書蟲系列01-08世界上最冷的地方

1、世界上最冷的地方 /維卡里 著The Coldest Place On Earth by Tim Vicary簡介，南極有一座房子，叫南極站。室內(nèi)暖融融的，無論，人們都可以在那兒生活、工作。飛機毫不費力地便能飛抵或是飛離南極站。從這兒到世界其它地方，要不了多少小時。但是從南極站出來走上 500 米，那兒的南極洲便再次成為地球上最寒冷、最空曠的地區(qū)。在 1911 年，當時的南極既沒見過飛機也沒建有住房。除了茫茫大雪、冰封天地與凜凜寒風(fēng)外，一無所有。沒有英國國旗，沒有挪威國旗。但是，有幾個人緩慢地向南走著，橫穿冰封大地。率領(lǐng)的人配備了小馬，而率領(lǐng)的人配備了狗與滑雪板。當時的溫度為30或者更糟。這些

2、人忍受著疲倦、饑餓和寒冷他們中誰將是到達南極的第一人呢？目前，在記里的一句話：南極站內(nèi)，墻上寫著一些字，是隊長于 1912 年寫在日“天啊，這地方太可怕了！”本文的作者維卡里是經(jīng)驗豐富的教師和作家。他現(xiàn)今在英國北部的約克生活工作。Chapter 1 Two ShipsThe race beganhe summer of 1910On June lst，in Lon，a black ship，the Terra Nova， went down the rivermes to theseaThousands of people stood by the river to watch itThey

3、were all excited and happyOn the Terra Nova，Captain Robert Falcon Scott sd quietlyIt was a very important dayfor himHe was a strong man，not very tall，he blue clothes of a captainHe was forty-oneyears old，but he had a young face，like a boyHis eyes were dark and quietOne man on the ship，Titus Oates，sd

4、 at ScottWhat an exciting day，Captain！he saidLook at those people！I feel like an important man！Scott laughedYou are important，Titus，he saidAnd youre going to be famous，tooWeall areDo you see this flag？He looked at the big British flag at the back of the ship，and sdat Oatest flag is coming with us，he

5、 saidhe Antarctic，Im going to carry it under my clothes Were going to be themen atthe South Pole，and* * * * *t flag is going to be，too！Five days later，on June 6th，a man opened the door of his wooden house in NorwayHe wasa tall man，wilong faceHe waited outside the house for a minuteEverything was ver

6、yquietHe could see no houses，only mountains，trees，and wa-terIt was nearly darkThe skywas black over the mountainsThe man sd，and walked quickly away from the house，down to the seahe water，a big wooden ship waited for himThe man got onto the ship，and talked and laughed quietly with his friendsThe ship

7、s name was Fram，and the man was Roald AmundsenThe Fram was the mostbeautiful ship on earmundsen thoughtHis friends were the best skiers on earth，tooOneof them，Olav Bjaaland，sd at himNorth Pole，here we come，Captain，he said YesAmundsen saidHis friends could not see his faceArctiche darkFram is going t

8、o theEveryone on the Fram was ready to go to the North Pole，to the ArcticAmundsen wanted togo there，tooButhe wanted to go southHis friends didnt knowtAt midnight on June 6th，the Fram moved quietly away from Amundsens house，out to sea1 兩艘船比賽開始于 1910 年夏天。6 月 1 日，倫敦。特若號這艘黑船順士河而下，向大海駛?cè)?。成千上萬的人佇立岸邊觀望，所有的人

9、臉上都露出興奮與。特若號上，隊長福爾康無聲地笑了。這一天對他來說太重要了。他雖說已經(jīng) 41 歲，但是由于長著一張娃他個頭不高，但長得壯實，穿著藍色的隊長娃臉，所以看上去仍像個小孩。他雙眼烏黑而又沉靜。斯奧茨，船上的一位水手，沖著隊長笑了?！岸嗝戳钊伺d奮的日子啊，隊長！”他說，“看看這些人！我覺得自己好似成為重要人物了！”隊長朗聲笑了。“斯，你的確是重要人物，”他說，“而且你很快就要名揚天下，就同大家一樣。你看到這國旗了嗎？”他注視著船尾那面巨幅的英國國旗，微笑著對奧茨說：“那面國旗將會隨一道去。在南極洲，我將把它夾在衣服里面帶著。成為首批到達南極的人，那面國旗也將是第一面到達南極的旗幟。”*

