Lesson 48 PART A
The silent village
In this much-travelled world, there are still thousands of places which are inaccessible to tourists. We always assume that villagers in remote places are friendly and hospitable. (1)_______________________. Visits to really remote villages are seldom enjoyable -- as my wife and I discovered during a tour through the Balkans.
We had spent several days in a small town and visited a number of old churches in the vicinity. These attracted many visitors, for they were not only of great architectural interest, but contained a large number of beautifully preserved frescoes as well. (2)_______________________. This was more than we could bear, so we decided to spend our last day exploring the countryside. Taking a path which led out of the town, we crossed a few fields until we came to a dense wood. (3)_______________________. We tramped through the wood for over two hours until we arrived at a deep stream. We could see that the path continued on the other side, but we had no idea how we could get across the stream. Suddenly my wife spotted a boat moored to the bank. In it there was a boatman fast asleep. We gently woke him up and asked him to ferry us to the other side. Though he was reluctant to do so at first, we eventually persuaded him to take us.
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作者: jiujiu4 时间: 2011-11-13 17:31
1.But people who are cut off not only from forign tourists but even from their own countrymen can be hostile to travellers
2.On the day before our departure,several baskets of tourists decended on the town.This was more than we could bare.So we desided to spend our last day exploring the countryside.
3.We expected the path to end braptly but we found that it twisted its way through the trees.作者: jiujiu4 时间: 2011-11-13 17:35
