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Once forced to travel cross-country, the Bakers soon found the going hard. Florence collapsed with fever, their baggage animals died and their food supplies failed. For ten months they suffered terribly. Then, in March 1864 they finally found it, the new lake. The glory of our prize burst suddenly upon me. There, like a sea of quicksilver, lay the grand expanse of water, a boundless horizon on the south and southwest, glittering in the sun. It is impossible to describe the triumph of that moment. My wife, who had followed me so devotedly, stood by my side, pale and exhausted. Baker named the lake ''Albert'' after Queen Victoria's late consort. Impressed by its size, it took little to convince him that this lake, along with Lake Victoria, was a joint source for the Nile. Now surely he would share Speke's glory.
不得不進(jìn)行的越野旅行讓貝克夫婦苦不堪言。弗洛倫斯因染上熱病而倒下，輜重的牲畜死去，食物補(bǔ)給不足。他們飽受了十個月的折磨，終于在1864年3月找到了那座新湖。 屬于我們的莫大榮耀突然出現(xiàn)在我的眼前。就像一片水銀海，寬廣遼闊的大片湖水無邊無際地往西和西南方延伸，在陽光下閃耀光芒。這種勝利的喜悅無法言表。一路無怨無悔跟隨著我的愛妻站在我的身旁，蒼白而疲累。 貝克將這座湖命名為“阿爾伯特”以紀(jì)念維多利亞女王過世的配偶。這座湖的遼闊使貝克立刻就深信不疑這座湖和維多利亞湖一樣都是尼羅河的源頭?，F(xiàn)在，他無疑將與斯畢克共享榮耀。
Once forced to travel cross-country, the Bakers soon found the going hard. Florence collapsed with fever, their baggage animals died and their food supplies failed. For ten months they suffered terribly. Then, in March 1864 they finally found it, the new lake. The glory of our prize burst suddenly upon me. There, like a sea of quicksilver, lay the grand expanse of water, a boundless horizon on the south and southwest, glittering in the sun. It is impossible to describe the triumph of that moment. My wife, who had followed me so devotedly, stood by my side, pale and exhausted. Baker named the lake ''Albert'' after Queen Victoria's late consort. Impressed by its size, it took little to convince him that this lake, along with Lake Victoria, was a joint source for the Nile. Now surely he would share Speke's glory.
不得不進(jìn)行的越野旅行讓貝克夫婦苦不堪言。弗洛倫斯因染上熱病而倒下，輜重的牲畜死去，食物補(bǔ)給不足。他們飽受了十個月的折磨，終于在1864年3月找到了那座新湖。 屬于我們的莫大榮耀突然出現(xiàn)在我的眼前。就像一片水銀海，寬廣遼闊的大片湖水無邊無際地往西和西南方延伸，在陽光下閃耀光芒。這種勝利的喜悅無法言表。一路無怨無悔跟隨著我的愛妻站在我的身旁，蒼白而疲累。 貝克將這座湖命名為“阿爾伯特”以紀(jì)念維多利亞女王過世的配偶。這座湖的遼闊使貝克立刻就深信不疑這座湖和維多利亞湖一樣都是尼羅河的源頭?，F(xiàn)在，他無疑將與斯畢克共享榮耀。