10、* * * *5 天以后，6 月 6 日。在挪威，一個人拉開了自己的木房子的門。這人高個、長臉。他在室外稍候片刻，四周萬籟俱寂。他目光所及之處，沒有住房，只有群山、樹林和大海。天近傍晚，群山上面是黑沉沉的一片天空。這人臉上露出微笑，快步離開木屋，朝海邊走去。大海中，一艘大型木船正等著他。他來到船上，與朋友們聊著，悄悄地笑著。這船叫一艘船。門號，這人便是。認為，門號是地球上最美麗的他的朋友是地球上最優(yōu)秀的滑雪者。其中有位朋友叫比德，正沖著他微笑。“北極， “是的，”北極?！比ツ莾海犻L。”他說。說。由于天色已黑，這位朋友看不見他的面部表情?！伴T號正駛向門號上的每個人全都準備就緒：到北極圈，上北極

11、。做的事，便是向南航行。他的朋友卻毫不知情。也想去那兒。然而他第6 月 6 日午夜，門號無聲地駛離的家園，駛向大海。Chapter 2 The RaceThe Fram went to an islandhe south of NorwayIt was a very little island，with only onesmall wooden house，two treesand nearly adred dogsLook att！Bjaaland saidIts an island of dogs！There are dogshe water，near thetrees，on the ho

12、usedogs everywhere！ Two men came out of the houseHaHow many dogs do you have for me？！Lindstrom！Amundsen saidIts good to see you！Ninety-nine，Roald，said HaThe best ninety-nine dogs from GreenlandAnd theyrevery happy！Theyhere！t work；they just eat and play all day！Theyre having a won-derful summerGood，g

13、oodAmundsen laughedButts finished nowHey，Bjaaland！Stop laughingcome down here and help meLets get all these dogs onto the ship！It was not easyThe dogs were fat and strong，and they didnt want to go on the shipBu last，after three hourshard work，all ninety-nine were on the ship，and the Fram went out to

14、 sea againThe men were noppyThe weather was bad，the dogs were dirty，and some of the menwere illThey began to ask questionsWhy are we bringing dogs witn us？askee man，Jo- hansenWere going thousands ofkilometres south，past CAlaska？Horn，and then north to AlaskaWhy not wait，and get dogs int ask me，said h

15、is friend，Helmer Hanssen，It understand itThe men talked for a long timeThen，on September 9th， Amundsen called everyone to the back of the shipHe stood quietly and looked at themBehind him was a big mapIt was not a map of the ArcticIt was a map of AntarcticaBjaaland looked at Helmer Hanssen，and laugh

16、edThen Amundsen began to speakBoys，he saidI know you are unhappyYou often ask me difficult questions，and IanswerWell，Im going to an-swer all those questions now，todaytWe began to work for this journey two years agoThen，we wanted to be themen at theNorth Pout last year，Peary，an American，found the Nor

17、th PoleSo America wastothe North Pole，not NorwayWere going there，but were too lateIt understand this，Bjaaland thoughtWhy is Amundsen talking about the North Pole，wimap of Antarctica behind him？Amundsen stopped for a minute，and looked at all the men slowlyNo one said anything We have to go a long way

18、 south before we get to Alaska，he saidVery near Antarctica，you knowAnd Captain Scott，the Englishman，is going to the South Pole this yearHe wants to puthis British flag thereAn American flag at the North Pole，a British flag at the South PoleBjaaland began to understandHe started to sexcitedand couldn

19、t stopHe was warm andWell，boys，Amundsen said slowlyDo we want the British to put their flag at the South？How fast can we travel？We have a lot of dogs，and some of the most won-derfulPoleskiers on earthBjaaland here is the best in Norway！So I have an idea，boysLets go to the South Pole，and put the Norw

20、egian flag there before the British！What do you say？For a minute or two it was very quietAmundsen waited，and the men watched him and thoughtThen BjaalandlaughedYes！he saidWhy not？Its a ski race，isnt it，and the English cant ski！Its a wonderful idea，of course！Lets go！2 比賽門號抵達挪威南部的一個小島。該島很小，僅有一間小木屋，兩棵樹

