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The Great St Bernard Pass connects
Switzerland to Italy. At 247o metres, it is
the highest mountain pass in Europe.
The famous monastery of St Bernard,
which was founded in the eleventh cen-
tury, lies about a mile away. For hun-
dreds of years, St Bernard dogs have
saved the lives of travellers crossing the
dangerous Pass. These friendly dogs,
which were first brought from Asia, were
used as watch-dogs even in Roman times.
Now that a tunnel has been built through
the mountains, the Pass is less dangerous,
but each year, the dogs are still sent out
into the snow whenever a traveller is in
difficulty. Despite the new tunnel, there
are still a few people who rashly attempt to cross the Pass on foot
During the summer months, the monastery is very busy,for it is
visited by
thousands of people who cross the Pass in cars, As there are so many
people
about, the dogs have to be kept in a special enclosure. In winter,
however, life
at the monastery is quite different. The temperature drops to -30
and very
few people attempt to cross the Pass. The monks Prefer winter to
summer for
they have more privacy. The dogs have greater freedom, too,for they
are
allowed to wander outside their enclosure. The only regular visitors
to the
monastery in winter are parties of skiers who go there at Christmas
and Easter.
These young people, who love the peace of the mountains, always
receive a warm
Welcome at St Bernard's monastery.
New words and expressions 生词和短语
monastery
n. 寺院，修道院
St. Bernard
圣伯纳德
pass
n. 关隘
watchdog
n. 看门狗
rashly
adj. 莽撞地，冒失地
enclosure
n. 围场，圈地
monk
n. 和尚
privacy
n. 清静，隐居
skier
n. 滑雪者
Easter
n. 复活节
参考译文
圣伯纳德大山口连接着瑞士与意大利，海拔2,473O米，是欧洲最高的山口。11世纪建造的著名的圣伯纳德修道院位于离山口1英里远的地方。几百年来，圣伯纳德修道院驯养狗拯救了许多翻越这道山口的旅游者的生命。那些最先从亚洲引进的狗，待人友好，早在罗马时代就给人当看门狗了。如今由于山里开挖了隧道，翻越山口已不那么危险了。但每年还要派狗到雪山地里去帮助那些遇到困难的旅游者，尽管修通了隧道，但仍有一些人想冒险徒步跨越圣伯纳德山口。
夏天的几个月里，修道院十分忙碌，因为有成千上万的人驾车通过山口，顺道来修道院参观。由于来人太多，狗被关在专门的围栏里。然而到了冬天，修道院里的生活则是另一番景象。气温下降到零下30度，试图跨越山口的人寥寥无几。修道士们喜欢冬天，而不太喜欢夏天。因为在冬天，他们可以更多地过无人打扰的生活。狗也比较自由，被放出围栏，四处遛达。冬天常来修道院参观的只有一批批滑雪者。他们在圣诞节或复活节到那儿去。这些热爱高山清静环境的年轻人每年都受到圣伯纳德道院的热烈欢迎。
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