新概念第四冊(cè)課文精講 Lesson47:大逃亡

課文47 大逃亡

967. Economy is one powerful motive for camping,

圖省錢(qián)是露營(yíng)的一個(gè)主要?jiǎng)訖C(jī)，

968. since after the initial outlay upon equipment, or through hiring it,

因?yàn)槌碎_(kāi)始時(shí)購(gòu)置或是租借一套露營(yíng)裝備外，

969. the total expense can be far less than the cost of hotels.

總費(fèi)用算起來(lái)要比住旅館開(kāi)支少得多。

970. But, contrary to a popular assumption, it is far from being the only one, or even the greatest.

但是，和一般的看法相反，這決非是僅有的，甚至不是最主要的動(dòng)機(jī)。

971. The man who manoeuvres carelessly into his twenty pounds' worth of space at one of Europe's myriad permanent sites may find himself bumping a Bentley.

如果一位游客漫不經(jīng)心地駕車(chē)駛?cè)霘W洲無(wú)數(shù)常年?duì)I地之一，花20鎊租用一個(gè)空位，那么他可能會(huì)碰見(jiàn)一輛本特利汽車(chē)，

972. More likely, Ford Escort will be hub to hub with Renault or Mercedes, but rarely with bicycles made for two.

更可能會(huì)望見(jiàn)一輛福特.康索爾或一輛雷諾或一輛梅塞迪斯并排停放著，不過(guò)雙人自行車(chē)則不容易看到。

973. That the equipment of modern camping becomes yearly more sophisticated is an entertaining paradox for the cynic,

現(xiàn)代露營(yíng)裝備一年比一年講究，這對(duì)那些厭世嫉俗者來(lái)說(shuō)是一件有趣的自相矛盾的事情。

974. a brighter promise for the hopeful traveler who has sworn to get away from it all.

而對(duì)于發(fā)誓用露營(yíng)來(lái)擺脫煩惱的人來(lái)說(shuō)，卻帶來(lái)了更光明的前景。

975. It also provides-and some student sociologist might care to base his thesis upon the phenomenon -- an escape of another kind.

學(xué)社會(huì)學(xué)的大學(xué)生來(lái)露營(yíng)是另一種形式的擺脫現(xiàn)實(shí)，他們的目的很可能是根據(jù)觀察到的露營(yíng)現(xiàn)象去寫(xiě)論文。

976. The modern traveller is often a man who dislikes the Splendide and the Bellavista,

現(xiàn)代露營(yíng)旅游的人往往討厭在“斯普蘭迪德”和“貝拉維斯塔”這樣的大酒店，

977. not because he cannot afford, or shuns their material comforts.

這并不是因?yàn)樗麄兏恫黄疱X(qián)，也不是為了躲避物質(zhì)享受，

978. but because he is afford of them.

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979. Affluent he may be, but he is by no means sure what to tip the doorman or the chambermaid.

他們可能很富有，但給看門(mén)人和房間女服務(wù)叫多少小費(fèi)，心中卻根本沒(méi)有數(shù);

980. Master in his own house, he has little idea of when to say boo to a maitre d'hotel.

他們?cè)诩铱赡苁侵魅?，但不知道什么時(shí)候才能對(duì)酒店的經(jīng)理表示不滿。

981. From all such fears camping releases him.

露營(yíng)便人們免除了這些憂慮。

982. Granted, a snobbery of camping itself, based upon equipment and techniques, already exists;

誠(chéng)然，露營(yíng)地本身也存在以露營(yíng)裝備和方式取人的勢(shì)利現(xiàn)象，

983. but it is of a kind that, if he meets it, he can readily understand and deal with.

但如果有這種情況，露營(yíng)者也容易理解，知道如何對(duì)付，

984. There is no superior 'they' in the shape of managements and hotel hierarchies to darken his holiday days.

但在露營(yíng)地里根本不會(huì)有管人的“人上人”和酒店里的等級(jí)制度來(lái)種露營(yíng)者的假日過(guò)得陰郁低沉。

985. To such motives, yet another must be added.

除上以動(dòng)機(jī)外，還應(yīng)加上一個(gè)。

986. The contemporary phenomenon of car worship is to be explained not least by the sense of independence and freedom that ownership entails.

