全新版大學英語(第二版)綜合教程-第四冊-unit-8--go-traveling——in-the-jungle

1、AnnieDillardtellsofhervisittotheNapoRiverintheheartoftheEcuadianjungleoneofnaturesmostunspoiledplaces.Shedescribesthebeautyofthefestheradmirationfthepeoplewholivethere.安妮迪拉德講述了自己游覽厄瓜多爾叢林深處的納波河的經(jīng)歷。那是大自然遭受人為破壞最少的地區(qū)之一。她描述了森

2、林之美以及對生活在那里的土著人的歆慕之情。IntheJungle在叢林中AnnieDillard安妮迪拉德1LikeanyoutofthewayplacetheNapoRiverintheEcuadianjungleseemsrealenoughwhenyouarethereevencentral.OutofthewayofwhatIwassittingonastumpattheedgeofabanksidepalmthatchvill

3、ageinthedleofthenightontheheadwatersoftheAmazon.Outofthewayofhumanlifetendernesstheglanceofheaven如同所有僻遠之地，當你身臨其境時，厄瓜多爾叢林深處的納波河就顯得那么真實，甚至有中心要地的感覺。那么僻遠之地遠離什么呢夜半時分，在亞馬遜河的源頭，我坐在一個樹墩上，身后是傍水的棕櫚葉作屋頂?shù)男〈迓洹＿h離人類活動，遠離脈脈溫情?；蛘哒f遠離天堂的掃視

4、2Anightjarindeepleavedshadowcalledthreelongnoteshushed.Themenwithmetalkedsoftly:threeNthAmericansfourEcuadianswhowereshowingusthejungle.Wewereholdingcooldrinksidlywatchingahsizedtarantulaseizemothsthatcametothelonebulbon

5、thegeneratshedbesideus.一只歐夜鷹在密密的樹葉間發(fā)出三聲長啼，旋即靜默無聲。和我一起的那些男人輕聲交談著：3個北美人，4個為我們在叢林中帶路的厄瓜多爾人。我們手里拿著清涼的飲料，悠閑地看著一只有手那么大小的狼蛛捕捉紛紛撲向我們身旁發(fā)電機棚屋上一個燈泡的飛蟲3ItwasFebruarythedleofsummer.Greenfirefliesspatteredlightsacrosstheairilluminedfs

6、econdsnowherenowtherethepaletrunksofenmoussolitarytrees.BeneathusthebrownNapoRiverwasrisinginallsilenceitcoiledupthesybanktangleditsfoaminvinesthattrailedfromthefestrootsthatloopedtheshe.時值2月，正當仲夏。綠瑩瑩的螢火蟲在空中閃出光亮，一會兒這里照亮一

7、下、一會兒那里照亮一下幽木巨樹暗淡的樹干。在我們下方，褐黃色的納波河水正在漲潮。萬籟俱寂：唯見河水沿著沙岸婉蜒流過，水沫裹挾在蔓生在森林里的藤蔓間以及盤繞岸邊的樹根上4Eachbreathofnightsmelledsweet.Eachstarinionseemedtotremblestirwithmybreath.Allatonceinthethatchhouseacrosstheclearingbehinduscamethesoun

8、dofarecderplayingatunethattwinedoverthevillageclearingmutedourtalkonthebanksideweredovertheriverdissolvingdownstream.夜晚吸入的每口氣都沁人心脾。獵戶星座里的每一顆星星似乎都因了我的呼吸而顫動。突然，我們身后空地旁的茅屋里，傳出了錄音機的聲音，一首樂曲在村子空地之上繚繞，減弱了我們在河畔談話的聲音，然后又傳至河面，順流飄去

9、。5ThiswilldoIthought.Thiswilldofaweekendaseasonahome.人生遇此情景足矣，我暗想。在此度過周末足矣，在此小住數(shù)月足矣，在此安家足矣。6LaterthatnightIloosedmyhairfromitsbraidscombeditsmooth——notfmyselfbutsothevillagegirlscouldplaywithitinthemning.夜半時分，我散開辮子，把頭發(fā)梳理

10、得平平整整——不是為我自己，而是為了村里那些姑11Lowwaterbaresgraystripsofsbaronwhichthenativesbuildtinypalmthatchsheltersfovernightfishingtrips.Youseetheseextradinarilycleanpeople(whobathetwiceadayintheriverwhosestraightblackhairisalwaysfreshl

