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1、Style and Translation,It was a bleak, rainy day, and I had no desire to drive up the winding mountain road to my daughter Carolyns house. But she had insisted that I come see something at the top of the mountain.,凄风细雨，山路蜿蜒，我毫无兴致驱车前往女儿卡罗琳的家。可女儿一定要我前去看看山顶上的什么景致。,Turning down a narrow track, we parked

2、the car and got out. We walked along a path that was thick with old pine needles. Huge black green evergreens towered over. Gradually the peace and silence of the place began to fill my mind. Then we turned a corner-and I stopped and gasped in amazement.,转过一条狭窄的小道我们停下车出来，沿着铺满厚厚一层松针的小路走去。头顶上高大的墨绿色常青树

3、耸入云霄。渐渐地这地方的平和宁静开始令我陶醉。然后我们拐了个弯，我停下了脚步，惊诧不已。,Style and Translation,From the top of the mountain, sloping for several acres across folds and valleys, were rivers of daffodils in radiant bloom. A profusion of color-from the palest ivory to the deepest lemon to the most vivid salmon-blazed like a carpe

4、t before us. It looked as though the sun had tipped over and spilled gold down the mountainside.,从山顶往下好几英亩的山坡上，满是怒放的水仙花，犹如江河直下，越过山坳，穿过峡谷，一片五彩缤纷：有洁净无比的象牙白，有极其浓郁的柠檬黄，有鲜艳夺目的鲑鱼橙，如同一幅地毯展现在我们面前，令人眼花缭乱。仿佛太阳倾翻了，把一片金光溢泻到了山坡上。,A riot of questions filled my mind. Who created such beauty? Why? How?,一大堆问题在我的脑海中翻

5、腾。谁创造了这种美景？为什么要创造？又是如何创造的？,As we approached the home that stood in the center of the property, we saw a sign: ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS I KNOW YOU ARE ASKING. The first answer was: ONE WOMAN-TWO HANDS,TWO FEET AND VERY LITTLE BRAIN. The second was: ONE AT A TIME. The third: STARTED IN 1958.,我们走近这块宝地中

6、央的屋子，只见一块牌子上写着：我知道你要问的问题，答案如下。答案一：一位妇女，一双手，两只脚，而且天资不高。答案二：一次种一株。答案三：开始于1958年。,As we drove home, I was so moved by what we had seen I could scarcely speak. She changed the world,“ I finally said, one bulb at a time. She started almost 40 years ago, probably just the beginning of an idea, but she kept

7、 at it. The wonder of it would not let me go. Imagine,“ I said, if Id had a vision and worked at it, just a little bit every day, what might have Iaccomplished?(299 words),驱车回家的路上，我为所见的一切感动不已，无言以对。“她改造了世界，”我终于说道。“一次种一株。她几乎40年前就开始了。当时也许只是一念之闪，但她持之以恒。”这一奇观令我回味良久。“试想，”我说道，“如果我有一个梦想，并为之努力，每天干一点，最后我会做出怎样的成绩呢？”,