The Statue of Liberty
自由女神像

The same case of slight return perhaps applies to the most famous American lady who is carved from copper and lives on an island opposite the skyscrapers of lower Manhattan.
同樣的縮水也發生在最著名的美國女士身上。這位用銅雕成的女神像位于下曼哈頓區摩天大樓對面的一個島上。

Again, it is not that Liberty is tiny. The statue, to the tip of the torch, measures 151ft (46m). The whole construction from ground level up is 305ft (93m). And yet, all those representations in films, TV shows and American mythology leave you expecting just a little more.
話說回來，自由女神像并不小。從火炬的頂端開始計算，雕像本尊高達151英尺（46米）。從地面開始計算，雕像高305英尺（93米）。但是，電影、電視劇和美國神話呈現出的自由女神像會讓你對她的期待更高一些。

Niagara Falls
尼亞加拉大瀑布

It is not that this feature is determined to lambast America's most noted landmarks. "You call that big? That's not big. I should have gone to Russia."
本文并非志在抨擊美國最著名的地標?！澳愎苣墙写笃俨迹窟@根本不算大。后悔了，我應該去俄羅斯的?！?/p>

It's just that, for all its image as a Grand Canyon of the US north-east, all frothing water and clouds of spray, Niagara Falls is not really in the top league of waterfalls. At least, not when it comes to height. Consider these numbers. The Horseshoe Falls segment of Niagara Falls drops 188ft (57m). Victoria Falls in Zambia and Zimbabwe manages a plunge of 355ft (108m). Angel Falls in Venezuela goes the whole hog at 3,212 ft (979m).
只不過，雖然位于美國東北部大峽谷的這個瀑布拍出的騰霧濺珠的照片很壯觀，但尼亞加拉瀑布真不是最大的瀑布。至少，不是最高的。來看看下面這些數字。尼亞加拉大瀑布三大分支當中最大的一支瀑布——馬蹄瀑布高188英尺（57米）。贊比亞和津巴布韋的維多利亞瀑布高355英尺（108米）。委內瑞拉的天使瀑布最高，達3212英尺（979米）。

The Blue Lagoon
藍色礁湖

No visit to Iceland can be complete without a dip in this well-named attraction about 25 miles outside Reykjavik. With good reason. The water is indeed blue (or appears to be). It is also warm. People bathe in its soothing heat and feel happy - seemingly ensconced in a steaming inland ocean. Look at the picture above for proof.
藍色礁湖距離冰島首都雷克雅維克大概25英里。去冰島不去藍色礁湖是不完整的。理由很充分。湖水確實是藍色的（或者看起來是藍色），而且很溫暖。在湖里泡澡的人會感到熱水的溫度很舒服，心情很愉快，仿佛身處于冒著蒸汽的內陸海之中。上面的圖就是證明。

This is all fine and dandy. It is only when you see a wider photo of the lagoon that you realise it is a) not huge and b) an off-shoot of the adjacent Svartsengi geothermal power plant.
這一切都很好。只不過當你看到藍色礁湖的全景圖時，你會意識到：第一，這個湖不大，第二，它只是附近的史瓦特森吉地熱發電廠的衍生物。

英文來源：每日電訊報
翻譯&編輯：丹妮