高中英语必修一课文 Unit3-A night in the mountain

PART 2 A NIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS

Although it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to fall in Tibet. Our legs were so heavy and cold that they felt like blocks of ice. Have you ever seen snowmen ride bicycles?

That's what we looked like! Along the way children dressed in long wool coats stopped to look at us. In the late afternoon we found it was so cold that our water bottles froze. However, the lakes shone like glass in the setting sun and looked wonderful.

Wang Wei rode in front of me as usual. She is very reliable and I knew I didn't need to encourage her. To climb the mountains was hard work but as we looked around us, we were surprised by the view. We seemed to be able to see for miles. At one point we were so high that we found ourselves cycling through clouds.

Then we began going down the hills. It was great fun especially as it gradually became much warmer. In the valleys colorful butterflies flew around us and we saw many yaks and sheep eating green grass. At this point we had to change our caps, coats, gloves and trousers for T-shirts and shorts.

In the early evening we always stop to make camp. We put up our tent and then we eat. After supper Wang Wei put her head down on her pillow and went to sleep but I stayed awake. At midnight the sky became clearer and the stars grew brighter. It was so quiet. There was almost no wind-only the flames of our fire for company. As I lay beneath the stars I thought about how far we had already travelled.

We will reach Dali in Yunnan Province soon, where our cousins Dao Wei and Yu Hang will join us. We can hardly wait to see them!

山上的一夜  

尽管仍然是秋天，但是西藏已经下起了雪。感觉我们的双腿如此沉重，好像已经变成了冰块儿。你曾经见到过骑自行车的雪人吗（就像我们一样的“雪人”！）？沿途，有孩子穿着大大的毛绒外衣注视着我们。接近黄昏时分，天越来越冷，我们水瓶里的水都已结冰。然而，湖泊像玻璃一样反射着落日的余晖，景色十分壮观。和往常一样，王伟骑在我前面。她意志坚定，不需要我的鼓励。爬上山很艰难，可是当我们环顾四周时，被眼前的景象惊呆了。我们可以看到很远处的风景。在高高的山顶，我们好像骑在云里。开始下山了，除了天气越来越热之外，简直棒极了。在山谷里，多彩的蝴蝶在我们身旁翩翩起舞，我们还看到正在吃草的牦牛和羚羊。在这里，我们不得不把帽子，大衣，手套，长裤换成T-恤和短裤。 傍晚时分我们总是停下露营，扎起帐篷，然后吃饭。晚饭后，王伟躺在枕头上很快入睡了，可是我一直醒着，午夜时分，天空变得更加澄净，星星也更加明亮，一切都沉浸在静谧之中。这里几乎没有风，只有火焰与我们相伴。躺在星空下我在想我们到底旅行了多远。 我们快到云南大理了，在那里就能和我们的表兄弟Dao Wei ·Yu Hang汇合，然后一起旅行。很期待和他们相见。