當(dāng)前崇拜汽車(chē)現(xiàn)象可以用與所有權(quán)相伴的獨(dú)立和自由意識(shí)來(lái)解釋。

987. To this pleasure camping gives an exquisite refinement.

因此開(kāi)車(chē)去露營(yíng)會(huì)給這種快樂(lè)意識(shí)增加一種優(yōu)雅意境。

988. From one's own front door to home or foreign hills or sands and back again, everything is to hand.

從自己的家門(mén)出發(fā)到國(guó)內(nèi)國(guó)外的山區(qū)或沙灘上露營(yíng)然后返回，一切都很便利。

989. Not only are the means of arriving at the holiday paradise entirely within one's own command and keeping,

完全在自己掌握之中的私人汽車(chē)不僅是到達(dá)假日天堂的工具，

990. but the means of escape from holiday hel (if the beach proves too crowded, the local weather too inclement) are there, outside -- or, as likely, part of -- the tent.

而且也是逃離假日地獄(如海灘太擠，當(dāng)?shù)靥鞖鈵毫?方便工具，因?yàn)槠?chē)就停在帳篷外面，或者汽車(chē)本身可能就是露營(yíng)帳篷的一個(gè)組成部分。

991. Idealists have objected to the package tour, that the traveller abroad thereby denies himself the opportunity of getting to know the people of the country visited.

理想主義者像反對(duì)旅行社安排一切的一攬子旅游一樣反對(duì)露營(yíng)的作法，說(shuō)這種封閉的作法使到國(guó)外旅游者失去了了解所去國(guó)家人民的機(jī)會(huì)。

992. Insularity and self-containment, it is argued, go hand in hand.

他們爭(zhēng)論說(shuō)，心胸狹窄和自我封閉是并存的。

993. The opinion does not survive experience of a popular Continental camping place.

但這種說(shuō)法在受人歡迎的歐洲露營(yíng)地是站不住腳的。

994. Holiday hotels tend to cater for one nationality of visitors especially, sometimes exclusively.

假日旅館有只接待來(lái)自一個(gè)國(guó)家的旅游者的傾向，有時(shí)會(huì)達(dá)到排他的程度。

995. Camping sites, by contrast, are highly cosmopolitan.

而露營(yíng)駐地則相反，是高度世界性的。

996. Granted, a preponderance of Germans is a characteristic that seems common to most Mediterranean sites;

在大多數(shù)地中海露營(yíng)地里，德國(guó)人占優(yōu)勢(shì)似乎是個(gè)普遍現(xiàn)象，確實(shí)如此，

997. but as yet there is no overwhelmingly specialized patronage.

但并沒(méi)有特別的優(yōu)待。

998. Notices forbidding the open-air drying of clothes, or the use of water points for car washing,

禁止露天曬衣服、禁止用水龍頭沖洗汽車(chē)的布告

999. or those inviting 'our camping friends' to a dance or a boat trip are printed not only in French or Italian or Spanish, but also in English, German and Dutch.

和邀請(qǐng)露營(yíng)朋友參加舞會(huì)、乘船觀光的招貼不僅印志法語(yǔ)、意大利語(yǔ)、西班牙語(yǔ)，而且也印成英語(yǔ)、德語(yǔ)、荷蘭語(yǔ)。

1000. At meal times the odour of sauerkraut vies with that of garlic.

用飯的時(shí)候，德國(guó)泡菜味和大蒜味爭(zhēng)相散發(fā)，

1001. The Frenchman's breakfast coffee competes with the Englishman's bacon and eggs.

法國(guó)人的早點(diǎn)咖啡和英國(guó)人的咸肉煎蛋競(jìng)相比美。

1002. Whether the remarkable growth of organized camping means the eventual death of the more independent kind is hard to say.

有組織的露營(yíng)活動(dòng)的明顯發(fā)展是否意味著較獨(dú)立的自我封閉式露營(yíng)的最終消失，還很難說(shuō)。

1003. Municipalities naturally want to secure the campers' site fees and other custom.

市政當(dāng)局當(dāng)然希望獲得露營(yíng)者的場(chǎng)地費(fèi)和其他光臨的好處，

1004. Police are wary of itinerants who cannot be traced to a recognized camp boundary or to four walls.

警察則對(duì)那些查不出有固定營(yíng)地或住處的游蕩者保持警惕。

1005. But most probably it will all depend upon campers themselves:

但最重要的或許是露營(yíng)者自己，

1006. how many heath fires they cause; how much litter they leave;

即他們引起了多少場(chǎng)野火，留下了多少垃圾。

1007. in short, whether or not they wholly alienate landowners and those who live in the countryside.

總之，他們是否弄得土地的主人和鄉(xiāng)間的居民同他們反目。

1008. Only good scouting is likely to preserve the freedoms so dear to the heart of the eternal Boy Scout.

只有優(yōu)良的童子軍活動(dòng)才能保持不朽的童子軍所衷心熱愛(ài)的各項(xiàng)自由。