- The cenotes are, in effect, gigantic fresh water wells.
沼穴于是成了巨大的淡水井 - Away from the life-giving rays of sunshine
这里远离给予生命的阳光 - one might not expect to find plants.
似乎不太可能会有植物 - But in the darkness of the cave tunnels
但是在黑暗的洞穴通道内 - roots of giant tropical trees have pushed their way through cracks in the limestone
大型热带树木的根系 却已穿透石灰岩裂缝 - to reach the flooded caverns.
伸入到水洞之中 - Without this water
如果没有这些水