1·The letter was written by Darwin to thank an American geologist, Dr. Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden.
这封信是达尔文为感谢美国地质学家费迪南德·范德维耶·海登博士而写的。
2·It is the only paved road discovered in ancient Egypt, said geologist Thomas Bown of the United States Geological Survey.
美国地质调查局的地质学家托马斯·鲍恩说，这是在古埃及发现的唯一一条铺好的路。
3·"The road probably doesn't rank with the pyramids as a construction feat, but it is a major engineering achievement," said his colleague, geologist James Harrell of the University of Toledo.
他的同事、托莱多大学的地质学家詹姆斯·哈雷尔说：“这条路可能不算是一项与金字塔相媲美的建筑壮举，但却是一项重大的工程成就。”
4·Geologist Gerard Bond noticed that some of the sediment grains were stained with iron oxide, evidence that they originated in locales where glaciers had overrun outcrops of red sandstone.
地质学家杰拉德·邦德注意到，一些沉积物颗粒被氧化铁染色，这表明它们起源于冰川覆盖红砂岩露头的地方。
5·FAROUK EL-BAZ, Egypt's most famous geologist, has already had a school named after him, and a space shuttle on the American television programme "Star Trek".
FAROUK EL - BAZ是埃及最著名的地质学家，他已拥有一所以他的名字命名的学校和一架在美国电视节目“明星历程”的航天飞机。