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[00:08.29]48 沉默的村庄
[00:16.59]Why was the village silent?
[00:18.56]村庄为什么沉默?
[00:20.53]Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
[00:21.62]听录音,然后回答以下问题.
[00:22.70]Why was the village silent?
[00:24.46]村庄为什么沉默?
[00:26.23]In this much-travelled world,
[00:27.99]在这个旅游频繁的世界上,
[00:29.75]there are still thousands of places which are inaccessible to tourists.
[00:32.84]仍有成千上万个游人足迹未至的地方.
[00:35.92]We always assume that villagers in remote places are friendly and hospitable.
[00:39.48]人们总是以为偏僻地方的村民们热情好客.
[00:43.05]But people who are cut off not only from foreign tourists,
[00:45.88]但是,那些不但与外国旅游者隔绝,
[00:48.72]but even from their own countrymen can be hostile to travellers.
[00:51.94]而且与本国同胞隔绝的人可能对游客抱有敌意.
[00:55.17]Visits to really remote villages are seldom enjoyable--
[00:58.25]到真正偏僻的村庄去旅游并不是一件愉快的事情,
[01:01.34]as my wife and I discovered during a tour through theBalkans.
[01:01.93]我与妻子在一次周游巴尔干半岛时对此深有体会.
[01:02.52]We had spent several days in a small town
[01:04.90]我们在一座小镇上逗留了几天,
[01:07.28]and visited a number of old churches in the vicinity.
[01:09.90]参观了附近的许多古老的教堂.
[01:12.53]These attracted many visitors
[01:13.03]这些教堂吸引了大量游客
[01:13.54]for they were not only of great architectural interest
[01:16.06]不仅是因为建筑风格奇特
[01:18.58]but contained a large number of beautifully preserved frescoes as well.
[01:21.70]而且还存有大量保存完好的壁画.
[01:24.82]On the day before our departure,
[01:26.81]我们离开小镇的前一天,
[01:28.79]several bus loads of tourists descended on the town.
[01:31.42]镇上来了几辆满载游客的公共汽车.
[01:34.04]This was more than we could bear,
[01:36.12]人多得使我们难以忍受,
[01:38.20]so we decided to spend our last day exploring the countryside.
[01:41.44]于是我们决定利用最后一天去乡间一游.
[01:44.67]Taking a path which led out of the town,
[01:47.10]我们走了了一条出镇的小路,
[01:49.53]we crossed a few fields until we came to a dense wood.
[01:52.62]穿过几块农田,来到一片茂密的树林.
[01:55.70]We expected the path to end abruptly,
[01:57.83]我们原以为小路会到此突然终止,
[01:59.96]but we found that it traced its way through the trees.
[02:02.54]没想到它在树林中继续向前延伸.
[02:05.13]We tramped through the wood for over two hours
[02:07.35]我们在树林中跋涉了两个多小时,
[02:09.57]until we arrived at a deep stream.
[02:11.70]到了一条深溪边.
[02:13.83]We could see that the path continued on the other side,
[02:16.31]我们可以看到小路在深溪对岸继续向前伸展,
[02:18.79]but we had no idea how we could get across the stream.
[02:21.57]但却不知如何越过这道深溪.
[02:24.35]Suddenly my wife spotted a boat moored to the bank.
[02:27.08]突然,妻子发现岸边泊着一条小船,
[02:29.81]In it there was a boatman fast asleep.
[02:32.15]船上有一船夫在呼呼大睡
[02:34.49]We gently woke him up and asked him to ferry us to the other side.
[02:37.52]我们轻轻地把他唤醒,请他把我们摆渡过溪.
[02:40.55]Though he was reluctant to do so at first,
[02:42.68]一开始,他很不愿意,
[02:44.81]we eventually persuaded him to take us.
[02:45.74]但经劝说,终于同意了.
[02:46.68]The path led to a tiny village perched on the steep sides of a mountain.
[02:49.96]顺着小路,我们来到一个坐落在陡峭山坡上的小村庄.
[02:53.24]The place consisted of a straggling unmade road
[02:55.81]这儿有一条未经修筑的弯弯曲曲的道路,
[02:58.38]which was lined on either side by small houses.
[03:00.81]路两边排列着一些矮小的农舍.
[03:03.24]Even under a clear blue sky,the village looked forbidding,
[03:06.48]即使在晴朗的蓝天底下,村庄看上去也会令人感到难以亲近,
[03:09.72]as all the houses were built of grey mud bricks.
[03:12.36]因为农舍全是用灰色的土坯建成的.
[03:15.00]The village seemed deserted,
[03:16.76]村里似乎无人居住,
[03:18.52]the only sign of life being an ugly-looking black goat
[03:21.32]唯一的生命迹象是一只面目可憎的黑山羊,
[03:24.11]on a short length of rope tied to a tree in a field nearby.