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The part of Africa in which Alice was traveling is so high and mountainous that the nights are cold, although the sun is hot in the daytime. At the end of a day's march the natives built huts of grass, into which they crowded to keep warm. Often they built fires in the grass huts at night. Sometimes a hut caught on fire and flamed up like a huge bonfire, but the people inside jumped through the flames in an instant.
愛麗絲旅行的這部分非洲地勢很高，而且多山。雖然白天陽光炙熱，但是晚上寒冷。當(dāng)一天的行程結(jié)束時(shí)，土著人就會(huì)壘草棚，擠進(jìn)去取暖。晚上，他們經(jīng)常在草棚里生火。有時(shí)草棚會(huì)著火，燃燒起來就像是巨大的篝火，草棚里的人會(huì)立刻從火焰里面跳出來。
Now Alice was really on safari; that means on the march. The party was traveling straight north through the mountains of central Africa, marching every day and camping everynight.
現(xiàn)在，愛麗絲是在真正的旅行中了。他們正穿過非洲中部的山脈向正北行進(jìn)。白天行走，晚上露營。
Alice lived, during camping hours, in a green linen tent either with her mother or Priscilla, her nurse; she slept on a cot which could be folded up into a bag. The little girl had green linen bags in which were carried her clothes and bedding, her wash-basin, and her fold-up linen bathtub. In an air tight tin box she had her most precious belongings: the picture books and beads and paper dolls that had to last her till she was out of the jungle again.
愛麗絲露營的時(shí)候跟她的媽媽或護(hù)士普里西拉睡在一個(gè)綠色的亞麻帳篷里；她睡在一個(gè)能折疊成包裹的簡易床上。她有幾個(gè)綠色的亞麻包，里面裝著她的衣服和寢具，還有她的洗臉盆和折疊亞麻浴缸。在一個(gè)密封的錫盒里，裝著她最珍貴的財(cái)產(chǎn)：畫冊、串珠和一些紙娃娃，這些東西一直陪伴她，直到她再次離開叢林。
STARTING OUT IN THE MORNING
早晨出發(fā)
One safari day was like another. Each day began very early in the morning, because the travelers wanted to get most of the marching done before the noon heat overtook them and to make camp before the storms which came early every afternoon. There are only two seasons in Africa, the dry and the wet.
旅行中的每一天都是一樣的。每天早上一大早就出發(fā)，因?yàn)樗麄兿朐谥形缣鞜犭y耐之前走完一天大部分行程。并且在每天下午風(fēng)暴來臨之前扎營。在非洲只有兩個(gè)季節(jié)，那就是干季和濕季。
