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1、比较欣赏与翻译WhoeverhasmadeavoyageuptheHudsonmustremembertheCatskillMountains.TheyareadismemberedbranchofthegreatAppalachianfamily,andareseenawaytothewestoftheriver,swellinguptoanobleheight,andlordingitoverthesurroundingcountry.Everychangeofseason,everychangeofweather,indeed,everyhouroftheday,producessom
2、echangeinthemagicalhuesandshapesofthesemountains,andtheyareregardedbyallthegoodwives,farandnear,asperfectbarometers.Whentheweatherisfairandsettled,theyareclothedinblueandpurple,andprinttheirboldoutlinesonthecleareveningsky;butsometimes,whentherestofthelandscapeiscloudless,theywillgatherahoodofgrayv
3、aporsabouttheirsummits,which,inthelastraysofthesettingsun,willglowandlightuplikeacrownofglory.凡是在哈得逊河上游航行过的人,必定记得卡兹吉尔丛山,那是阿帕拉钦山脉的一支断脉,在河的西岸,巍然高耸云端,威凌四周的乡村。------------------------------------------------。①天气晴朗平稳的时候,它们披上蓝紫相间的衣衫,把它们雄浑的轮廓印在傍晚清澄的天空上,但有时,虽然四外万里无云,山顶上却聚着一团灰雾,在落日的余晖照耀之下,像一顶灿烂的皇冠似的放射着异彩。At
4、thefootofthesefairymountainsthevoyagermayhavedescriedthelightsmokecurlingupfromavillagewhoseshingleroofsgleamamongthetrees,justwherethebluetintsoftheuplandmeltawayintothefreshgreenofthenearerlandscape.Itisalittlevillageofgreatantiquity,havingbeenfoundedbysomeoftheDutchcolonists,intheearlytimesofthe
5、province,justaboutthebeginningofthegovernmentofthegoodPeterStuyvesant,andthereweresomeofthehousesoftheoriginalsettlersstandingwithinafewyears,withlatticewindows,gablefrontssurmountedwithweathercocks,andbuiltofsmallyellowbricksbroughtfromHolland.在这些神奇的丛山脚下,航行的旅客有时会看见轻烟从一座村落里袅袅而上,树丛中隐约地闪露出农家的木屋顶,那正好是
6、山上的青葱转变为近处一片新绿的地方。这是一座非常古老的小村庄,是荷兰殖民者在这个州成立初期建造起来的,正当好心的彼得·斯泰弗山特开始执政的时候;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------。② Inthatsamevillage,andinoneoftheseveryhouseswhichwassadlytime-wornandweather-beaten,therelivedmanyyearssince,whilethecountrywasyetaprovince
7、ofGreatBritain,asimple,good-naturedfellow,RipVanWinkle.HewasadescendantoftheVanWinkleswhofiguredsogallantlyinthechivalrousdaysofPeterStuyvesant,andaccompaniedhimtothesiegeofFortChristina.Heinherited,however