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外研社版高中英语新教材必修一Unit 6课文文本和翻译
Longji Rice Terraces
龙脊梯田
Imagine mountains wrapped in silver water, shining in the spring sun. Summer sees the mountains turn bright green with growing rice. During autumn, these same mountains are gold, and in winter they are covered in sheets of white frost. These are the colours of the Longji Rice Terraces.
想象一下:春日,群山被银白色的水包裹着,在阳光下闪闪发光;盛夏,佳禾吐绿,将群山染成一片青翠。秋收,满山黄金,而隆冬,它们又披上了冰霜做成的雪白毛毯。这,就是绚丽多彩的龙脊梯田。
These terraces were built by the local Zhuang and Yao people, to whom Guangxi is home. Starting in the Yuan Dynasty, work on the terraces took hundreds of years, until its completion in the early Qing Dynasty. Reaching as far as the eye can see, these terraces cover tall mountains, often from the bottom to the very top.
龙脊梯田的建造者是广西当地的壮族和瑶族居民。梯田从元朝开始修建,历经数百年,直到清初才完工。目之所及,梯田包裹着巍峨的高山,往往从山脚一直盘绕到山顶。
So why did these people go to so much trouble to turn the entire mountains into terraces? Firstly, there are few large, flat areas of land in the region. Building the terr