新概念英語第四冊（美音版）Matterhorn man

★新概念英語頻道為大家整理的新概念英語第四冊（美音版）Matterhorn man，供大家參考。更多閱讀請查看本站新概念英語頻道。 Lesson 3 Matterhorn man 馬特霍恩山區(qū)人 First listen and then answer the following question. 聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。 What was the main objective of early mountain climbers? Modern alpinists try to climb mountains by a route which will give them good sport, and the more difficult it is, the more highly it is regarded. In the pioneering days, however, this was not the case at all. The early climbers were looking for the easiest way to the top, because the summit was the prize they sought, especially if it and never been attained before. It is true that during their explorations they often faced difficulties and dangers of the most perilous nature, equipped in a manner with would make a modern climber shudder at the thought, but they did not go out of their way to court such excitement. They had a single aim, a solitary goal -- the top! It is hard for us to realize nowadays how difficult it was for the pioneers. Except for one or two places such as Zermatt and Chamonix, which had rapidly become popular, Alpine village tended to be impoverished settlements cut off from civilization by the high mountains. Such inns as there were generally dirty and flea-ridden; the food simply local cheese accompanied by bread often twelve months old, all washed down with coarse wine. Often a valley boasted no inn at all, and climbers found shelter wherever they could -- sometimes with the local priest (who was usually as poor as his parishioners), sometimes with shepherds or cheese-makers. Invariably the background was the same: dirt and poverty, and very uncomfortable. For men accustomed to eating seven-course dinners and sleeping between fine linen sheets at home, the change to the Alps must have very hard indeed. WALTER UNSWORTH Matterhorn Man
    New words and expressions 生詞和短語 Matterhorn n. 馬特霍恩峰（阿爾卑斯山之一，在意大利和瑞士邊境） alpinist n. 登山運(yùn)動員 pioneer v. 開辟，倡導(dǎo)； n. 先鋒，開辟者 summit n. 頂峰 attain v. 到達(dá) perilous adj. 危險(xiǎn)的 shudder v. 不寒而栗 court v. 追求 solitary adj. 的 impoverish v. 使貧困 Alpine adj. 阿爾卑斯山的 flea-ridden adj. 布滿跳蚤的 coarse adj. 粗劣的 boast v. 自恃有 parishioner n. 教區(qū)居民 shepherd n. 牧羊人 linen n. 亞麻布床單 the Alps n. 阿爾卑斯山脈