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The ice was very slippery, and out of all its chasms came wild sounds of gushing water, changeful and loud,
冰面很滑，裂縫處都會聽到噴涌而出的水聲，震耳欲聾，變化多端，
now rising into wild melody, then breaking off into short, sorrowful tones, or sudden shrieks,
如今成為激蕩的旋律，之后破碎成短小的，略帶傷感的小調，或是突然的尖叫聲，
like those of human voices in distress or pain. The ice was broken into thousands of shapes, but none,
很像是人們在悲痛或難過時發出的聲音，冰面破碎成數千個形狀，但沒有一個
Hans thought, like the ordinary forms of splintered ice. Lurid lights played and floated about,
漢斯認為，沒有一個像冰面破碎時變成的普通形狀，光線很可怕，四處飄動，
dazzling and confusing the sight of the traveler, while his ears grew dull and his head dizzy
讓攀登者的視線眼花繚亂，耳朵聽不清楚，大腦昏昏沉沉，
with the constant gush and roar of the hidden waters.
下面的水發出連續不斷的隆隆聲。
The ice crashed and yawned into fresh chasms at his feet; tottering spires nodded around him, and fell thundering across his path.
腳下的冰面破裂了，敞開成了裂縫，搖搖欲墜的堅塔在他眼前晃來晃去，轟隆隆落在他行進的路上。
Though he had repeatedly faced these dangers on the most terrific glaciers and in the wildest weather,
盡管他曾多次在這些可怕的冰面，在這樣的天氣下遭遇危險，
it was with a new feeling of terror that he leaped the last chasm and flung himself, exhausted and shuddering,
這次他再次恐懼，他跳上了最后一塊裂縫，精疲力盡，渾身顫抖，他躍上了
on the firm turf of the mountain. He had been compelled to cast aside his basket of food,
一塊山峰上的堅固地區，他不得不扔下他裝有食物的籃子，
which became too great a burden on the glacier, and had no means of refreshing himself but by breaking off and eating some of the pieces of ice.
籃子對于冰面來說太沉了，他沒有充饑的東西，除了打碎并吃一些碎冰。
This, however, relieved his thirst, an hour's rest renewed his strength, and he resumed his laborious journey.
這緩解了他的口渴，一個小時的休息讓他恢復了體力，他再次登上這段艱難的旅程。
His way now lay straight up a ridge of bare, red rocks, without a blade of grass to ease the foot,
他前面的路是一個光禿禿，紅色巖石構成的山脊，沒有可以下腳的綠植，
or a cliff to give an inch of shade from the south sun. It was past noon, and the sun's rays beat fiercely upon the steep path.
或是沒有一英寸可以遮蔽南方太陽的懸崖，中午已過，太陽的光線直射在這片陡峭的山路上。
Burning thirst was soon added to the bodily fatigue from which Hans was now suffering;
口渴馬上變成了漢斯如今遭受的疲憊；
glance after glance he cast at the flask of water which hung at his belt. Three drops are enough, at last thought he;
他看了又看懸掛在腰間的水瓶，于是他想三滴就夠了；
I may at least cool my lips with it.
我至少可以潤潤我的嘴唇。
