加拿大最美的旅遊勝地:班夫

WITH 6,641 square kilometres of valleys, mountains, forests and rivers, Banff National Park in Canada is one of the world's top choices for a visit. It is Canada's first national park and the world's third. 　
加拿大境內的班夫公園是世界觀光旅遊的首選地，它佔地6641平方公里，園內層巒疊嶂，空谷幽林，水流淙淙。它是加拿大的座公園，世界座公園。 　
Banff has a rich history going back to the creation of Canada as a nation. 　　
班夫公園悠久的歷史，最早要追溯到加拿大建國伊始。

In 1883, three railroad workers came across a cave containing hot springs on the eastern parts of the Rocky Mountains. Two years later, the springs and surrounding area were set aside as Canada's first national park. 　　
1883年，三名鐵路工人在洛基山脈東部偶然了內藏溫泉的山洞。兩年以後，此處溫泉周邊地區被設爲加拿大的座公園。

In 1885, Canada completed its first transcontinental railroad. The Canadian Pacific Railway soon recognized the tourist value of the Canadian Rockies. In 1888, under the direction of William Cornelius Van Horne, the 250-room Banff Springs Hotel was completed. 　　
1885年，加拿大建成本國條橫貫大陸的鐵路。加拿大太平洋鐵路公司旋即意識到了加拿大洛基山脈的重大旅遊價值。在威廉·科爾尼裏阿斯·範·霍恩的帶領下，班夫溫泉城堡飯店於1888年正式完工，總共包括250個房間。 　

The railway connects Saint John on the Atlantic coast to Vancouver on the Pacific coast. A series of grand hotels was built along the main line and Banff was advertised as an international tourism stopover on the steel highway. 　　
這條鐵路連接起了大西洋海岸的聖約翰和太平洋海岸的溫哥華兩市。鐵路主要沿線地區相繼建成大旅館，班夫也這條鋼鐵高速路上的國際旅遊中轉站而被大肆宣傳。 　

The Rockies quickly became popular with the Victorian rich people. They came to enjoy the scenery and the pleasant springs. Soon visitors were not just stopping over, they began to stay. 　　
洛基山脈迅速受到了維多利亞時代富人們的歡迎，陶醉於這裏的美景和溫泉。不久，遊客來這裏只作中途停留，而是開始住下來。 　　
Today, about 5 million people visit Banff every year, with most people going during June, July, and August. 　　
如今，每年大約有500萬人到班夫旅遊，大人選在6月、7月和8月前去。