YOYO说旅行 | 驰骋大东欧第五集（下）

YOYO说旅行 | 驰骋大东欧第五集（下）

名师专栏五周啦~~YOYO老师陪你游历斯洛伐克也到了最后一集。

错过《驰骋大东欧》前四集（克罗地亚、阿尔巴尼亚、“玫瑰之国”保加利亚和罗马尼亚）的朋友们可在本网站专栏查看或关注最下方微信号赏析“东欧游记一”、“东欧游记二”、“东欧游记三”、“东欧游记四”文章。

文中加粗部分是值得学习的词汇和短语【YOYO说词】，下划线部分为有借鉴意义的漂亮句型【YOYO说句】，正文后都有详解。

Slovakia

A trek to Slovakia's Tatra mountain peaks presents tough challenges for Kevin Rushby and family.

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Day three was an eight-hour tramp on the Tatranská Magistrála route, which gives fabulous views of the peaks above, all dramatically draped in torn curtains of cloud. The last few miles were a steady climb back up to 2,000 metres, then a precipitous drop down to Popradske Pleso. Every hut, we were learning, has its own character, and this one, busy with school groups, was noisy and impersonal. We had other things to worry about: the weather was deteriorating and next day was supposed to be the big one: the ascent of Rysy.

At 6.30am we were up and eating breakfast – except Sophie, who was a bag of nerves. “There won't be any chains will there? I don't like the steep stuff with chains.”

Maddy, however, the non-walker, was finding her power, striding ahead when we set out, singing cheerfully to herself to the tune of Big Rock Candy Mountain: “In the Big Rock Tatra Mountains, the trails are made of rocks, and you can bust an ankle, and bleed right through your socks.”

Maddy on top of Rysy, at 2,499m

Rysy is one of the most popular big peaks in the area – it's on the border with Poland and attracts hikers from both sides – but like all the summits it's prone to extreme weather changes and high winds. There is a small hut with the promise of hot coffee 250 metres below the summit, a great motivating force. Just before it, however, there is one nasty section with chains and iron-hoop footholds. In sunshine this would not trouble most fit individuals, but we were in the clouds and buffeted by cold winds. A group of chamoiss kittered away from us, making it all look rather easy. We went slowly and reached the hut safely. With its massive tiled stove and friendly staff it would make a great overnight stop for a dawn ascent to magnificent panoramas, but for us the weather did not relent. The last climb was tricky, a search for the waymarks in dense cloud. Suddenly another hiker appeared. “The top is just there,” he shouted, and within a minute we had made it.

By 7pm that evening we were back in Poprad, watching Rysy soar out of the clouds, impossibly distant and unattainable. We had a real sense of achievement and next morning rewarded ourselves with a trip to Aquacity, a geothermal fun park. Maddy swam, but my knees insisted on a prolonged soak in the hot pool.

YOYO说词

tramp 步履沉重地走
draped 被盖住
precipitous 急剧的

impersonal 没什么人情味的
deteriorating 持续恶化的
a bag of nerves 极度焦虑

bust 弄碎
summits 高峰
prone to 倾向于

high winds 疾风
with the promise of 很有希望（喝到热咖啡）
motivating force 动力

footholds 攀登时脚踩的地方
buffeted by 被（寒风）吹来吹去
chamois 岩羚羊（产于欧洲和西亚地区）

skittered 轻轻掠过
relent 发慈悲心（在这里不妨回想并巩固一下上一篇连载中的 relentlessly）

waymarks 公路标识

YOYO说句
1. Day three was an eight-hour tramp on the Tatranská Magistrála route, which gives fabulous views of the peaks above, all dramatically draped in torn curtains of cloud. The last few miles were a steady climb back up to 2,000 metres, then a precipitous drop down to PopradskePleso.

Kevin 行云流水的文笔再次 play down 了第三天艰辛的旅程（8h tramp --> a few miles of climb --> a precipitous drop）。路线的描述当然是大家借鉴的好素材，而其中的词汇，如 steady, precipitous, climb (up), drop (down) 在勾勒出险峻群山的同时，也帮助我们温习了小作文中的写作词汇。

最后，还请大家体会一下比喻的用法：“…the peaks above, all dramatically draped in torn curtains of cloud”——云如帘的轻柔，峰破出的锋利，全都跃然纸上。

2. There is a small hut with the promise of hot coffee 250 metres below the summit, a great motivating force. Just before it, however, there is one nasty section with chains and iron-hoop footholds. In sunshine this would not trouble most fit individuals, but we were in the clouds and buffeted by cold winds. A group of chamoiss kittered away from us, making it all look rather easy.

让我们轻松一下，看看作者幽默而极具画面感的描述。一段路途中，人类恨不能用上各种神器全副武装，却最终只能满脸黑线无限惆怅地看着身边的羚羊不费吹灰之力地轻盈跃过。

3. By 7pm that evening we were back in Poprad, watching Rysy soar out of the clouds, impossibly distant and unattainable. We had a real sense of achievement and next morning rewarded ourselves with a trip to Aquacity, a geothermal fun park. Maddy swam, but my knees insisted on a prolonged soak in the hot pool.

如何漂亮地收尾一段行程的描述？总结过去 + 展望未来。其中，总结过去 = 回头看看走过的艰难旅途 (watching Rysy soar out of the clouds, impossibly distant and unattainable) + 直抒胸臆表扬一下自己 (We had a real sense of achievement)；

而展望未来 = 预报路线 (Aquacity, a geothermal fun park) + 预报节目 (swimming, spa)。

小伙伴们可能觉得，看了那么多风景，怎么图片中从没出现过当地人呢？因此，小编在最后给大家个额外福利--真正的斯洛伐克帅哥，如假包换↓↓

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