Meanwhile, a sea slug called the Spanish dancer cuts a swath through Australian waters like a whirl of a flamenco skirt.

此时，一只名为西班牙舞者的海参像一件西班牙舞衬衫一样旋转穿过澳大利亚水域。

To assemble the manpower, the material, and the finances; to cut a swath through the middle of Panama and join the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean--only an industrially sophisticated nation could do that.

要整合如此规模的人力物力财力 在巴拿马中间切出一大块 贯通大西洋与太平洋 只有一个成熟的工业国家才能做到这一点。