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# 拓展 · 记一次特别的出游

### 第1段

As I stepped out of the train I felt unusually solitary, since I was the only passenger to alight. I was accustomed to arriving in the summer, when holiday makers throng coastal resorts, and this was my first visit when the season was over. My destination was a little village eight miles distant by the road, but only four if you took the cliff path over the moor. This I always did, unless it was raining: and I left my luggage at the bus office beside the railway station, to be conveyed for me on the next bus, so that I could enjoy my walk unhampered by a suitcase.
It took me only a few minutes to come to the foot of the cliff path. Half way up I paused to enjoy the sight of the purple hills stretching away to my right and to my left the open sea. When I reached the top I had left all signs of habitation behind me. The moorland turf was springy under my feet, the air was like wine and I felt rejuvenated and intoxicated with it. Glancing seaward a minute or two later, I was surprised to notice that the sky was already aflame with the sunset. The air grew perceptibly cooler and I began to look forward to the delectable hot meal I should have when I reached the inn. It seemed to be getting dark amazingly quickly. I did not think that I had walked unduly slowly and I was at a loss to account for the exceptionally early end of daylight, until I recollected that on previous visits I had walked in high summer and now it was October and the nights were drawing in.
All at once it was night. The track was grassy and even in daylight showed up hardly at all against the moor, so it was difficult to keep on it now. If only I had been a smoker with matches always to hand, or if my torch had been in my pocket instead of in the suitcase, I could have walked with more assurance. As it was, I was terrified of hurtling over the edge of the cliff to the rocks below. When I did stray, however, it was towards the hills. I felt my feet squelching and sticking in something soggy. There was no bog to my knowledge near the track, so I must have wandered a long way off my course. I extricated myself with difficulty and very cautiously edged myself towards the sound of the sea. Then I bumped into a little clump of trees that suddenly loomed up in front of me. This was providential rest and shelter until the moon rose. I climbed up the nearest trunk and managed to find a tolerably comfortable fork in which to sit. The waiting seemed interminable and was relieved only by my attempts to identify the little stirrings and noises of animal life that I could hear. I grew colder and colder and managed to sleep only in uneasy, fitful starts, waking when my position got cramped. At last, when the moon came up I discovered that I was not more than fifty yards from the track and I was soon on my way again.

中文理解：下火车时，我感到格外孤单，因为整列车只有我一个人在这里下车。往常我总在夏季来，海滨度假地挤满游客；旅游季结束后到访，这还是第一次。我要去的是一个小村庄，走公路有八英里，沿着荒原上的悬崖小路过去，却只有四英里。只要不下雨，我一向都走小路。这次也一样，我把行李留在车站旁的公共汽车办事处，请他们用下一班车捎去，好让自己不受箱子拖累，轻轻松松地享受步行。
几分钟后，我就来到悬崖小路的起点。爬到半山时，我停下欣赏风景：右边是连绵远去的紫色山丘，左边是一望无际的大海。到达崖顶后，人烟的痕迹已全被甩在身后。荒原的草皮在脚下松软而有弹性，空气像美酒一样让人陶醉，我仿佛又年轻了。过了一两分钟，我朝海上望去，惊讶地发现晚霞已经烧红天空。空气明显凉下来，我开始盼着到旅店吃上一顿美味的热饭。天似乎黑得出奇地快。我觉得自己走得并不算太慢，怎么也想不通，为什么白昼这么早就结束了。直到这时才记起，往常来时正值盛夏，而如今已经十月，夜晚来得越来越早了。
转眼间，夜色就完全落了下来。小路上长着草，即使白天也很难从荒原中辨认，此刻更难沿路前进。要是我抽烟，身边总带着火柴；或者手电筒就在口袋里，而不是放进行李箱里，我就能走得踏实些。可眼下，我生怕一脚踏空，从悬崖边摔向下面的岩石。不过，真正走偏时，我却朝山丘那边去了。脚下开始咕叽作响，踩进湿软的东西里，还被粘住了。我记得路边并没有沼泽，看来自己已偏离路线很远。我费力挣脱，极小心地朝海声传来的方向一点点挪动，忽然撞上一小片从黑暗中冒出的树林。这简直是天赐的歇脚和避风处，可以等到月亮升起。我爬上最近的一棵树，找了个还算舒服的枝杈坐下。等待漫长得仿佛没有尽头，只有听见动物活动时细微的窸窣声，再猜一猜是什么，才稍能排遣。我越来越冷，只能不安稳地时睡时醒，姿势一挤得难受，就会醒来。月亮终于升起时，我才发现，自己离小路还不到五十码，很快便重新上路了。

