1. This is why their dead were buried on the west bank of the Nile.
    所以他们就把死者埋葬在尼罗河西岸。

2. To the west you can see the Libyan Desert, and to the east you can see the green Nile Valley and the modern city of Cairo.
    向西，你可以看到利比亚沙漠，向东，可以看到绿色的尼罗河流域和开罗这座现代化城市。

3. The great characteristic of the Nile is the regularity of its floods.
    尼罗河的最大特征就是河水定期泛滥。

4. The annual flooding is caused by the melting snows on the high Ethiopian plateau, from where the Nile originates.
    尼罗河发源于埃塞俄比亚高原，那里融化的冰雪致使河水年年泛滥。

5. How long is the River Nile?
    尼罗河有多长?

6. Many of the blocks came from the east bank of the Nile, and they were taken across the river in boats at flood time.
    石料多取自尼罗河东岸，涨洪水时人们用船将石块运过河。

7. One cannot think of Africa without thinking of Egypt, the cradle of an ancient civilization, nor of Egypt without the Nile.
    想到非洲，人们不能不想到作为古代文明发祥地之一的埃及。同样，想到埃及，不能不想到尼罗河，

8. It is located on the west bank of the Nile River, not far from Cairo.
    它位于尼罗河西岸，距开罗不远。

9. In fact, all the pyramids along the Nile are on the west bank.
    实际上，所有的金字塔都建在尼罗河西岸。

10. In ancient Egypt, for example, the season when the Nile flooded the land was followed by the season when crops were planted and cared for.
    例如在古埃及，尼罗河水泛滥大地的季节后紧跟着便是种植和照看庄稼的季节，