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1、AWALKINTHEWOODSREDISCOVERINGAMERICAONTHEAPPALACHIANTRAILbyBillBrysonNotlongafterImovedwithmyfamilytoasmalltowninNewHampshireIhappeneduponapaththatvanishedintoawoodontheedgeoftown.AsignannouncedthatthiswasnoordinaryfootpathbutthecelebratedAppalachianTrail.Run
2、ningmorethan2,100milesalongAmerica'seasternseaboard,throughthesereneandbeckoningAppalachianMountains,theATisthegranddaddyoflonghikes.FromGeorgiatoMaine,itwandersacrossfourteenstates,throughplump,comelyhills'whoseverynames--BlueRidge,Smokies,Cumberlands,Green
3、Mountains,WhiteMountains--seemaninvitationtoamble.Whocouldsaythewords"GreatSmokyMountains"or"ShenandoahValley"andnotfeelanurge,asthenaturalistJohnMuironceputit,to"throwaloafofbreadandapoundofteainanoldsackandjumpoverthebackfence"?Andhereitwas,quiteunexpected
4、ly,meanderinginadangerouslybeguilingfashionthroughthepleasantNewEnglandcommunityinwhichIhadjustsettled.Itseemedsuchanextraordinarynotion--thatIcouldsetofffromhomeandwalk1,800milesthroughwoodstoGeorgia,orturntheotherwayandclamberovertheroughandstonyWhiteMount
5、ainstothefabledprowofMountKatahdin,floatinginforest450milestothenorthinawildernessfewhaveseen.Alittlevoiceinmyheadsaid:"Soundsneat!Let'sdoit!"Iformedanumberofrationalizations.Itwouldgetmefitafteryearsofwaddlesomesloth.Itwouldbeaninterestingandreflectivewayto
6、reacquaintmyselfwiththescaleandbeautyofmynativelandafternearlytwentyyearsoflivingabroad.Itwouldbeuseful(Iwasn'tquitesureinwhatway,butIwassurenonetheless)tolearntofendformyselfinthewilderness.WhenguysincamouflagepantsandhuntinghatssataroundintheFourAcesDinert
7、alkingaboutfearsomethingsdoneout-of-doors,Iwouldnolongerhavetofeellikesuchacupcake.Iwantedalittleofthatswaggerthatcomeswithbeingabletogazeatafarhorizonthrougheyesofchippedgraniteandsaywithaslow,manlysniff,"Yeah,I'veshitinthewoods."Andtherewasamorecompellingr
8、easontogo.TheAppalachiansarethehomeofoneoftheworld'sgreathardwoodforests--theexpansiverelicoftherichest,mostdiversifiedsweepofwoodlandevertogracethetemperateworld--andthatforestisintrouble.Ifthe
