点评:This was such a fun experience. It's wild that this is such an impressive feat of public works - an engineering marvel - and yet so few people know anything about the Grand Coulee Dam today. It is true that you no longer get to see the generator room - an unfortunate aspect of the reality we live in today. But it was super cool to see the pump room and all the mighty pumps. And it was great to be able to go out on the surface of the dam and to just try to get a feel for the enormity of the size of this dam. Our tour guide was the best - the perfect mix of humor and information. The laser show was just fun. It wasn't some earth-shattering feat of technology, no, but it was just so cool how they open the spill gates just a little to allow a small steam of water to cascade down the surface of the dam spillway and create the movie screen. What a fun concept.
For me, the most amazing aspect is this visit was to just try to comprehend the massive size of this dam. It's so big that it plays tricks on your mind. You can't even comprehend its massive size as you're looking at it. You have to tell your mind over and over that this dam is twice the height of Niagara Falls and try to visualize that truth in your mind to begin to grasp it.
Twas a fun and very educational day for us.
翻译:这是一次非常有趣的经历。这真是一项令人印象深刻的公共工程壮举,堪称工程奇迹,但如今却很少有人了解大古力水坝,这真是不可思议。诚然,现在再也看不到发电机房了——这在当今社会是一个令人遗憾的现实。但看到泵房和所有那些强大的水泵,真的非常酷。能够登上大坝表面,感受这座大坝的磅礴气势,真是太棒了。我们的导游是最棒的——他幽默风趣,知识渊博。激光表演也非常有趣。这算不上什么惊天动地的科技壮举,但他们稍微打开泄洪闸,让一股细小的水流顺着泄洪道表面倾泻而下,形成电影画面,真是太酷了。多么有趣的构思啊!
对我来说,这次参观最令人惊奇的地方在于,它让我真正地感受到了这座大坝的宏伟。它大到让你的大脑都感到不可思议。你甚至无法想象它的巨大规模,即便只是看着它。你必须一遍又一遍地告诉自己,这座大坝的高度是尼亚加拉瀑布的两倍,并努力在脑海中想象这个事实,才能开始理解它。
对我们来说,这是充满乐趣且富有教育意义的一天。