* **felt unusually solitary**：感到格外孤单；solitary 描述独处感觉；不是直接断言所有独处都痛苦。

* **accustomed to**：习惯于；表示已经习惯；这里 to 是介词，后面做某事用 -ing。

* **the season was over**：旺季已经过去；the season 由上下文限定为旅游旺季，不是四季全结束。

* **unhampered by a suitcase**：不受手提箱拖累；unhampered by + 障碍，补充主语行动的状态。

* **the foot of**：……的脚下；底部；the foot of a hill / cliff，与 the top of 对照。

* **all signs of habitation**：所有有人居住的迹象；signs of habitation 是观察线索，不是说已走遍人类所有居住地。

* **look forward to**：盼望；期待；to 是介词，后接名词或 doing，不用 seeing 的原形。

* **was at a loss**：不知如何是好；be at a loss to do；并非一定指经济亏损。

* **account for**：解释……的原因；本课指作出解释；不是财务账户，也不表示照顾。

* **All at once**：突然；同时；本课为天色突然全黑，按语境判断义项。

* **to hand**：在手边；随手可取；英式 to hand 强调可随手拿到，与 to hand something over 不同。

* **instead of**：代替；而不是；表示实际选了什么、没有选什么；介词 of 后做某事用 -ing。

* **something soggy**：某种湿软的东西；不定代词 something 后置形容词，保留未知对象。

* **off my course**：偏离我的路线；off course / off one's course，区别 of course（当然）。

* **with difficulty**：费力地；好不容易；动作 + with difficulty，与 with ease 对照。

* **in front of**：在……前面；与behind相对；别少掉of。

* **rest and shelter**：休息与栖身之处；provide / offer rest and shelter，将需求成组表达。

* **seemed interminable**：仿佛永无尽头；seem 标感受，interminable 不是字面真的无限长。

* **colder and colder**：越来越冷；比较级重复说明持续变化，可迁移 darker / quieter。

* **At last**：终于；强调等待或困难之后终于发生，不只是列举最后一个步骤。

* **not more than**：至多；不超过；保留 not 表上限，不能译成至少；本课也突出距离原来很近。

#### 原文注释 · As I stepped out of the train I felt unusually solitary, since I was the only passenger to alight.

注释：①alight = get off。②throng = they go there in great numbers。

#### 原文注释 · It took me only a few minutes to come to the foot of the cliff path.

注释：①本句and 后面有所省略，可以理解为and to enjoy the sight of the open sea stretching away to my left. ②aflame = burning; on fire。③perceptibly = great enough for you to notice it。④delectable = delicious。⑤at a loss = filled with bewilderment，另一个意思是亏本。⑥draw in = to become dark earlier in the evening as winter gets nearer，这里不论是days are drawing in 还是nights are drawing in，都是表达同一个意思，即白昼渐短，或黑夜渐长。

#### 原文注释 · All at once it was night.

注释：①hurtling = dashing。②squelch = to make a wet sucking sound。③soggy = wet and soft。④extricate = to escape or enable sb to escape from a difficult situation，这里承接前文双脚陷在湿软泥地里的情节，表示费力从泥泞中脱身；随后才是循着海声谨慎前行，不应把这一步译为已经辨明方向。⑤providential = something is lucky because it happens at exactly the right time.。⑥interminable = endless。

\[本文修订日期：2022年2月3日]

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