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新概念第三册课文翻译及学习笔记：
Lesson48
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【课文】
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. But people who are cut off
not only from foreign
tourists, but
even from their own countrymen can be hostile
to travellers. 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. On the day before our departure,
several bus loads of tourists descended
on the town. 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.
We expected the path to end
abruptly, but we found that it
traced
its way through the trees. 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.