The Everglades is one huge stretch of low, wet, warm land in the US state of Florida, about 5,000 square miles. It is not a deep lake and not quite an ordinary swamp: the water is often shallow, it moves slowly, and it is full of grass, sawgrass, mangroves, and little tree islands.

The Everglades is one huge stretch of low, wet, warm land in the US state of FloridaEverglades（大沼澤地）是美國佛羅里達州一大片低窪、潮濕、溫暖的土地，about 5,000 square miles大約有五千平方英里。It is not a deep lake and not quite an ordinary swamp它不是一個深水湖，也不完全是普通的沼澤：the water is often shallow這裡的水通常很淺，it moves slowly流動得很慢，and it is full of grass, sawgrass, mangroves, and little tree islands還長滿了草、鋸齒草、紅樹林，和一座座小小的樹木島。

A large part is protected as Everglades National Park. People know it for plants and animals you will not meet in most other American parks, especially alligators, and also wading birds, snakes, and the rare Florida panther.

A large part is protected as Everglades National Park有很大一部分被保護，成為Everglades National Park（大沼澤地國家公園）。People know it for plants and animals you will not meet in most other American parks人們認識它，是因為這裡有其他美國公園裡見不到的植物和動物，especially alligators尤其是短吻鱷，and also wading birds, snakes, and the rare Florida panther還有涉禽、蛇，和稀有的佛羅里達美洲獅。

English treats it as a place name, so it takes a capital E and usually the: you say the Everglades the way you say the Alps. When someone uses the word, they mean this one famous wetland, not any wet land in general.

English treats it as a place name英文把它當成地名，so it takes a capital E and usually the所以E要大寫，前面通常還要加the：you say the Everglades the way you say the Alps你說the Everglades，就像你說the Alps（阿爾卑斯山）一樣。When someone uses the word當有人用這個字的時候，they mean this one famous wetland, not any wet land in general指的就是這個有名的溼地，不是泛指任何濕地。