新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 47 The great escape
1 . Notices forbidding the open-air drying of clothes, or the use of water points for car washing,禁止露天曬衣服、禁止用水龍頭沖洗汽車的佈告
2 . not because he cannot afford, or shuns, their meterial comforts, but because he is afraid of them.這並不是因為他們付不起錢，也不是為了躲避物質享受，而是因為他們害怕酒店。
3 . But most probably it will all depend upon campers themselves:但最重要的或許是露營者自己，
4 . The contemporary phenomenon of motor-car worship is to be explained not least by the sense of independence and freedom that ownership entails.當前崇拜汽車現象可以用與所有權相伴的獨立和自由意識來解釋。
5 . The modern traveller is often a man who dislikes the Splendide and the Bellavista,現代露營旅遊的人往往討厭住"斯普蘭迪德"和"貝拉維斯塔"這樣的大酒店，
6 . It also provides--and some student sociologist might care to base his thesis upon the phenomenon--an escape of another kind.學社會學的大學生來露營是另一種形式的擺脫現實，他們的目的很可能是根據觀察到的露營現象去寫論文。
7 . but as yet there is no overwhelmingly specialized patronage.確實如此，但並沒有特別的優待。
8 . a brighter promise for the hopeful traveller who has sworn to get away from it all.而對於發誓用露營來擺脫煩惱的人來說，卻帶來了更光明的前景。
9 . Police are wary of itinerants who cannot be traced to a recognized camp boundary or to four walls.警察則對那些查不出有固定營地或住處的遊蕩者保持警惕。
10 . whether or not they wholly alienate landowners and those who live in the countryside.他們是否弄得土地的主人和鄉間的居民同他們反目。
11 . The Frenchman's breakfast coffee competes with the Englishman's bacon and eggs.法國人的早點咖啡和英國人的鹹肉煎蛋競相比美。
12 . More likely, Ford Consul will be hub to hub with Renault or Mercedes,更可能會望見一輛福特·康索爾和一輛雷諾或一輛梅塞迪斯並排停放著，
13 . But, contrary to a popular assumption, it is far from being the only one, or even the greatest.但是，和一般的看法相反，這決非是僅有的，甚至不是最主要的動機。
14 . are there, outside--or, as likely, part of--the tent.因為汽車就停在帳篷外面，或者汽車本身可能就是露營帳篷的一個組成部分。
15 . but the means of escape from holiday hell(if the beach proves too crowded, the local weather too inclement)而且也是逃離假日地獄（如海灘太擠，當地天氣惡劣）的方便工具，
16 . Economy is one powerful motive for camping, since after the initial outlay upon equipment,圖省錢是露營的一個主要動機，因為除了開始時購置或是租借一套露營裝備外，
17 . Idealists have objected to the practice of camping, as to the packaged tour,理想主義者像反對旅行社安排一切的一攬子旅遊一樣反對露營的作法，
18 . To this pleasure camping gives an exquisite refinement.因此開車去露營會給這種快樂意識增加一種優雅意境。
19 . or through hiring it, the total expense can be far less than the cost of hotels.總費用算起來要比住旅館開支少得多。
20 . that the traveller abroad thereby denies himself the opportunity of getting to know the people of the country visited.說這種封閉的作法使到國外旅遊者失去了瞭解所去國家人民的機會。
21 . Camping sites, by contrast, are highly cosmopolitan.而露營駐地則相反，是高度世界性的。
22 . At meal times the odour of sauerkraut vies with that of garlic.用飯的時候，德國泡菜味和大蒜味爭相散發，
23 . Granted, a preponderance of Germans is a characteristic that seems common to most Mediterranean sites;在大多數地中海露營地裡，德國人佔優勢似乎是個普遍現象，
24 . The opinion does not survive experience of a popular Continental camping place.但這種說法在受人歡迎的歐洲露營場地是站不住腳的。
25 . Whether the remarkable growth of organized camping means the eventual death of the more independent kind is hard to say.有組織的露營活動的明顯發展是否意味著較獨立的自我封閉式露營的最終消失，還很難說。
26 . From all such fears camping releases him.露營使人們免除了這些憂慮。
27 . There is no superior 'they' in the shape of managements and hotel hierarchies to darken his holiday days.但在露營地裡根本不會有管人的人上人"和酒店裡的等級制度來使露營者的假日過得陰鬱低沉。
28 . Holiday hotels tend to cater for one nationality of visitors especially, sometimes exclusively.假日旅館有只接待來自一個國家的旅遊者的傾向，有時會達到排他的程度。
29 . Not only are the means of arriving at the holiday paradise entirely within one's own command and keeping,完全在自己掌握之中的私人汽車不僅是到達假日天堂的工具，
30 . how many heath fires they cause, how much litter they leave, in short,即他們引起了多少場野火，留下了多少垃圾。總之，
31 . Master in his own house, he has little idea of when to say boo to a maitre d'hotel.他們在家可能是主人，但不知道什麼時候才能對酒店的經理表示不滿。
32 . but rarely with bicycles made for two.不過雙人自行車則不容易看到。
33 . Granted, a snobbery of camping itself, based upon equipment and techniques, already exists,誠然，露營地本身也存在以露營裝備和方式取人的勢利現象，
34 . but also in English, German and Dutch.而且也印成英語、德語、荷蘭語。
35 . or those inviting 'our camping friends' to a dance or a boat trip are printed not only in French or Italian or Spanish,和邀請露營朋友參加舞會、乘船觀光的招貼不僅印成法語、意大利語、西班牙語，
36 . The man who manoeuvres carelessly into his five shillings worth of space ,at one of Europe's myriad permanent sites may find himself bumping a Bentley.如果一位遊客漫不經心地駕車駛入歐洲無數常年營地之一，花20鎊租用一個空位，那麼他可能會碰見一輛本特利汽車，
37 . That the equipment of modern camping becomes yearly more sophisticated is an entertaining paradox for the cynic,現代露營裝備一年比一年講究，這對那些厭世嫉俗者來說是一件有趣的自相矛盾的事情。
38 . Only good scouting is likely to preserve the freedoms so dear to the heart of the eternal Boy Scout.只有優良的童子軍活動才能保持不朽的童子軍所衷心熱愛的各項自由。
39 . Municipalities naturally want to secure the campers' site fees and other custom.市政當局當然希望獲得露營者的場地費和其他光臨的好處，
40 . but it is of a kind that, if he meets it, he can readily understand and deal with.但如果有這種情況，露營者也容易理解，知道如何對付，
41 . To such motives, yet another must be added.除了以上動機外，還應再加上一個。
42 . Affluent he may be, but he is by no means sure what, to tip the doorman or the chambermaid.他們可能很富有，但給看門人和房間女服務員多少小費，心中卻根本沒有數；
43 . Insularity and self-containment, it is argued, go hand in hand.他們爭論說，心胸狹窄和自我封閉是並存的。
44 . From one's own front door to home or foreign hills or sands and back again, everything is to hand.從自己的家門出發到國內國外的山區或沙灘上露營然後返回，一切都很便利。