SectionⅣLearningaboutLanguage&UsingLanguage[原文呈现][读文清障]JOURNEYDOWNTHEMEKONGPART2ANIGHTINTHEMOUNTAINSAlthoughitwasautumn,thesnowwasalreadybeginningtofallinTibet.Ourlegsweresoheavyandcoldthattheyfeltlike①blocksofice②.Haveyoueverseensnowmenridebicycles③？That'swhatwelookedlike④！Alongthewaychildrendressedinlongwool⑤coats⑥stoppedtolookatus.Inthelateafternoonwefounditwassocoldthatourwaterbottlesfroze.However,thelakesshonelikeglassinthesettingsunandlookedwonderful.WangWeirodeinfrontofmeasusual⑦.Sheisveryreliable⑧andIknewIdidn'tneedtoencourage⑨her.Toclimbthemountainswashardworkbutaswelookedaroundus⑩，weweresurprisedbytheview⑪.Weseemedtobeabletoseeformiles.Atonepointweweresohighthatwefoundourselvescyclingthroughclouds⑫.Thenwebegangoingdownthehills.Itwasgreatfun⑬especiallyasitgraduallybecamemuchwarmer.Inthevalleyscolourfulbutterfliesflewaroundusandwesawmanyyaks⑭andsheepeatinggreengrass.Atthispointwehadtochangeourcaps,coats,glovesandtrousersfor⑮Tshirtsandshorts.①feellike(物作主语时)感觉像……feellike(doing)sth.(人作主语时)想做某事②so...that...如此……以至于……，在此引导结果状语从句。本段还含有两处该句式。③seesb.dosth.看见某人做某事(动作的全过程)seesb.doingsth.看见某人正在做某事④whatwelookedlike是what引导的表语从句。⑤wool[wl]ʊn．羊毛；毛织品⑥过去分词短语dressed...作后置定语，修饰children。⑦asusual照常；和往常一样⑧reliable[rI'laIbl]əadj.可信赖的；可靠的⑨encouragevt.鼓励；鼓舞⑩动词不定式短语toclimbthemountains作主语，谓语动词用单数形式。as...是as引导的时间状语从句。⑪view[vju]ːn．风景；视野；观点vt.观看；注视；考虑inone'sview/opinion在某人看来⑫findsb.doingsth.发现某人正在做某事⑬funn．[U]乐趣；趣事forfun为了消遣，havefun玩得开心⑭yak[jæk]n．牦牛⑮change...for...把……换作……沿湄公河而下的旅程第二部分山中一宿[第1段译文]虽然是秋天，但是西藏已经开始下雪了。我们的腿又沉又冷，感觉就像冰块一样。你看到过雪人骑自行车吗？我们看上去就像那样！一路上，一些身着羊毛大衣的孩子们停下来看着我们。下午晚些时候，我们发现由于天冷我们的水壶都冻上了。然而，湖水在落日的余晖下闪亮如镜，景色迷人。像往常一样，王薇骑在我的前面，她很可靠，我知道我用不着给她鼓劲儿。上山很艰难，但是当我们环顾四周时，(眼前的)景色让我们感到惊奇，我们似乎能看到几英里以外的地方。在某个时刻，我们发现自己置身高处，骑车穿越云层然后我们开始下山，这非常有趣，特别是天气逐渐变得暖和多了。在山谷里，五彩斑斓的蝴蝶在我们身旁翩翩飞舞，我们还看到牦牛和羊群在吃草。这时，我们不得不把帽子、外衣、手套和长裤脱掉，换成T恤衫和短裤。Intheearlyeveningwealwaysstoptomake⑯camp.Weputup⑰ourtentandthenweeat.AftersupperWangWeiputherheaddownonherpillow⑱andwenttosleepbutIstayedawake⑲.Atmidnight⑳theskybecameclearerandthestarsgrewbrighter.Itwassoquiet.Therewasalmostnowind—onlytheflames○ofourfireforcompany○.AsIlaybeneath○thestarsIthoughtabouthowfarwehadalreadytravelled○.WewillreachDaliinYunnanProvincesoon,whereourcousinsDaoWeiandYuHangwilljoinus○.Wecanhardlywaittosee○them！⑯stoptodosth.停下来去做另一件事stopdoingsth.停止正在做的事⑰putup支起；架起⑱pillow['pIl]əʊn．枕头；枕垫⑲stayawake保持清醒；醒着。stay为连系动词。⑳midnight['mIdnaIt]n．午夜；子夜，atmidnight在午夜○flame[fleIm]n．火焰；光芒；热情○forcompany做伴○beneath[bI'niθ]ːprep.在……下面○howfar引导的从句作thoughtabout的宾语。○whereourcousins...是where引导的非限制性定语从句，补充说明Dali。○canhardlywaittodosth.(＝can'twaittodosth.)迫不及待地想做...