21、，還有將近100 條狗?！翱茨莾?！”比狗！”德說，“是座狗島！海水里有狗，樹旁有狗，房頂上有狗，處處都有房內(nèi)走出兩個人?！拔茵B(yǎng)了多少條狗？”！”呼喚說，“見到就好了！給“99 條，”說，“99 條格陵蘭最好的狗。這些狗太好過了，啥事不干，整天好吃好玩！它們正在這兒歡度夏天呢！”“好，好，”朗聲笑了，“但是現(xiàn)在這一切全結(jié)束了。喂，比德！別笑啦，下船來這兒，幫幫我，把這些狗全弄到船上去！”這事并不容易。這些狗又肥又壯，不愿上船。然而在苦干 3 小時后，所有 99 條狗全都上船，門號再度駛向大海。船上的高興不起來：氣候惡劣，狗群骯臟，而且有人病倒了。于是，他們便開始提出種種問題?！盀槭裁匆獛н@些狗？

22、”有人提問說，他叫?！凹磳⒛闲泻脦浊Ч铮┰胶隙鹘?，然后向北，到阿拉斯加。為什么不等等，等到阿拉斯加后再弄狗？”“別問我，”他的朋友漢森說，“我也搞不懂?！焙瞄L時間內(nèi)，這些人一直都在議論紛紛。后來，9 月 9 日那天，將所有召集到大船尾部。他靜靜地站著，南極洲地圖。眾人。他身后有一大幅地圖，然而這不是北極地圖，而是比德漢森，笑出聲來。這時，開始?！盎镉媯?，”他說，“我知道吧，今天我當即解答所有心中不滿。經(jīng)常問我一些難題，我都沒有回答。好?！薄皟赡昵?，便開始為這次旅程做準備。當時，想成為最先抵達北極的人。然而去年，人找到了北極。所以，人首先到達了北極，而不是挪威人?，F(xiàn)在正要去那兒，但為時過晚了

23、?！?“我聽不懂這些話，”比呢？”稍作停頓，緩緩地德心想，“身后掛著南極洲地圖，為什么卻大談北極全體。這時沒有任何人多嘴?！暗桨⒗辜忧埃€得南行好遠的路，”他說。“都知道，幾乎是到了南極洲。英國人隊長今年正趕往南極。他想將英國國旗插在那兒。國旗已經(jīng)插上了北極，而英國國旗正插向南極?！北鹊麻_始省悟了，臉上露出了微笑，難以。他渾身暖洋洋的，亢奮不已。英國人將他們的旗幟首先插上南極，不僅帶著許多狗，而且擁有地球上“好吧，伙計們，”緩緩地說，“眼睜睜地能同意嗎？的前行速度非常之快，不是嗎？最杰出的滑雪能手：這兒的比德便是全挪威最優(yōu)秀的！所以，我有個主意，伙計們。咱們到南極去，趕在英國國旗之前，將挪威

24、國旗插到那兒去！有何看法？”一時間，整個場面安靜極了。笑出聲。等待著，而這些人他，考慮著這些。這時，比“對！”他說，“為什么不呢？這是場滑雪比賽，難道不是嗎？再說，英國人不會滑雪！這主意絕妙之極！咱們就去那兒！”Chapter 3 The PoniesOn October 27th，the Terra Nova arrived in Wellington，New ZealandWhen Scott came offthe ship，a newspr man walked up to himCaptain Scott！Captain Scott！Can I talk to you，please！

25、he saidScott stopped and sdYes，of course，he saidWhat do you want to know？Are you going to win？the man askedWin？Scott askedWin what？Whe race to the South Pole，of course，the newspr man saidIts a race betn youand Amundsen，nowLook at this！He gave a newspr to ScottScott looked at itIt said：Scotts face we

26、nt whiteGive met！he saidHe took the newspr and read it carefullyThenewspr man watched him，and waitedWell，Captain Scott，he saidastWhos going towhis race？l met！Scott looked at him angrilyThis is stu！he saidIts not a race！I came here to learn aboutthe AntarcticIm noterested in Amundsen，or in ra！Then he

