新概念英语二在线课程

新概念英语第四册句子学习：威廉.哈特和早期的西部

356. Unlike most of his contemporaries in Hollywood,

哈特与大部分同时代在好莱坞的演员不同，

357. Hart actually knew something of the old West.

他确实了解西部早期拓荒生活的一些情况。

358. He had lived in it as a child when it was already disappearing,

作为一个孩子他曾在西部生活过，当时西部拓荒生活正在消失。

359. and his hero was firmly rooted in his memories and experiences,

他塑造的英雄人物深深地扎根于他本人的记忆和经历之中，

360. and in both the history and the mythology of the vanished frontier.

也扎根于有关已经消失的拓荒生活的历史和神话之中。

361. And although no period or place in American history has been more absurdly romanticized,

虽然在美国历史上没有任何时期或地区像西部拓荒时期那样被荒谬地浪漫主义化了，

362. myth and reality did join hands in at least one arena,

但神话和事实至少在某一个舞台上共存，

363. the conflict between the individual and encroaching civilization.

也就是存在于个人与渐渐闯入的文明这两者的冲突之中。

364. Men accustomed to struggling for survival against the elements and Indians were bewildered by politicians, bankers and businessmen,

习惯与大自然和印第安人作斗争以求生存的拓荒者被政客、银行家和商人搞得晕头转向，

365. and unhorsed by fences, laws and alien taboos.

最后被圈地、尖律我外来的清规戒律所击败。