Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 3
山路陡峭，但小径蜿蜒曲折，使你得以攀越山势的险峻。
The ascent is precipitous, but the path is cut into continual and short windings, which enable you to surmount the perpendicularity of the mountain.
这是一片令人震撼的荒凉景象。
It is a scene terrifically desolate.
在无数处地方，可以看到冬日雪崩留下的痕迹，树木横七竖八地倒在地上，有的已被完全摧毁，有的弯折倾斜，靠在山岩的突出处，或横压在其他树木之上。
In a thousand spots the traces of the winter avalanche may be perceived, where trees lie broken and strewed on the ground, some entirely destroyed, others bent, leaning upon the jutting rocks of the mountain or transversely upon other trees.
随着越攀越高，山路被积雪的沟壑所切断，石块不断从上方滚落；其中有一处尤为危险，因为哪怕是最轻微的声音，比如大声说话，都会引发足以将说话者置于死地的气流震荡。
The path, as you ascend higher, is intersected by ravines of snow, down which stones continually roll from above; one of them is particularly dangerous, as the slightest sound, such as even speaking in a loud voice, produces a concussion of air sufficient to draw destruction upon the head of the speaker.
松树既不高大也不茂盛，却阴沉幽暗，为这片景色增添了几分肃穆之气。
The pines are not tall or luxuriant, but they are sombre and add an air of severity to the scene.
我俯瞰脚下的山谷：大片的雾气从流经其中的河流上升腾而起，在对面山峰间盘绕成厚重的云雾，山顶隐没在一片阴沉的云层之中，而雨水从昏暗的天空倾泻而下，更加深了周围一切带给我的忧郁之感。
I looked on the valley beneath; vast mists were rising from the rivers which ran through it and curling in thick wreaths around the opposite mountains, whose summits were hid in the uniform clouds, while rain poured from the dark sky and added to the melancholy impression I received from the objects around me.
唉！人类为何要以优于禽兽的情感自夸？这不过使他们成为更加身不由己的存在罢了。
Alas! Why does man boast of sensibilities superior to those apparent in the brute; it only renders them more necessary beings.
Vocabulary
- ascent
- 上升；登高的过程或路径
- precipitous
- 极其陡峭的，坡度很大的
- path
- 小路，供人行走的道路
- continual
- 不断重复的，持续发生的
- windings
- 蜿蜒曲折的弯道或转折
- enable
- 使某人能够做某事
- surmount
- 克服困难；登上高处
- perpendicularity
- 垂直状态；近乎垂直的陡度
- terrifically
- 极度地，令人恐惧地
- desolate
- 荒凉的，人迹罕至的
- traces
- 痕迹，留下的印记
- avalanche
- 雪崩，山上大量积雪突然滑落
- perceived
- 被察觉到，被感知到
- strewed
- 散落在地面上，散布各处
- entirely
- 完全地，彻底地
- destroyed
- 被摧毁的，被破坏殆尽的
- leaning
- 倚靠着，倾斜依附于
- jutting
- 突出的，向外伸出的
- transversely
- 横向地，横跨放置
- ascend
- 向上攀登，往高处走
- intersected
- 被交叉切割，被穿越分割
- ravines
- 深沟，山间狭窄的峡谷
- continually
- 不断地，持续不停地
- particularly
- 尤其，特别地
- slightest
- 最轻微的，极小的
- concussion
- 震荡，强烈振动或冲击
- sufficient
- 足够的，充分的
- destruction
- 毁灭，破坏性的灾难
- pines
- 松树，常绿针叶乔木
- luxuriant
- 茂盛的，繁茂葱郁的
- sombre
- 阴暗的，沉郁压抑的
- severity
- 严酷，严峻的程度
- valley
- 山谷，两山之间的低地
- beneath
- 在……下方，低于某物
- vast
- 巨大的，范围极广的
- mists
- 薄雾，水汽形成的雾气
- curling
- 盘旋，卷曲飘动
- wreaths
- 环形云雾，盘绕的雾气
- summits
- 山顶，山的最高处
- uniform
- 统一的，均匀一致的
- poured
- 倾泻，大量降落
- melancholy
- 忧郁的，令人悲伤的
- impression
- 印象，感受到的感觉
- Alas
- 唉，表示悲叹或遗憾的感叹词
- boast
- 夸耀，自豪地宣扬
- sensibilities
- 感受力，对情感敏锐的感知能力
- superior
- 优于的，更高级的
- apparent
- 明显的，表面可见的
- brute
- 野兽，没有理性的动物
- renders
- 使变得，导致某种状态
- beings
- 生命体，存在的个体
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