1·The eastern leg, along the Grand canal, was supposed to be easiest to finish, but pollution in this heavily industrialised region is so great that water treatment is prohibitively expensive.
沿着大运河的东段本该最先完成，但是已经重度工业化的沿岸地区污染过于严重，水处理所需的开支令人望而却步。
2·They think it is a revamped version of an earlier, much-derided scheme for a "grand canal" from Seoul to Busan.
他们认为这只是早前备受嘲笑的“韩版大运河”(从首尔到釜山)方案的改版。
3·We board a "vaporetto" — one of the motorised boat-buses that ply the grand canal.
我们坐上了一艘“公共汽艇”——它是一种装有马达的，在大运河上定期地来回，类似公共汽车的汽艇。
4·The key factors involved in the changes in the Sihe river system are the invasion of the Yellow river and the opening of the Grand Canal.
泗河水系河道变迁的主要因素是黄河夺泗和南北大运河的开发。
5·Within a year, he transformed the Grand Canal palace into a contemporary museum, designed by Tadao Ando;
皮诺用了不到一年的时间，把大运河边的这座宫殿改造成了由安藤忠雄（Tadao Ando） 设计的现当代博物馆；