。
文字编自1979年《国家地理杂志》7月号《大提顿：一个冬天的童话》，图片为此文拍摄但未刊发。
翻译：小妖Tiana
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February 15, 2007
Forest Buffalo, Gabon, 2004
Photograph by Michael Nichols
A small gang of forest buffalo congregate on the beach in Loango National Park. While the humans nestle into their camp tucked between a grove of manilkara trees and hyphaene palms, buffalo and elephants emerge from the forest to feed in the clearing.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Gabon's Loango National Park: In the Land of the Surfing Hippos," August 2004, National Geographic magazine)
森林水牛，加蓬，2004
摄影者：Michael Nichols
在卢安果国家公园里，一小群森林水牛聚集在海滩边。只有人们回到丛林中(铁线子树和棕榈树)的营地后，水牛和大象们才会从森林里来到空旷的地方觅食。
图片来自《国家地理杂志》2004年8月号“加蓬 卢安果国家公园: 在陆地上冲浪的河马”未刊发。文章由原文改编而来。
翻译：火烈鸟
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February 16, 2007
Steel Mill, Kosice, Slovakia, 1993
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
A steel mill sends plumes of smoke into the air of Kosice, Slovakia's second largest city. At the time of Czechoslovakia's split in 1993, a quarter million people inhabited the steel town including Hungarians, Ruthenians, Gypsies, and Poles—a cosmopolitan minority which made up 14% of the new country's population.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Czechoslovakia: The Velvet Divorce," September 1993, National Geographic magazine)
钢铁厂，克思雀，斯洛伐克，1993
摄影者：James L. Stanfield
克思雀的一个钢铁厂正往天空中排放烟雾。克思雀是斯洛伐克的第二大城市，在1993年捷克斯洛伐克分裂时，有25万人在这个钢铁城市居住，包括匈牙利人，罗沙泥亚人，吉普赛人，波兰人——那些在世界上占少数部分却在这个新国家占了14%的人口。
照片为国家地理杂志1993年9月的《捷克斯洛伐克：温柔的分离》拍摄，未发表。内容摘自该文。
翻译：飞舞Luna
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February 18, 2007
Lion Dance, China, 1981
Photograph by James P. Blair
Celebrants of the lunar New Year participate in the Lion Dance, a raucous pantomime that dates back to the seventh century. A masked performer teases a vibrantly painted papier-maché; lion which rears its head, roars, snaps its jaws, and charges in rage.
Originally intended to help expel demons, the ceremony is now celebrated annually on the first day of the year's first lunar month as the Spring Festival. In 2007, it falls on February 18.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Journey Into China, 1982)
舞狮，中国，1981年
摄影者：James P. Blair
参加阴历新年闹新春活动的人们在舞狮，舞狮作为一种“哑剧”可以追溯到第七世纪时期。一个戴面具的表演者操纵着一个描绘得维妙维肖的纸狮子，它高昂着头、咆哮着、张着大嘴扑咬着，同时狂暴地跳跃翻滚。
这种仪式原来是用于驱魂赶鬼，如今是庆祝一年一度的阴历正月初一，也就是春节。2007年的春节是2月18日。
图片为国家地理丛书1982年《走进中国》而拍摄，说明据此文改编。
翻译：海豆芽
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February 19, 2007
Horsethief Canyon, Alberta, Canada, 1986
Photograph by George F. Mobley
Thousands of years of wind, water, and glacial erosion have carved out these eerie badlands 400 feet (122 meters) below prairie level in Alberta, Canada's Horsethief Canyon. Legend has it that during the region's ranching heyday, horses would sometimes disappear into the canyons and emerge later marked with different brands, hence the canyon's curious name.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Trans-Canada Highway, 1986)
"马贼"峡谷 阿尔伯达省 加拿大 1986
摄影者：George F. Mobley
数千年的风，水，以及冰川腐蚀雕琢出了这座阿尔伯达深达400英尺的奇异荒谷。这是加拿大的“马贼”峡谷。传说曾经在该区域牧场鼎盛的时期，放牧的马匹有时候会在峡谷中消失，然后又带着不同的马场烙印出现，从那时起，这个峡谷就得了这么个怪名字.
翻译：葡萄庄园
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February 20, 2007
Sylvan Lake, South Dakota, 1995
Photograph by Daniel R. Westergren
Ancient granite outcrops reflect in the still water of Sylvan Lake in South Dakota's Custer State Park as a lone fisherman awaits a nibble. Geologists calculate that the park's granite, into which the sculptures at nearby Mount Rushmore were carved, are about 1.7 billion years old, making it some of the oldest rock in North America.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Big, Bad, and Beautiful," May/June 1996, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
森林之神湖， 南达科他州， 1995
摄影者：Daniel R. Westergren
在南达科他州卡斯特州立公园里，古老的花岗岩层倒影在凝静的森林之神湖中。此时，一位孤独的钓者正等待着鱼儿咬钩。地质学家估算，这座公园里曾用于雕刻附近拉什莫尔山雕塑的花岗岩，大约有17亿年的历史了，是北美地区最古老的岩石之一。
图片是为《国家地理杂志》1996年5月/6月刊“又大型又劣质又美丽”一文拍摄的，文字也改编于此，但未刊发。
翻译：sanr
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