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LESSON 101 A NEW CITY IN COLORADO
第一百零一課 科羅拉多的新城
Garland City is six miles from Fort Garland. The road to it from the fort lies for the last three miles on the top of a sage-grown plateau.
花環城距離花環堡有六英里之遙。從城堡通向該城的道路最后三英里，位于一個出過圣人的高原頂端。
It is straight as an arrow, looks in the distance like a brown furrow on the pale gray plain, and seems to pierce the mountains beyond.
這條道路像箭一樣筆直，在遠處看如同在灰暗的平原上犁出的一道褐色壟溝，似乎能穿透高山。
Up to within an eighth of a mile of Garland City, there is no trace of human habitation.
花環城方圓八分之一英里范圍內，沒有人類居住的蹤跡。
Knowing that the city must be near, you look in all directions for a glimpse of it; the hills ahead of you rise sharply across your way.
鑒于這座城市很小，只要往各個方向一瞥便一覽無余。前面顯得突兀的山岡橫亙在路上。
Where is the city? At your very feet, but you do not suspect it.
這座小城在哪兒？就在你的腳下，這一點你不必懷疑。
The sunset light was fading when we reached the edge of the ravine in which the city lies.
在我們來到山谷邊上時，落日余暉漸漸隱去，小城就位于山谷之中。
It was like looking unawares over the edge of a precipice; the gulch opened beneath us as suddenly as if the earth had that moment parted and made it.
好像不經意間就能憑眺峭壁的邊緣。突然，峽谷在我們下方顯露出來，仿佛山谷一霎間分開才形成似的。
With brakes set firm, we drove cautiously down the steep road;
踩住剎車，我們驅車小心翼翼地駛下陡峭的山道。
the ravine twinkled with lights, and almost seemed to flutter with white tents and wagon tops.
在車燈的映照下，山谷閃爍出光亮，白色帳篷和車頂棚幾乎振翅欲飛。
At the farther end it widened, opening out on an inlet of the San Luis Park;
越往下，道路越加寬闊，閃出圣路易斯公園的入口。
and, in its center, near this widening mouth, lay the twelve-days-old city.
在公園中央，在寬闊的山嘴附近，坐落著這座只誕生了十二天的小城。
