And, beyond, the great valley of purple heath thrilling silently in the sun.

远处，长满紫色石南的大山谷在阳光下无声地颤动。

But in the world beyond these great river valleys, the story was different.

但世界上除了这些伟大的河谷外, 也有着截然不同的故事。

So glorious is the background of the great Valley, so harmonious its relations to its widespreading fountains.

大峡谷的背景如此辉煌，它与宽阔的喷泉之间的关系如此和谐。

No great valley or river is seen, or group of well-marked features of any kind standing out as distinct pictures.

没有看到大峡谷或河流， 也没有任何类型的明显特征群作为独特的图画突出。

Here we intend to stay several weeks, —a fine location from which to make excursions about the great valley and its fountains.

我们打算在这里停留几个星期， 这是一个可以游览大山谷及其喷泉的好地方。

No great valley or lake is seen, or river, or group of well-marked features of any kind, standing out in distinct pictures.

没有看到大山谷或湖泊， 或河流，或任何类型的一组明显特征， 在清晰的图片中脱颖而出。

I came from the blooming tangles of Florida, and waded out into the plant-gold of the great valley of California, when its flora was as yet untrodden.

我来自盛开的佛罗里达州， 涉水进入加利福尼亚大山谷的植物黄金区， 当时它的植物区系还未被践踏。

What fine times I shall have sketching, studying plants and rocks, and scrambling about the brink of the great valley alone, out of sight and sound of camp!

我将有多么美好的时光写生，研究植物和岩石，独自在大山谷的边缘攀爬，远离营地的视线和声音！

But the spirit of his girl-wife still sings through the canyon, its song blending with the music of that sweetest-voiced river in all the great valleys of the Dry Belt.

但他的妻子的灵魂仍在峡谷中歌唱，它的歌声与干带所有大山谷中那条声音最甜美的河流的音乐融为一体。

The glaciers of Switzerland, like those of the Sierra, are mere wasting remnants of mighty ice-floods that once filled the great valleys and poured into the sea. So, also, are those of Norway, Asia, and South America.

瑞士的冰川和塞拉利昂的冰川一样，只是消融了曾经充满大峡谷并注入大海的强大冰洪的残余。挪威、亚洲和南美洲的情况也是如此。

The difficulty is the same as that felt by so many geologists, when Lyell first insisted that long lines of inland cliffs had been formed, and great valleys excavated, by the agencies which we still see at work.

困难与许多地质学家所感受到的一样， 当时莱尔最初坚持认为， 内陆悬崖的长线已经形成，巨大的山谷已经被我们仍然看到的机构所挖掘。