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新概念英语第四册课文原文：马特霍恩山区人

41. It is hard for us to realize nowadays how difficult it was for the pioneers.

我们今天很难想像昔日的登山先驱们是多么艰苦。

42. Except for one or two places such as Zermatt and Chamonix, which had rapidly become popular,

除了泽曼特和夏蒙尼等一两个很快出了名的地方外，

43. Alpine village tended to be impoverished settlements cut off from civilization by the high mountains.

阿尔卑斯山山区的小村几乎全是高山环抱、与世隔绝的穷乡僻壤。

44. Such inns as there were generally dirty and flea-ridden;

那里的小客栈一般都很肮脏，而且跳蚤猖獗。

45. the food simply local cheese accompanied by bread often twelve months old, all washed down with coarse wine.

食物是当地的干酪和通常存放了一年之久的面包，人们就着劣酒吞下这种食物。

46. Often a valley boasted no inn at all, and climbers found shelter wherever they could

山谷里常常没有小客栈，登山者只好随遇而安。

47. sometimes with the local priest (who was usually as poor as his parishioners),

有时同当地牧师 (他通常和他的教民一样穷)住在一起，

48. sometimes with shepherds or cheese-makers.

有时同牧羊人或制乳酪的人住在一起。

49. Invariably the background was the same: dirt and poverty, and very uncomfortable.

无论住在哪儿，情况都一样：肮脏、贫穷，极其不舒适。

50. For men accustomed to eating seven-course dinners and sleeping between fine linen sheets at home, the change to the Alps must have very hard indeed.

对于过惯了一顿饭吃7道菜、睡亚麻细布床单的人来说，变换一下生活环境来到阿尔卑斯山山区，那一定是很艰难的。