【英音模仿秀】修长城的农民

模仿文本：

In places, the Great Wall of China is so dilapidated that estimates of its total length vary from nine thousand to 21 thousand kilometres. One Chinese farmer Yang Yongfu decided¹ to do something about it. And where the Great Wall bordered his own farmland began restoring it. After years of backbreaking work, he turned his section of the wall into a tourist attraction. But that put him on a collision course with the authorities.

译文：

中国的长城有部分区段实在破败不堪，以致于对其总长度的各种估算相差极大，从9000公里到21,000公里不等。一位中国农民杨永福决定要为此做点什么。就在长城与他庄稼地的交界处，他开始了修复工作。经过多年艰苦辛劳的努力，他把自己那一段的长城变成了一处旅游胜地。但这却令他处于官方机构的冲突对立面。

 

1 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。