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亞利桑那州的大峽谷
位於亞利桑那州西北方的大峽谷，是一個又深又廣的河谷；您知道第一位到達此處的歐洲人，是被什麼帶領過來的呢？
1540年，西班牙探險家GarcÃa
López de Cárdenas是第一位親眼目睹大峽谷的歐洲人。當時他為尋找傳說中，滿載寶藏及財富的神話城市：錫沃拉的七座黃金城，他無意中來到了大峽谷；他的旅程被視為失敗，因為他從未找到夢想中的黃金。
早在歐洲人發現大峽谷前，美國原住民：阿納薩齊人就已經定居在此處了；阿納薩齊人被視為現今霍皮族印地安人的祖先，他們住在pueblos(城鎮)，大峽谷邊上的洞穴及窯屋。霍皮人相信大峽谷是一個Sipapu，即所有人類的出生地，大家都是從這個地方轉生到現今這個世界的。
The Grand Canyon is an immense steep valley in northwestern Arizona. Do you know what led the first European to go there?
GarcÃa López de Cárdenas, a Spanish explorer, was the first European to see the Grand Canyon, in 1540. He stumbled across it in his search for fabled cities thought to be filled with treasure and riches -- the Seven Golden Cities of Cibola. His journey was considered a failure because he never found the gold he sought.
Native Americans, called the Anasazi, lived along the Grand Canyon long before Europeans ever set eyes on it. The Anasazi, who are thought to be the ancestors of the present-day Hopi, lived in caves and pit houses along the edges of the canyon in pueblos (towns). The Hopi believe the Grand Canyon is a Sipapu, a place from which all people emerged from another world into this one.
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