Level 4-Day 62.Prince Edward Island

词汇提示

1.enchanted 迷人的

2.oxide 氧化的

3.occupations 职业

4.orchards 果园

5.strife 斗争

原文

Prince Edward Island

Throughout history, people have dreamed about a special place, remote from the day-to-day business world.

Sometimes,they have thought of this place as an enchanted world where the weather is always good and food is always easy to get.

Sometimes,it has been a hidden valley in the mountains, or an island far out at sea.

When the Europeans arrived in the South Pacific, they thought that they had found it.

Islands such as Tahiti seemed about as perfect as possible.

Nowadays,our cities grow larger and larger, and people have to work harder and harder to succeed.

Many people would like to escape to a quieter, slower, more peaceful, more attractive environment.

When summer holidays come, many people travel to Prince Edward Island in Eastern Canada.

It has a mild summer climate, and hardly ever gets too hot or dry.

The fields, trees, and crops stay green all summer.

In fact, P.E.I. is famous for the many shades of green on the island.

Its soil and dirt roads are red because of iron oxide in the soil.

And visitors are never far away from the blue waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

In late June and early July, the roadsides are covered with large purple flowers called lupins.

The vivid colors of P.E.I. help make the province a photographer's paradise.

Prince Edward Island is almost 100 miles long and about 20 miles wide.

It is small enough that a tourist can see much of the Island in a couple of days.

But there are enough interesting things to see and do that most people like to stay longer.

One of the chief traditional occupations is fishing.

Atone time, fishing was an important source of food and income for many islanders.

Now the fisheries are in decline; boat owners find it more profitable to take tourists out to fish than to fish themselves.

Lobsters and shellfish are still important to the Island, which is famous for its “lobster suppers”.

Tourists can visit many picturesque little fishing villages all around the coastline.

P.E.I.is famous for its potatoes, which are exported all over the world.

Dairy farming is also common, and local ice cream is popular with tourists.

Apple orchards, grain fields, hay fields, and vegetable gardening are also widely found.

During the era of sailing ships, a lot of shipbuilding took place on the Island.

But as steel hulls replaced wooden hulls, shipbuilding moved to regions where steel was being produced.

The full impact of the industrial revolution has never hit P.E.I.

Farming,fishing and tourism have remained the chief industries.

There are no large cities on the Island.

So,if young people want to go to the big city, they have to leave P.E.I.

The majority of Island people prefer to live in small towns and villages, just as their ancestors did.

Since there wasn't much industry on the Island, many people did not have a lot of money.

As a result, they "made do" with their old houses, old furniture, and old ways of doing things.

This is why visitors to P. E. I. sometimes feel like they are going back in time.

Things on the Island seem like they are still the way things were in our parents' or grandparents' day.

Most of the people who live on the Island are descended from British immigrants in the eighteenth or nineteenth centuries.

The majority of these were from Scotland, and the Scottish heritage remains strong.

There are also some Micmac Indians and some French Canadians, or Acadians.

The Island has generally avoided social and political strife, and this contributes to the peaceful atmosphere.

Islanders welcome people "from away" as tourists.

However,some say that to be a true Islander, you have to be born on the Island.

Nonetheless,some tourists have fallen in love with P.E.I. and have gone there to live.

A couple of years ago, a bridge was built to connect the Island with the mainland.

Many opposed this "fixed link," saying that it would destroy the special P.E.I. atmosphere.

It remains to be seen whether the Island will change, now that tourists can drive directly on to the rich, red soil.

翻译

爱德华王子岛

纵观历史，人们一直梦想着一个特殊的地方，远离日常的商业世界。
有时，他们认为这个地方是一个迷人的世界，天气总是很好，食物总是很容易得到。
有时，它是一个隐蔽的山谷在山，或一个岛屿在遥远的海上。
当欧洲人到达南太平洋时，他们以为已经找到了。
像塔希提岛这样的岛屿似乎再完美不过了。
如今，我们的城市变得越来越大，人们必须越来越努力地工作才能成功。
很多人都想逃到一个更安静、更慢、更平和、更有吸引力的环境中去。
暑假来临时，许多人去加拿大东部的爱德华王子岛旅游。
它的夏季气候温和，几乎不会太热或太干。
整个夏天，田地、树木和庄稼都是绿色的。
事实上，P.E.I.岛以岛上深浅不一的绿色而闻名。
它的土壤和土路是红色的，因为土壤中的氧化铁。
游客们永远不会远离圣劳伦斯湾的蓝色海水。
在六月下旬和七月初，路边开满了紫色的大花，叫做羽扇豆花。
P.E.I.岛以鲜艳的色彩使该省成为摄影师的天堂。
爱德华王子岛长约100英里，宽约20英里。
它足够小，游客可以在几天内看到岛上的大部分地方。
但是这里有很多有趣的东西可以看，可以做，所以大多数人喜欢多待一会儿。
捕鱼是主要的传统职业之一。
曾经，捕鱼是许多岛民的重要食物和收入来源。
现在渔业在减少;船主发现带游客出海捕鱼比自己捕鱼更有利可图。
龙虾和贝类对这个以“龙虾晚餐”闻名的岛屿来说仍然很重要。
游客们可以在海岸线上参观许多风景如画的小渔村。
P.E.I.以马铃薯闻名，马铃薯出口到世界各地。
奶牛场也很常见，当地的冰淇淋很受游客的欢迎。
苹果园、谷地、干草地和菜园也随处可见。
在帆船时代，岛上发生了大量的造船活动。
但随着钢船体取代了木制船体，造船转移到了生产钢铁的地区。
工业革命的全面影响从未冲击过P.E.I.
农业、渔业和旅游业仍然是主要产业。
岛上没有大城市。
所以，如果年轻人想去大城市，他们必须离开P.E.I.
大多数岛民喜欢住在小城镇和村庄，就像他们的祖先一样。
由于岛上没有多少工业，许多人没有很多钱。
结果，他们只好凑合着用他们的旧房子、旧家具和旧的做事方式。
这就是为什么来体育课的人有时会觉得自己回到了过去。
岛上的事情似乎仍然是我们父母或祖父母时代的样子。
住在岛上的大多数人是十八、十九世纪英国移民的后裔。
其中大多数来自苏格兰，苏格兰的传统仍然很强。
也有一些米克马克印第安人和一些法裔加拿大人，或阿卡迪亚人。
该岛一般避免了社会和政治冲突，这有助于和平气氛。
岛民欢迎“远道而来”的游客。
然而，有人说，要成为一个真正的岛民，你必须出生在岛上。
尽管如此，还是有一些游客爱上了P.E.I.，并去那里生活。
几年前，建了一座桥把这个岛和大陆连接起来。
许多人反对这种“固定联系”，称这会破坏P.E.I.的特殊氛围。
现在游客们可以直接开车到这片肥沃的红色土地上，岛上是否会发生变化还有待观察。