新概念第三冊lesson40-42課文及翻譯-預(yù)覽頁
【正文】 has tunnelled a course through a flaw in the rocks. The entrance to the cave is on a plateau in the Dauphine Alps. As it is only six feet across, it is barely noticeable. The cave might never have been discovered had not the entrance been spotted by the distinguished French potholer, Berger. Since its discovery, it has bee a sort of potholers’ Everest. Though a number of descents have been made, much of it still remains to be explored. A team of potholers recently went down the Gouffre Berger. After entering the narrow gap on the plateau, they climbed down the steep sides of the cave until they came to a narrow corridor. They had to edge their way along this, sometimes wading across shallow streams, or swimming across deep pools. Suddenly they came to a waterfall which dropped into an underground lake at the bottom of the cave. They plunged into the lake, and after loading their gear on an inflatable rubber dinghy, let the current carry them to the other side. To protect themselves from the icy water, they had to wear special rubber suits. At the far end of the lake, they came to huge piles of rubble which had been washed up by the water. In this part of the cave, they could hear an insistent booming sound which they found was caused by a small waterspout shooting down into a pool from the roof of the cave. Squeezing through a cleft in the rocks, the potholers arrived at an enormous cavern, the size of a huge concert hall. After switching on powerful arc lights, they saw great stalagmites—some of them over forty feet highrising up like treetrunks to meet the stalactites suspended from the roof. Round about, piles of limestone glistened in all the colours of the rainbow. In the eerie silence of the cavern, the only sound that could be heard was made by water which dripped continuously from the high dome above them. 【課文翻譯】 洞穴勘查——或洞穴勘探——是一項(xiàng)比較新的體育活動。為什么洞空能引發(fā)人的那種探險(xiǎn)本能，人們對此只能有一種模模糊糊的理解。作出這樣的準(zhǔn)備是必要的，因?yàn)闊o法預(yù)見到洞穴探險(xiǎn)者究竟會遇到什么性質(zhì)的困難。若不是法國洞穴探險(xiǎn)家伯杰由于偶然的機(jī)會發(fā)現(xiàn)了這個(gè)洞口的話，這個(gè)洞也許不會為人所知。來到一條狹窄的走廊上。湖水冰冷刺骨，他們必須穿上一種特制的橡皮服以保護(hù)自己。洞穴探險(xiǎn)者從巖石縫里擠身過去，來到一個(gè)巨大的洞里，其大小相當(dāng)于一個(gè)音樂廳。
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