异类之不一样的成功启示录 第107期:肯塔基州哈兰

 　　Part Two Legacy¹

　　第二部分：传承

　　Chapter Six

　　第六章

　　Harlan, Kentucky

　　哈兰，肯塔基州哈兰

　　"DIE LIKE A MAN, LIKE YOUR BROTHER DID!"

　　“像男人一样消逝，就像你哥哥那样！”

　　In the southeastern corner of Kentucky, in the stretch of the Appalachian Mountains known as the Cumberland Plateau, lies a small town called Harlan.

　　在肯塔基州的东南角，延伸在阿巴拉契亚山脉的坎伯兰高原处，有一个称为哈兰的小镇。

　　The Cumberland Plateau is a wild and mountainous region, a flat-topped ridges², mountain walls five hundred to a thousand feet high, and narrow valleys,

　　坎伯兰高原是一个平脊野生山区，山墙有500至1000米高，狭窄的山谷，

　　some wide enough only for a one-lane road and a creek³.

　　一些只有一条车道和一条小溪那么宽。

　　When the area was first settled, the mountain sides and valleys were covered with a dense⁴ primeval forest.

　　最初这片区域的山坡和山谷都覆盖着茂密的原始森林。

　　Giant tulip poplars grew in the coast, and at the foot of the hills, some with trunks as wide as seven or eight feet in diameter.

　　巨型郁金香树生长在峡谷和丘陵的脚下，有些树干的直径宽七、八英尺。

　　Along side them were white oaks, beeches⁵, maples⁶, walnuts⁷, sycamores, birches, willows⁸, cedars⁹, pines, and hemlocks¹⁰,

　　以及白栎木、山毛榉、枫树、胡桃木、小无花果树、白桦、柳树、杉树、松树和铁杉树，

　　all enmeshed in a lattice of wild grapevine, comprising one of the greatest assortment¹¹ of forest trees in the Northern Hemisphere.

　　这些植物像野生葡萄藤的网格状结构一样纵横交错

　　On the ground were bears and mountain lions and rattlesnakes; in the tree tops, an astonishing array of squirrels; and beneath the soil, one thick seam after another of coal.

　　地面上有熊、山狮和响尾蛇等野生动物

　　Harlan County was founded in 1819 by eight immigrant families from the northern regions of the British Isles¹².

　　哈兰县于1819年由来自不列颠群岛的北部地区的8个移民家庭建立。

　　They had come to Virginia in the eighteenth century and then moved west into the Appalachians in search of land.

　　早在18世纪，他们已经来到弗吉尼亚州，然后往西迁居到阿巴拉契亚山脉以寻找土地。

　　The county was never wealthy.

　　这个县一直都不富饶。

　　For its first hundred years, it was thinly populated, rarely numbering more than ten thousand people.

　　在最初的一百年里，人口稀疏，很少总人口数有超过一万人的时候。

　　The first settlers kept pigs and herded¹³ sheep on the hillsides, scratching out a living on small farms in the valleys.

　　第一批定居者靠养猪，在山坡上牧羊为生，潦草地在山谷里的一个小农场过日子。

　　They made whisky in backyard stills and felled trees, floating them down the Cumberland River in the spring, when the water was high.

　　他们在后院的蒸馏室酿造威士忌，砍伐树木，在春天水位很高的时候，将树木顺着坎伯兰河漂浮至下游。

　　Until well into the twentieth century, getting to the nearest train station was a two-day wagon¹⁴ trip.

　　直到进入20世纪，要想到达当地最近的火车站，需要为期两天的车程。

1 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

2 ridges   

n.脊( ridge的名词复数 )；山脊；脊状突起；大气层的)高压脊

参考例句：

• The path winds along mountain ridges. 峰回路转。
• Perhaps that was the deepest truth in Ridges's nature. 在里奇斯的思想上，这大概可以算是天经地义第一条了。

3 creek   

n.小溪，小河，小湾

参考例句：

• He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
• People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。

4 dense   

a.密集的，稠密的，浓密的；密度大的

参考例句：

• The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。
• The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。

5 beeches   

n.山毛榉( beech的名词复数 )；山毛榉木材

参考例句：

• The beeches, oaks and chestnuts all belong to the same family. 山毛榉树、橡树和栗子树属于同科树种。 来自互联网
• There are many beeches in this wood. 这片树林里有许多山毛榉。 来自互联网

6 maples   

槭树，枫树( maple的名词复数 )； 槭木

参考例句：

• There are many maples in the park. 公园里有好多枫树。
• The wind of the autumn colour the maples carmine . 秋风给枫林涂抹胭红。

7 walnuts   

胡桃（树）( walnut的名词复数 )； 胡桃木

参考例句：

• Are there walnuts in this sauce? 这沙司里面有核桃吗？
• We ate eggs and bacon, pickled walnuts and cheese. 我们吃鸡蛋，火腿，腌胡桃仁和干酪。

8 willows   

n.柳树( willow的名词复数 )；柳木

参考例句：

• The willows along the river bank look very beautiful. 河岸边的柳树很美。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Willows are planted on both sides of the streets. 街道两侧种着柳树。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9 cedars   

雪松，西洋杉( cedar的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The old cedars were badly damaged in the storm. 风暴严重损害了古老的雪松。
• Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. 1黎巴嫩哪，开开你的门，任火烧灭你的香柏树。

10 hemlocks   

由毒芹提取的毒药( hemlock的名词复数 )

参考例句：

11 assortment   

n.分类，各色俱备之物，聚集

参考例句：

• This shop has a good assortment of goods to choose from.该店各色货物俱全，任君选择。
• She was wearing an odd assortment of clothes.她穿着奇装异服。

12 isles   

岛( isle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• the geology of the British Isles 不列颠群岛的地质
• The boat left for the isles. 小船驶向那些小岛。

13 herded   

群集，纠结( herd的过去式和过去分词 )； 放牧； （使）向…移动

参考例句：

• He herded up his goats. 他把山羊赶拢在一起。
• They herded into the corner. 他们往角落里聚集。

14 wagon   

n.四轮马车，手推车，面包车；无盖运货列车

参考例句：

• We have to fork the hay into the wagon.我们得把干草用叉子挑进马车里去。
• The muddy road bemired the wagon.马车陷入了泥泞的道路。