After the avalanche
Mickavertedhis eyes from the reflection of the sun bouncing off thebadgeof the ski patrol captain.
"I don't know how it happened for sure." He said. "I was walking up the mountain along the southernaxislooking for alpinebacteriawhen I becameawareof movement in theBackgroundThen, when I saw theavalancheI froze. It was anautomaticresponse. Luckily it missed me, but there must have been some kind ofbacklashbecause I was swept off my feet onto mybackboneby something. And then I woke up and you were here."
"Well, you're lucky you' re okay." Answered the captain. "Others have been less fortunate. Here, you can use myauxiliaryskis to help you get down the mountain. They' re all I haveavailable, unless you want to try to walk down on a pair ofbadmintonrackets. Anyhow, you shouldn't come in this area again without beingauthorized. This is anautonomousmanaged region and localauthoritiesare real hard-core about theirautonomy. In addition, they have noted that temperatures this year are higher thanaverage. This increases the risk of avalanches. They don' t have manyavenuesto spread this information and warn people because the only way to get here is viaaviation. Their attempts to warn potential visitors were to no avail for you, unfortunately, but they are starting toautomatea process for obtaining travel permits for others. This will be a method for them to give weather warnings."
"Thanks." Mick said as he strapped on the skis. "It's a beautiful area. I'll be back for sure.

雪崩之后
米克轉(zhuǎn)移目光，以避開從雪地巡邏隊(duì)隊(duì)長(zhǎng)的徽章上反射過來的跳動(dòng)著的陽(yáng)光。
“我不太清楚事情到底是如何發(fā)生的，”他說，“我當(dāng)時(shí)正順著南軸往山上走，尋找高山菌，這時(shí)我忽然意識(shí)到背景里有東西在移動(dòng)。然后，一看到雪崩我就僵住了，那完全是一種自動(dòng)反應(yīng)。還好雪崩沒有砸到我，可是它一定產(chǎn)生了某種反沖，因?yàn)槲冶荒硞€(gè)東西摔了一跤、脊柱著地。等我醒過來你就在這兒了。”
“你能安然無(wú)恙真是幸運(yùn)，”隊(duì)長(zhǎng)回答道。“其他人就沒你走運(yùn)了。來，用我的備用滑雪板下山吧。我只有這些現(xiàn)成可使用的東西，除非你想腳踩一副羽毛球拍下山。下次如果沒有得到批準(zhǔn)，你無(wú)論如何不能再來這個(gè)地方了。這是片自治區(qū)域，地方當(dāng)局在他們的自治問題上特別頑固。另外，他們也注意到今年的溫度比平常高，這也就增加了雪崩的危險(xiǎn)。他們沒有那么多的渠道傳播消息警告人們，因?yàn)槲ㄒ粊磉@里的方式是飛行。不幸的是，他們對(duì)可能來的游客做出的警告對(duì)你沒起什么作用，但他們正在啟用一種自動(dòng)程序讓大家獲得旅游許可，這將成為他們發(fā)布?xì)夂蚓娴囊环N方式。”
“謝謝。”米克一邊綁好滑雪板的帶子一邊說，“這個(gè)地區(qū)真美，我一定會(huì)再來的。”

單詞詳解:

authority n.1權(quán)力;學(xué)術(shù)權(quán)威,專家2當(dāng)局,官方3當(dāng)權(quán)者;行政管理機(jī)構(gòu)
authorize v.1授權(quán),委托2批準(zhǔn),準(zhǔn)許,許可
automate v.1(使)自動(dòng)化2用自動(dòng)化技術(shù)操作;把自動(dòng)化技術(shù)應(yīng)用于
automatic a.1自動(dòng)的;以自動(dòng)設(shè)備完成的2.不僅思考的,機(jī)械的
autonomous a.自治的;有自治權(quán)的
autonomy n.自治,自治權(quán)
auxiliary a.輔助的,協(xié)助的;備用的;后備的
avail v.有益于,有用于,有助于n.效用,利益,幫助
availabe a.可利用的,現(xiàn)成可使用的;可得到的,可達(dá)到的
avalanche n.雪崩,山崩
avenue n.林蔭道;(喻)途徑,渠道
average a.1平均的2中等的,普通的,平常的
n.1平均數(shù)2一般水平,中等水平
avert v.1擋開,防止,避免2轉(zhuǎn)移(目標(biāo),注意力等)
aviation n.1航空;航空學(xué),飛行術(shù)2飛機(jī)制造業(yè)
aware a.意識(shí)到的;知道的
axis n.軸線;中心線
backbone n.脊柱;支柱;主要成分,基礎(chǔ),骨干
background n.背景,后景;出身背景,背景資料
backlash n.1后沖;反撞2(對(duì)政治社會(huì)發(fā)展等的)強(qiáng)烈反應(yīng),強(qiáng)烈反對(duì)
bacteria n.細(xì)菌
badge n.1徽章,證章,獎(jiǎng)?wù)?標(biāo)記,標(biāo)識(shí)
bandminton n.羽毛球運(yùn)動(dòng)