胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯134：香格里拉之旅 A journey to Shangri-La
Having carefully planned my itinerary, I found myself in Shangri-La, a jewel on the map of the world. The most delicious crops are grown all the year round, as water is abundant and farmers are able to irrigate all the crops they wish to grow.Housewives use earthenware jars to carry water from canals to their homes, as they have one since time immemorial. Most of the fruit that is not eaten when it is ripe is made into delicious jelly
我認真地計劃了我的路線，發(fā)現(xiàn)自己來到了香格里拉——世界地圖上的一顆寶石。味道最好的莊稼一年四季都能生長，因為這里水源豐富，農(nóng)民可以灌溉所有希望栽種的莊稼。家庭婦女用陶罐把水從運河運回家，就像從遠古時代以來一直做的那樣。大多數(shù)成熟而未及食用的水果被做成美味的果凍。
A truly beautiful place! And yet, after a few days’ stay, I found some things that were irritating.
這是一個真正美麗的地方!但是，呆了幾天以后，我發(fā)現(xiàn)一些氣人的事情。
One of the major problems concerned the many itinerant men from places like Afghanistan, many of them jewellers, selling fake jewelry at inflated prices. This caused a degree of jealousy among the local population, many of whom were clearly becoming quite irritable.
一個主要的問題與那些來自阿富汗等地的巡游人員有關(guān)，他們當(dāng)中很多人是寶石商，以人為太高的價格出售假珍寶。這在當(dāng)?shù)厝酥幸鹆艘欢ǔ潭鹊募刀是榫w，很多人顯然變得非常易怒。
They would jeer whenever they saw one of those alien visitors in their clapped-out cars that would jerk to a halt in the market place and issue copious amounts of soot and smoke in the process.
那些外來的觀光客乘著陳舊的老爺車來到市場內(nèi)猛然剎停，這期間排放了大量的煙塵廢氣。當(dāng)?shù)厝酥灰c之一照面，就會加以冷嘲熱諷，一個也不會放過。
This kind of ethnic rivalry is clearly a serious issue that is placing economic growth and development in jeopardy.
這種種族的敵對狀態(tài)顯然是一個嚴(yán)肅的問題，使經(jīng)濟的增長與發(fā)展處于危險的境地。
If only it were possible to isolate the precise cause of what irritates the locals so much and jars on their psyche! If only one child issue some kind of sensible decree mandating harmony and understanding and pull this senseless jealousy out with one big jerk!
但愿能夠離析出使當(dāng)?shù)厝巳绱藧琅托撵`不愉快的真正原因!但愿一個人能頒布某種敦促和諧與理解的明智的法令，把這種無聊的嫉妒根子猛地一下連根拔出。
Words：
irrigate vt. 灌溉
irritable adj. 易怒的，急躁的
irritate vt. 使惱怒，使過敏
irritating adj. 刺激的，使人憤怒的，氣人的
isolate vt. 使隔離，使孤立
issue n. 問題，(報刊的)期 vt. 發(fā)行，頒布，公布
itinerant adj. 巡回的
itinerary n. 路線
jar n. 罐，廣口瓶 vt. 震動，刺激，震驚，有不舒服的 或不愉快的感覺
jealousy n. 妒忌，羨慕
jeer vt. 揶揄，嘲笑
jelly n. 果凍，膠狀物
jeopardy n. 危險
jerk n. 猛然的一拉 v. 猛然一拉
jewel n. 寶石
jewel(l)er n. 寶石商，寶石匠
jewelry n. 珠寶
