????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(guó)新疆，美景常常是以奇跡的形態(tài)出現(xiàn)的。一條峽谷成為安集海鎮(zhèn)聞名于世的理由。發(fā)源于天山的河流從陡坡沖下，用漫長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間在大地上切出延綿的懸崖。峽谷全長(zhǎng)約三十公里，谷底最寬處達(dá)到三四百米，窄處只有兩三米。從高空看安集海大峽谷色彩豐富。峽谷兩側(cè)紅色砂巖和灰色泥巖交錯(cuò)分布，呈現(xiàn)出奇異的景觀。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。這是新疆峽谷中最瑰麗，也是最寂寂無聞的一條峽谷。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(huì)猛然驚醒。如果不及時(shí)止步，有可能要摔下萬丈懸崖。

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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

?中英雙語高質(zhì)量素材，值得背誦。