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              Lesson 3-2  Matterhorn man

              马特霍恩山区人

It is hard for us to realize nowadays how difficult it was for the pioneers. Except for one or two places such as Zermatt and Chamonix, which had rapidly become popular, Alpine village tended to be impoverished settlements cut off from civilization by the high mountains. Such inns as there were generally dirty and flea-ridden; the food simply local cheese accompanied by bread often twelve months old, all washed down with coarse wine. Often a valley boasted no inn at all, and climbers found shelter wherever they could -- sometimes with the local priest (who was usually as poor as his parishioners), sometimes with shepherds or cheese-makers. Invariably the background was the same: dirt and poverty, and very uncomfortable. 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.

ɪt ɪz hɑːd fɔːr ʌs tuː ˈrɪəlaɪz ˈnaʊədeɪz haʊ ˈdɪfɪkəlt ɪt wɒz fɔː ðə ˌpaɪəˈnɪəz. ɪkˈsɛpt fɔː wʌn ɔː tuː ˈpleɪsɪz sʌʧ æz Zermatt ænd Chamonix, wɪʧ hæd ˈræpɪdli bɪˈkʌm ˈpɒpjʊlə, ˈælpaɪn ˈvɪlɪʤ ˈtɛndɪd tuː biː ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃt ˈsɛtlmənts kʌt ɒf frɒm ˌsɪvɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən baɪ ðə haɪ ˈmaʊntɪnz. sʌʧ ɪnz æz ðeə wɜː ˈʤɛnərəli ˈdɜːti ænd fliː-ˈrɪdn; ðə fuːd ˈsɪmpli ˈləʊkəl ʧiːz əˈkʌmpənid baɪ brɛd ˈɒf(ə)n twɛlv mʌnθs əʊld, ɔːl wɒʃt daʊn wɪð kɔːs waɪn. ˈɒf(ə)n ə ˈvæli ˈbəʊstɪd nəʊ ɪn æt ɔːl, ænd ˈklaɪməz faʊnd ˈʃɛltə weərˈɛvə ðeɪ kʊd -- ˈsʌmtaɪmz wɪð ðə ˈləʊkəl priːst (huː wɒz ˈjuːʒʊəli æz pʊər æz hɪz pəˈrɪʃənəz), ˈsʌmtaɪmz wɪð ˈʃɛpədz ɔː ʧiːz-ˈmeɪkəz. ɪnˈveərɪəbli ðə ˈbækgraʊnd wɒz ðə seɪm: dɜːt ænd ˈpɒvəti, ænd ˈvɛri ʌnˈkʌmfətəbl. fɔː mɛn əˈkʌstəmd tuː ˈiːtɪŋ ˈsɛvn-kɔːs ˈdɪnəz ænd ˈsliːpɪŋ bɪˈtwiːn faɪn ˈlɪnɪn ʃiːts æt həʊm, ðə ʧeɪnʤ tuː ði ælps mʌst hæv ˈvɛri hɑːd ɪnˈdiːd.

  我们今天很难想像昔日的登山先驱们是多么艰苦。除了泽曼特和夏蒙尼等一两个很快出了名的地方外，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。那里的小客栈一般都很肮脏，而且跳蚤猖獗。 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。山谷里常常没有小客栈，登山者只好随遇而安。有时同当地牧师 （他通常和他的教民一样穷）住在一起，有时同牧羊人或制乳酪的人住在一起。无论住在哪儿，情况都一样：肮脏、贫穷，极其不舒适。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。

任务配置：L0、L3、L4

知识笔记：

单词与短语

It is hard for us to realize nowadays 我们今天很难想像

Invariably /ɪnˈveərɪəbli /无论(住在哪儿)

练习感悟：最近复述都是在地铁上，所以没有笔，只能靠脑子记下来。