11、ywashed)paddlingdowntheriverindugoutcanoeshuggingthebanks.水淺的地方露出灰茫茫的狹長沙洲，土著人在沙洲上為過夜的漁夫搭建了小小的棕櫚茅舍。你能見到這些清潔得出奇的人(他們在河里一天沐浴兩次，滿頭直挺的黑發(fā)更是剛剛洗過)在獨木舟里緊貼著河岸蕩槳。12SomeoftheIndiansofthisregionearlierinthecenturyusedtosleepnakedinha

12、mmocks.Thenightsarecold.GdonMacreachanAmericanexplerintheseAmazontributariesreptedthathewasstartledtoheartheIndiansgetupatthreeinthemning.Hewasevenmestartlednightafternighttohearthemwalkdowntotheriverslowlyhalfasleepbath

13、einthewater.Onlylaterdidhelearnwhattheyweredoing:theyweregettingwarm.Thecoldwokethemtheywarmedtheirskinsintheriverwhichwasalwaysniydegreesthentheyreturnedtotheirhammockssleptthroughtherestofthenight.在本世紀早期，這一地區(qū)的一些印第安人常常赤

14、身睡在昂床里。夜晚頗涼。勘測亞馬遜河支流的美國探險家戈登麥克里奇曾記述說，他凌晨3點就聽見印第安人起身，深感愕然。更令他驚奇的是，夜復一夜，他都聽見他們半睡半醒地緩步走向河邊，膛到河里洗起澡來。后來他才弄明白他們是在干什么：他們在取暖。涼意把他們凍醒，他們便到河里暖暖身子，因為河水保持90(華氏)度不變；隨后他們再回到吊床上，睡到天亮。13Whenyouareinsidethejungleawayfromtheriverthetrees

15、vaultoutofsight.Butterfliesbrightbluestripedclearwingedthreadthejunglepathsateyelevel.atyourfeetisaswathofantsbearingtriangularbitsofgreenleaf.Theantswiththeirleaveslooklikeawidefleetofsailingdinghiesbuttheydontquit.Inei

16、therdirectiontheywobbleoverthejunglefloasfarastheeyecansee.當你離開大河，深入?yún)擦?，滿眼樹木高聳入云。一眼望去，成群的蝴蝶穿過叢林小徑，有寶藍的，有條紋的，有純色翅膀的。在腳下，則有一長列螞蟻背負著三角形的綠葉碎片。負葉爬行的螞蟻就像一支規(guī)模龐大、揚帆行駛的船隊——只是它們不會停歇。無論什么方向，都能看到它們在叢林的地面上搖搖擺擺地爬行。14Longlakesshineinthe

17、jungle.Wetraveledoneoftheseindugoutcanoescanoespaddledwithmachetehewnoarspoledintheshallowswithbamboo.OurpartIndianguidehadclearedthepathtothelakethedaybefewhenwewalkedthepathwesawwherehehadimpaledtheloppedheadofaboaopen

18、mouthedonapointedstickbythecanoesfdecation.叢林中狹長的湖泊上波光閃閃。我們蕩舟其上，劃著用大砍刀砍削而成的木槳，在淺水處則以竹當篙。有著一半印第安血統(tǒng)的向?qū)耙惶煲呀?jīng)辟出了通往湖泊的小路；我們在小路上行走時，看見他砍下作為裝飾的蟒蛇頭，張開大口，釘在獨木舟邊尖頭枝條上。15Thislakewaswonderful.Heronsploddedthesheskingfisherscuckooscl

19、atteredfromsunlighttoshadegreatturkeylikebirdsfussedindeadbrancheshawkshungoverhead.Therewasallthetimeinthewld.Aturtleslidintothewater.Theboyinthebowofmycanoeslappedstonesatbirdswithasimpleslingarubberthongleatherpad.Hea

20、imedbrilliantlyatmovingtargetsalwaysalwaysmissedthebirdswereoutofrange.Hestuffedhisslingbackinhisshirt.Ilookedaround.湖泊奇妙無比。蒼鷺在岸邊緩緩地邁著步子，翠鳥和杜鵑歡叫著從陽光里飛入樹蔭，火雞模樣的大鳥在枯枝間忙碌，鷹在頭上盤旋。我們毋庸為時間擔憂，可以從容地欣賞周圍的一切。一只烏龜滑入水中。我乘坐的獨木舟船頭坐著個男