橫跨歐亞大陸計劃：將建世界最長高速公路
Britain could be Linked with America by road as part of an ambitious project to create the world's longest superhighway spanning half the circumference of the globe.
從英國到美國有望建成世界上最長的、相當於繞地球半周的高速公路，這將是一項偉大的計劃。
Proposals have been put forward to build the mega route stretching about 12,400 miles from the western edge of Russia to the Bering Strait where the country nudges Alaska.
該項計劃在提案中提出，這條公路從俄羅斯的最西部到白令海峽再與美國的阿拉斯加相連，全程長約12400英里（約19956千米）。
Linking into existing road networks in Europe and Asia, for the first time it would allow travellers a proper highway to drive all way from the UK to the United States.
這不僅能夠將歐洲和亞洲現有的公路網絡連接在一起，而且首次爲旅遊愛好者們提供了駕車從英國到美國的機會。
This new scheme is seen as a way of turning Russia into a global transportation hub, a bridge between Europe, Asia and North America, so revitalising the Russian economy and attracting new tourism.
這項新計劃能夠將俄羅斯打造爲全球交通樞紐，成爲連接歐洲、亞洲和北美洲的橋樑，這對俄羅斯的經濟和旅遊業都大有裨益。
Vladimir Fortov, the Head of the Russian Academy of Science, recently put forward the uncosted plan dubbed the Trans-Eurasian Belt Development (TEPR) to President Vladimir Putin.
俄羅斯科學院院長弗拉基米爾•福爾托夫最近向俄總統普京遞交了這份被稱爲橫跨歐亞大陸帶發展計劃的提案。
'The project is very ambitious and expensive, but it will solve many problems in the development of the vast region,' he said, according to The Siberian Times.
他說：“這項計劃非常宏偉，也非常費錢，但它能解決地域遼闊的大國在發展中面臨的很多問題。”
The current longest continuous road in the world is found in Australia, where Highway 1 runs around the entire country and spans some 9,000 miles.
目前世界上最長的公路是澳大利亞的1號公路，它環繞整個澳大利亞一週，長度達9000英里（約14484千米）。
In Russia the Trans-Siberian Highway network is more than 6,800 miles long, meaning the new road would become the biggest and longest ever built, with additional sections in the west and east.
俄羅斯境內的西伯利亞鐵路有6800多英里長（約10943千米），如果再加上向東、向西額外聯結的部分，這意味着新建成的高速公路將會成爲世界上大最長的高速公路。
Using tunnels or ferries from England the continent, and Russia to the US, a driver could use the highway to travel from Britain to the US for the first time.
通過隧道或渡船將英國、俄羅斯和美國相連，人們便可以從英國一路開車到美國。
Its development is viewed as a 'powerful and versatile' corridor that would allow massive investment and the construction of pipelines for oil and gas, the laying of facilities for electricity and water supplies and the opportunity for new cities to be created.
這條高速公路被視爲一條有力的、多功能的通道，它不僅能夠吸引油氣管道、電力和水資源供應等方面的投資和建設，還能爲發展新的城市創造機會。
The team behind the project say they estimate it will require trillions of dollars but insist its economic benefits would far outweigh any cost.
該計劃背後的團隊稱他們預計該計劃將會耗資數萬億美元，但他們同時也堅持認爲計劃所帶來的收益將會遠遠高於投資的金額。
