| 练习1 徐霞客 * 徐霞客一生周游考察了十六个省，足迹几乎遍及全国。他在考察的过程中，从来不盲目迷信书本上的结论。他发现前人研究的地理的记载有许多不很可靠的地方。为了进行真实细致的考察，他很少乘车坐船，几乎全靠双脚翻山越岭，长途跋涉；为了弄清大自然的真相，他总是挑选道路艰险的山区，人迹稀少的森林进行考察，发现了许多奇山秀景；他常常选择不同的时间和季节，多次重游各地名山，反复观察变换的奇景。 徐霞客一生周游考察了十六个省，足迹几乎遍及全国。 *周游：到各处游历; 走遍travel across (around)；tour；visit * 考察: explore; make an on-the-spot investigation; inspect *足迹：footprint;footmark; trace *遍及 spread all over *During his life time, Xu Xiake visited and explored 16 provinces, leaving his footprints in nearly every corner of the country. 他在考察的过程中，从来不盲目迷信书本上的结论。 *他在考察的过程中:in his exploration; in his tours；on his tours *盲目：blindly; in a blind way; without thinking *迷信: superstition; blindly worship/ believe in。 *这里“迷信”指接受accept readily/without thinking *He never blindly accepted the conclusions given in books in his exploration. 他发现前人研究的地理的记载有许多不很可靠的地方。 * 前人：predecessor; forefathers; others * 前人栽树，后人乘凉。 One man sows and another reaps. * 记载：record; put down in writing; document; notes * 可靠:真实可信 true或准确accurate信得过reliable; trustworthy 译文：他发现前人研究的地理的记载有许多不很可靠的地方 * and found many inaccuracies in the travel notes on geography written by his predecessors. * He found that many of the geographical records by other people before him were inaccurate. 为了进行真实细致的考察，他很少乘车坐船，几乎全靠双脚翻山越岭，长途跋涉； *为了: in order to, for the sake of, for the purpose of, with the aim of, with a view to *细致的：careful, delicate, detailed *乘车坐船：“乘坐”应使用一个词 by carriage and boat; take the wagon and the boat *翻山越岭：翻越可使用一个词 climb/cross mountains and ridges *长途跋涉: long difficult journeys 译文：为了进行真实细致的考察，他很少乘车坐船，几乎全靠双脚翻山越岭，长途跋涉 * He seldom traveled by horse cart or boat but climbed mountains and ridges and took long, difficult journeys most of the time with the aim of conducting a real and careful exploration. 为了弄清大自然的真相，他总是挑选道路艰险的山区，人迹稀少的森林进行考察，发现了许多奇山秀景； *弄清：find out; make clear *真相：real situation（区别于表面或造假的情况）；the actual state of affairs; fact; truth *真相大白come out in the wash; The truth is out; The facts are clear now. *弄清真相：get a clear picture of *艰险：hardships and dangers；dangerous; treacherous; difficult * 人迹罕至：untraversed；unfrequented；seldom visited * 奇山秀景：grotesque mountains and spectacular sceneries; * 奇：grotesque, peculiar, strange, unique * 秀：fantastic, miraculous, magnificent, spectacular 为了弄清大自然的真相，他总是挑选道路艰险的山区，人迹稀少的森林进行考察，发现了许多奇山秀景； * To get a true picture of nature, he picked/chose mountains with treacherous pathsand unfrequented jungles for explorations, discovering many grotesque mountains and beautiful sceneries. 他常常选择不同的时间和季节，多次重游各地名山，反复观察变换的奇景。 *He would revisit famous mountains at different time and in different seasons to observe the changing magnificent views time and again. |
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