????In Xinjiang,?China,?the beautiful scenery can often take miraculous forms.?Anjihai Town has become famous the world over due to one canyon in particular.?

????The river, which originates in the Tianshan Mountains,?rushes down the steep slopes,?carving its way through escarpments formed over millenia.?The canyon is about 30 kilometers in length,?with the valley floor being 3 to 4 hundred meters at its widest,?while the narrowest part is only two or three meters.?From above,?Anjihai Grand Canyon is rich in colors.?On either side of the canyon,?red sandstone and gray mudstone alternate to create an astonishing landscape.?The colors are formed as the river erodes and dissolves the sandstone and mudstone,?drawing abstract pictures on the land.?

????It is one of the most beautiful and yet virtually unknown canyons in Xinjiang.?Because it is so hidden and the land on either side of the canyon are the same height,?people sometimes come across it without warning.?If they don't stop in time,?then they could easily plunge off the cliff.

????在中國新疆，美景常常是以奇跡的形態(tài)出現(xiàn)的。安集海鎮(zhèn)因一個特別的峽谷而聞名于世。

????發(fā)源于天山的河流從陡峭的山坡上奔流而下，穿過數(shù)千年形成的懸崖。峽谷全長約30公里，谷底最寬處為三四百米，最窄處僅兩三米。從高處俯瞰，安吉海大峽谷色彩豐富。在峽谷的兩側(cè)，紅色砂巖和灰色泥巖交替形成了一幅令人驚嘆的風(fēng)景。河流將不同顏色的砂巖和泥巖沖刷溶解，在大地上描繪出抽象畫。

????安集海大峽谷是新疆最美麗但幾乎不為人所知的峽谷之一。由于它實(shí)在是太過隱蔽，峽谷兩岸的地面高度相近，人們有時(shí)一直走到它的跟前才會猛然驚醒。如果他們不及時(shí)停下來，那么他們很容易就會掉下懸崖。

miraculous??adj. 神奇的/不可思議的/超自然的/非凡的

canyon ?n.（尤指北美有河流流過的)峽谷

millenia ????千禧年

sandstone? n.砂巖

mudstone??n.泥巖

plunge ?n.跳入/ 扎入/驟然下跌/投入

????????? ? ? v.跳入/猛推/突然地下降/投入