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【翻譯講解】
1. 徐霞客一生周游考察了十六個省，足跡幾乎遍及全國。
周游：到各處游歷; 走遍travel across (around)；tour；visit
考察：explore; make an on-the-spot investigation; inspect
足跡：footprint;footmark; trace
遍及：spread all over
【譯文】During his life time, Xu Xiake visited and explored 16 provinces, leaving his footprints in nearly every corner of the country.
2. 他在考察的過程中，從來不盲目迷信書本上的結論。
他在考察的過程中:in his exploration; in his tours；on his tours
盲目：blindly; in a blind way; without thinking
迷信：superstition; blindly worship/ believe in。
這里“迷信”指接受，accept readily/without thinking
【譯文】He never blindly accepted the conclusions given in books in his exploration.
3. 他發現前人研究的地理的記載有許多不很可靠的地方。
前人：predecessor; forefathers; others
前人栽樹，后人乘涼：One man sows and another reaps.
記載：record; put down in writing; document; notes
可靠：真實可信 true或準確accurate信得過reliable; trustworthy
【譯文】He found many inaccuracies in the travel notes on geography written by his predecessors.
He found that many of the geographical records by other people before him were inaccurate.
