In the nineteen fifties, both East and West offered aid to Egypt to build the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River.

20世纪50年代，东西方都帮助埃及在尼罗河上修建阿斯旺大坝。

The Aswan High Dam, which captures floodwater during rainy seasons and releases water during times of drought, generates about half of Egypt's power supply.

阿斯旺水坝在雨季时储存水量，旱季时开闸放水，产生埃及一半的电量。

The Aswan High Dam in southern Egypt was constructed across the Nile back in the 1960s which created behind it the huge reservoir known as Lake Nassar.

埃及南部的阿斯旺水坝建于 20 世纪 60 年代，横跨尼罗河，在其背后形成了一个巨大的水库，即纳赛尔湖。

And if Lake Nasser's water levels decrease, it means that the Aswan High Dam won't have as much water available to run through its turbines to generate electricity.

如果纳赛尔湖的水位下降，就意味着阿斯旺大坝将没有足够多的水通过涡轮机发电。

Egypt's leadership in the Arab world was cemented by the Aswan High Dam.

阿斯旺高坝巩固了埃及在阿拉伯世界的领导地位。

The Cold War also affected the Middle East. In the nineteen fifties, both East and West offered aid to Egypt to build the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River.

冷战也影响了中东。20世纪50年代，东西方都向埃及提供援助，在尼罗河上修建阿斯旺大坝。

NASA hoped to use the revenue from the canal to finance the Aswan High Dam, which would end the annual flooding of the Nile and allow for infrastructure improvements that would help the Egyptian economy.

美国国家航空航天局希望利用运河的收入来资助阿斯旺高坝，这将结束尼罗河每年的洪水，并允许基础设施的改善，这将有助于提高埃及经济。

A successful strike would destroy the dam and free up the waters to flow back up to Egypt into Lake Nassar behind their Aswan High Dam, relieving the country of its hypothetical drought-like conditions during this desperate potential scenario.

一次成功的袭击将摧毁大坝，释放出的水流将回流到埃及阿斯旺大坝后面的纳赛尔湖，缓解埃及在这种绝望的潜在情况下可能出现的干旱状况。