美国国家公共电台 NPR--Spring is breathing new life into Hackensack Mountain in the southern Adirondacks

Spring is breathing new life into Hackensack Mountain in the southern Adirondacks

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For months areas around Hackensack Mountain, a rocky ridge² that rises up from the small town of Warrensburg, N.Y., have been blanketed with ice and snow, but things are coming back to life.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

You know, sometimes listening to the news can add to people's stress. We can be honest about that. It can raise your blood pressure to pay attention to the news. So let's take a moment to lower it. Spring has reached the Adirondack Mountains in northern New York, and North Country Public Radio's Emily Russell went for a hike.

(SOUNDBITE OF CRUNCHING⁴ UNDERFOOT)

EMILY RUSSELL, BYLINE⁵: I'm heading up Hackensack Mountain, a rocky ridge that rises up from the small town of Warrensburg, N.Y. This place has been blanketed in ice and snow for months, but on this spring day, it's thrumming back to life.

(SOUNDBITE OF BIRD SINGING)

RUSSELL: This is so amazing. I'm standing⁶ here on the trail and it's just like this chorus of wildlife around me - chipmunks⁷ and birds, my dog out exploring. It's so beautiful.

Dried pine needles crunch³ beneath my boots. The trail is short and steep, so I have to grip onto roots and rocks to haul myself up the mountain. There's a moment when everything around me falls silent except for one lone⁸ woodpecker searching for food.

(SOUNDBITE OF WOODPECKER PECKING)

RUSSELL: The trail is become really dynamic, like, just these big, sharp boulders⁹. So I'm having to hop¹⁰ from one to another.

(SOUNDBITE OF CRUNCHING UNDERFOOT)

RUSSELL: As I climb towards the summit, the trees thin out. That lets in more of the bright spring sunshine which seeps¹¹ into my skin. I haven't felt warmth like this in months. And then the trail guides me out onto the summit, a rocky ledge¹² overlooking the tiny Adirondack town below.

(SOUNDBITE OF CRUNCHING UNDERFOOT)

RUSSELL: You can see little churches and shops and homes, and there's birds flying above me. This is just so special. In a place where winter grips on for as long as it can. It feels like spring is finally here. For NPR News, I'm Emily Russell in Warrensburg, N.Y.

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)

INSKEEP: Wow, that was beautiful. Although it also brings one of the sounds of (laughter) spring to my house, Michel, which is the sound of sniffling.

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

I'm sorry. I was sneezing. Sorry. I'm sorry. Excuse me. I'm sorry.

INSKEEP: Here, let me hand you a tissue.

MARTIN: It was just - so much Claritin. So much Claritin.

INSKEEP: (Laughter). It is a great season to get outside, though. My 7-year-old the other day got new shoes, and she said, I want to go for a run. And then she wanted to pick four-leaf clovers during the run. And then she decided¹³ it could just be a hike.

MARTIN: I'd go for the shoes.

INSKEEP: There you go.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 ridge   

n.山脊；鼻梁；分水岭

参考例句：

• We clambered up the hillside to the ridge above.我们沿着山坡费力地爬上了山脊。
• The infantry were advancing to attack the ridge.步兵部队正在向前挺进攻打山脊。

3 crunch   

n.关键时刻；艰难局面；v.发出碎裂声

参考例句：

• If it comes to the crunch they'll support us.关键时刻他们是会支持我们的。
• People who crunch nuts at the movies can be very annoying.看电影时嘎吱作声地嚼干果的人会使人十分讨厌。

4 crunching   

v.嘎吱嘎吱地咬嚼( crunch的现在分词 )；嘎吱作响；（快速大量地）处理信息；数字捣弄

参考例句：

• The horses were crunching their straw at their manger. 这些马在嘎吱嘎吱地吃槽里的草。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The dog was crunching a bone. 狗正嘎吱嘎吱地嚼骨头。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

6 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

7 chipmunks   

n.金花鼠( chipmunk的名词复数 )

参考例句：

8 lone   

adj.孤寂的，单独的；唯一的

参考例句：

• A lone sea gull flew across the sky.一只孤独的海鸥在空中飞过。
• She could see a lone figure on the deserted beach.她在空旷的海滩上能看到一个孤独的身影。

9 boulders   

n.卵石( boulder的名词复数 )；巨砾；（受水或天气侵蚀而成的）巨石；漂砾

参考例句：

• Seals basked on boulders in a flat calm. 海面风平浪静，海豹在巨石上晒太阳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The river takes a headlong plunge into a maelstrom of rocks and boulders. 河水急流而下，入一个漂砾的漩涡中。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 hop   

n.单脚跳，跳跃；vi.单脚跳，跳跃；着手做某事；vt.跳跃，跃过

参考例句：

• The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛，看谁单足跳跃最快。
• How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远？

11 seeps   

n.（液体）渗( seep的名词复数 )；渗透；渗出；漏出v.（液体）渗( seep的第三人称单数 )；渗透；渗出；漏出

参考例句：

• Water seeps through sand. 水渗入沙中。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Water seeps out of the wall. 水从墙里沁出。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

12 ledge   

n.壁架，架状突出物；岩架，岩礁

参考例句：

• They paid out the line to lower him to the ledge.他们放出绳子使他降到那块岩石的突出部分。
• Suddenly he struck his toe on a rocky ledge and fell.突然他的脚趾绊在一块突出的岩石上，摔倒了。

13 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。