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3.新概念4-Matterhorn man
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| 英文词汇 | 中文释义 |
| ------------ | ------------- |
| alpinist | 登山者，阿尔卑斯登山者 |
| route | 路线 |
| pioneering | 开创性的，先驱的 |
| summit | 山顶 |
| perilous | 危险的，冒险的 |
| shudder | 发抖，战栗 |
| court | 追求（此处指“故意寻求”） |
| impoverished | 贫困的 |
| flea-ridden | 布满跳蚤的 |
| coarse | 粗糙的，劣质的 |
| boast | 拥有（常用于否定语境） |
| parishioner | 教区居民 |
| invariably | 总是，不变地 |
| linen | 亚麻布 |
| ------------ | ------------- |
| alpinist | 登山者，阿尔卑斯登山者 |
| route | 路线 |
| pioneering | 开创性的，先驱的 |
| summit | 山顶 |
| perilous | 危险的，冒险的 |
| shudder | 发抖，战栗 |
| court | 追求（此处指“故意寻求”） |
| impoverished | 贫困的 |
| flea-ridden | 布满跳蚤的 |
| coarse | 粗糙的，劣质的 |
| boast | 拥有（常用于否定语境） |
| parishioner | 教区居民 |
| invariably | 总是，不变地 |
| linen | 亚麻布 |
现代登山者试图通过一条能给他们带来良好运动的路线来攀登山峰，路线越困难，就越受重视。然而，在开创时代，情况却完全不是这样。早期登山者寻找的是通往山顶的最容易的路径，因为山顶才是他们追求的奖赏，尤其是如果那座山峰从未被征服过。确实，在他们的探索过程中，他们经常面临极其危险和艰难的困境，装备之简陋会让现代登山者一想到就发抖，但他们并不会故意去寻求这种刺激。他们只有一个目标，一个孤独的终点——山顶！
如今我们很难想象先驱者们当年有多么艰难。除了像采尔马特（Zermatt）和霞慕尼（Chamonix）这样迅速走红的一两个地方外，阿尔卑斯山区的村庄往往是被高山隔绝、与世隔绝的贫困聚落。那里的旅店通常肮脏不堪、跳蚤成群；食物不过是当地奶酪配上放了一年的面包，再灌下几口劣质葡萄酒。很多时候，整个山谷连一家旅店都没有，登山者只能随便找个地方过夜——有时是跟当地的神父（通常和他的教民一样贫穷），有时是跟牧羊人或奶酪匠。无论在哪里，背景总是相同的：肮脏、贫困，极其不舒适。对于那些习惯了在家里吃七道菜、睡在精致亚麻床单上的人来说，来到阿尔卑斯山的生活无疑是巨大的落差。
如今我们很难想象先驱者们当年有多么艰难。除了像采尔马特（Zermatt）和霞慕尼（Chamonix）这样迅速走红的一两个地方外，阿尔卑斯山区的村庄往往是被高山隔绝、与世隔绝的贫困聚落。那里的旅店通常肮脏不堪、跳蚤成群；食物不过是当地奶酪配上放了一年的面包，再灌下几口劣质葡萄酒。很多时候，整个山谷连一家旅店都没有，登山者只能随便找个地方过夜——有时是跟当地的神父（通常和他的教民一样贫穷），有时是跟牧羊人或奶酪匠。无论在哪里，背景总是相同的：肮脏、贫困，极其不舒适。对于那些习惯了在家里吃七道菜、睡在精致亚麻床单上的人来说，来到阿尔卑斯山的生活无疑是巨大的落差。
Modern alpinists try to climb mountains by a route which will give them good sport, and the more difficult it is, the more highly it is regarded. In the pioneering days, however, this was not the case at all. The early climbers were looking for the easiest way to the top, because the summit was the prize they sought, especially if it had never been attained before. It is true that during their explorations they often faced difficulties and dangers of the most perilous nature, equipped in a manner which would make a modern climber shudder at the thought, but they did not go out of their way to court such excitement. They had a single aim, a solitary goal—the top!
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 villages 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 been very hard indeed.