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But, most of all, it's a picture of American gold.
但最重要的 它是有關美國黃金的畫
Perhaps the only gold which truly mattered -
或許唯一真正重要的金子就是
the gold of the endless prairies,
無垠的藍色天空下
standing beneath an infinitely blue harvest sky.
廣袤的大草原
Tragedy, coloured by an impassioned religious faith
在無盡的美國未來中
in a boundless American future,
被熱情的宗教信仰浸染的悲劇
planted in boundless American space.
在無限的美國大地上生根發芽
Lincoln himself never lost that faith.
林肯從未失去那個信仰
Even before the war was over,
甚至在戰爭結束前
he pushed through a law to protect and bequeath
他就促使通過一項法律來保護
one particular landscape, one American Eden,
流傳給子孫后代一個特別的風景
to the people for all posterity.
一個美國伊甸園
While America's wounds would stay livid
當美國的傷口還需要
and open for generations to come,
幾代人的時間來愈合
this would be at least one place of miraculous healing.
這個地方可能是奇跡般的治愈
Yosemite in the Sierra Nevada.
內華達山脈的約塞米蒂
Very rapidly,Yosemite became America's most sensational tourist destination.
很快約塞米蒂成為美國最有名的旅游勝地
Its lonely beauty instantly compromised by its popularity.
它那罕見的美景在人潮影響之下很快變化
And the images which promoted it made sure to represent it
而宣傳了這里的畫作更是像美國的做法那樣
as they did much of America - as empty of native people.
將原住民消隱得干干凈凈
The Miwok Indians were either moved on or painted out.
米沃克族印第安人要么離開要么被驅逐
And when Yosemite eventually found its ultimate visual poet,
當約塞米蒂最終遇到了其視覺詩人
he too cleared the view of humans.
詩人也排除了人的影響
In 1916,a teenager from San Francisco
1916年來自舊金山的一名少年
visited Yosemite for the first time.
第一次去約塞米蒂
Ansel Adams was always going down with something -
安塞爾.亞當斯總是體弱多病
the flu, measles, a nasty cough -
流感 麻疹 討厭的咳嗽
the sort of thing budding pianists bent over the keyboard
這些疾病都是伏在琴鍵上鋼琴家們的職業病
were supposed to get, and Adams was one of those.
亞當斯也沒能幸免
But, while he was wheezing and hacking,
但當他在賣力喘氣和咳嗽的時候
he'd read a book about Yosemite
他讀到了一本關于約塞米蒂的書
and when a get-well trip was suggested,
當被建議旅行養病時
he'd go nowhere else.
他篤定了這里
