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The Great St Bernard Pass connects
Switzerland to Italy. At 247o metres, it is
the highest mountain pass in Europe.
The famous monastery of St Bernard,
which was founded in the eleventh cen-
tury, lies about a mile away. For hun-
dreds of years, St Bernard dogs have
saved the lives of travellers crossing the
dangerous Pass. These friendly dogs,
which were first brought from Asia, were
used as watch-dogs even in Roman times.
Now that a tunnel has been built through
the mountains, the Pass is less dangerous,
but each year, the dogs are still sent out
into the snow whenever a traveller is in
difficulty. Despite the new tunnel, there
are still a few people who rashly attempt to cross the Pass on foot
During the summer months, the monastery is very busy,for it is
visited by
thousands of people who cross the Pass in cars, As there are so many
people
about, the dogs have to be kept in a special enclosure. In winter,
however, life
at the monastery is quite different. The temperature drops to -30
and very
few people attempt to cross the Pass. The monks Prefer winter to
summer for
they have more privacy. The dogs have greater freedom, too,for they
are
allowed to wander outside their enclosure. The only regular visitors
to the
monastery in winter are parties of skiers who go there at Christmas
and Easter.
These young people, who love the peace of the mountains, always
receive a warm
Welcome at St Bernard's monastery.
New words and expressions 生詞和短語
monastery
n. 寺院，修道院
St. Bernard
圣伯納德
pass
n. 關(guān)隘
watchdog
n. 看門狗
rashly
adj. 莽撞地，冒失地
enclosure
n. 圍場，圈地
monk
n. 和尚
privacy
n. 清靜，隱居
skier
n. 滑雪者
Easter
n. 復(fù)活節(jié)
參考譯文
圣伯納德大山口連接著瑞士與意大利，海拔2,473O米，是歐洲最高的山口。11世紀(jì)建造的著名的圣伯納德修道院位于離山口1英里遠(yuǎn)的地方。幾百年來，圣伯納德修道院馴養(yǎng)狗拯救了許多翻越這道山口的旅游者的生命。那些最先從亞洲引進(jìn)的狗，待人友好，早在羅馬時(shí)代就給人當(dāng)看門狗了。如今由于山里開挖了隧道，翻越山口已不那么危險(xiǎn)了。但每年還要派狗到雪山地里去幫助那些遇到困難的旅游者，盡管修通了隧道，但仍有一些人想冒險(xiǎn)徒步跨越圣伯納德山口。
夏天的幾個(gè)月里，修道院十分忙碌，因?yàn)橛谐汕先f的人駕車通過山口，順道來修道院參觀。由于來人太多，狗被關(guān)在專門的圍欄里。然而到了冬天，修道院里的生活則是另一番景象。氣溫下降到零下30度，試圖跨越山口的人寥寥無幾。修道士們喜歡冬天，而不太喜歡夏天。因?yàn)樵诙�，他們可以更多地過無人打擾的生活。狗也比較自由，被放出圍欄，四處遛達(dá)。冬天常來修道院參觀的只有一批批滑雪者。他們在圣誕節(jié)或復(fù)活節(jié)到那兒去。這些熱愛高山清靜環(huán)境的年輕人每年都受到圣伯納德道院的熱烈歡迎。
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