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CATTI英译汉:见证血腥捕鲸行业的南乔治亚岛
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纽约时报:19.6.8见证残酷血腥捕鲸行业的南乔治亚岛

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At the far end of the bay, set against a mountain slope and surrounded by bog land, was a cluster of dilapidated, rusty, corrugated iron buildings. Huge sections of the roofs and walls were missing, and those that remained rattled incessantly in the near gale-force wind. It looked as if a natural disaster had struck. I stopped at an ‘Asbestos – Keep Out’ sign and peered through the encroaching mist, my extremities numb from the sub-zero conditions. It was a struggle to picture the station as a thriving community, yet a century ago Stromness was part of a highly profitable – and brutal – industry that transformed South Georgia into the whaling capital of the South Atlantic.

在海湾的远端,背靠一座山坡,被沼泽地包围着的是一群年久失修、褪色起皱的铁房子。大片大片的屋顶和墙壁已经不在了,断垣废墟在近乎七级以上的大风中不断地嘎嘎作响。这里似乎被一场自然灾害洗劫过。我在一块“有石棉瓦,请勿进入”的告示处止步,只能透过越来越浓的雾气朝里望,这时我的四肢在零度低温下已失去知觉。很难想像这个已成废墟的捕鲸站曾是一个生机勃勃的社区。然而在100年前,斯特伦内斯湾曾经见证了一个盈利颇丰并且残暴无情的行业,这一行业将南乔治亚岛变成了南大西洋的捕鲸天堂。

1. surround   英 [səˈraʊnd]   美 [səˈraʊnd]  

v.围绕;环绕;(使)包围,围住;与……紧密相关

n.(物品的)边,饰边;周围

第三人称单数: surrounds 复数: surrounds 现在分词: surrounding 过去式: surrounded 过去分词: surrounded

2. dilapidated   英 [dɪˈlæpɪdeɪtɪd]  美 [dɪˈlæpɪdeɪtɪd]  

adj.破旧的;破烂的;年久失修的

派生词: dilapidation n.

3. corrugated   英 [ˈkɒrəɡeɪtɪd]   美 [ˈkɔːrəɡeɪtɪd]  

adj.起皱的;起波纹的

v.(使某物)起皱褶;起皱纹;加工成波纹(瓦垅)板

corrugate的过去分词和过去式

4. condition   英 [kənˈdɪʃn]   美 [kənˈdɪʃn]  

n.状态;状况;健康状况;(因不可能治愈而长期患有的)疾病

v.训练;使习惯于;使适应;对……具有重要影响;影响(某事发生的方式);保持(头发或皮肤等的)健康;养护

第三人称单数: conditions 复数: conditions 现在分词: conditioning 过去式: conditioned 过去分词: conditioned

5. transform   英 [trænsˈfɔːm]   美 [trænsˈfɔːrm]  

v.使改变形态;使改变外观(或性质);使改观

第三人称单数: transforms 现在分词: transforming 过去式: transformed 过去分词: transformed

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