27、 walked back on-to his ship，with the newspr in his handLatert day，he talked to his menHe gave them the newspr，and laughedIt doesnt matter，he saidWere in front of Amundsen，and we have more men，and moremoneyHe has only eight men，and a lot of dogsI know about dogstheyt workheAntarcticWe have sixteen me

28、n and the new motor sledgesthey are much betterAnd tomorrowthe ponies are comingWe need ponies，motor sledges，and good strong British mentsallFet about Amundsen！Hes not important！Scott asked Oates to look after the ponies，but he did not let Oates buy themWhen Oates saw the ponies，in New Zealand，he wa

29、s very unhappyMost of the ponies were old，andsome of them were illTheyre beautiful ponies，Titus，Scott saidThey come from Chinatheyre wonderful ponies！Oates looked at them angrily，and said nothingThen he asked：Where is their food， Captain？Here！Scott opened a doorOates looked insideHe thought for a mi

30、nuteWe need more foodn this，Captain Scott！These ponies are going to workthis！he coldest place on earththey need a lot of foodmorenScott sd quietlyWe cant take more foothis ship，TitusWhere canut it？Butit doesnt matter，old boyTheyre very strong ponies，you knowThe best ponies on earthLatert night，Oates

31、 wrote a letter to his motherThere are nineteen ponies on the TerraNova now，he wroteAll the penies are in a small room at the front of the shipat our foodhe room under the ponies，so our table is often wet and dirtyScott makes a lot of mistakes，I think，and Antarc-tica is a very dangerous place3 小馬10

32、月 27 日，特若號船抵達新西蘭的。當走下船時，一位報社迎面走來?！瓣犻L！隊長！我能與你談?wù)剢?？”他說。停下來，面帶微笑?！靶?，當然可以！”他說，“你想知道什么？”會是贏家嗎？”那人問?！摆A家？”問，“什么贏家？”“當然是贏得前往南極的競賽?！眻笊缯f?！艾F(xiàn)在這個競賽在你與之間展開。瞧！”他將一份報紙遞給門號正與說：“。爭先到達南極報紙。報上是這樣寫的：贏得比賽！”臉色變得蒼白?！敖o我報紙！”他說。他拿過報紙認真閱讀。觀察著他，期待著?！澳敲?，隊長，”他最終開口了，“誰將贏得這場比賽？請告訴我！”他?！罢媸怯薮溃　彼f，“這不是比賽！我來這兒是為了了解南極。地我對對比賽都不感！”然后，他回到船上

33、，手里拿著那張報紙。講起這事，將報紙遞給他們，并且大笑起來。當天晚些時候，他對“沒關(guān)系，”他說，“現(xiàn)今還在前面。不僅人數(shù)占優(yōu)勢，而且錢也。他呢，除了許多狗外，只有 8 個人。我熟悉狗性：它們在南極洲干不了活兒。有 16 個人，還配有新式機動雪橇。這些雪橇比狗好使多了。明天，還有小馬送來。需要小馬、機動雪橇以及身強力壯的英國人！這些就夠了。忘了那個！他并不重要！”分配奧茨喂養(yǎng)小馬，但不讓他負責(zé)買馬。在新西蘭，奧茨一見到這些小馬，便大為。這些小馬大部分都已老態(tài)畢呈，有些還是病馬?！斑@些都是漂亮的小馬，斯，”說，“純中國貨，匹匹都極為出色！”奧茨惱火地“這兒！”這些小馬，沒有說什么。隨即他問：“隊長

34、，它們的飼料在哪里？”打開一道門。奧茨朝里看了看，思索了一會兒?！靶枰暳希犻L！這些小馬將在地球上最冷的地區(qū)干活兒：它們需要許多飼料，遠不止這些！”無聲地笑了?！斑@條船上，不可能帶許多飼料，斯。往哪放呢？沒什么關(guān)系，老兄。你看見了，這些馬十分壯實，是地球上最好的小馬?！蹦翘焐钜?，奧茨給他母親寫了封信。信是這樣寫的：特若號船上現(xiàn)在有 19 匹小馬，所有小馬都養(yǎng)在船首的小艙里。進餐的地方正好位于裝運小馬的船艙下面。所以我們的餐桌經(jīng)常濕漉漉、臟兮兮的。我認為，地方。犯了許多錯誤。南極洲其實是非常的Chapter 4 Food DepotsThe two ships，Terra Nova and f

35、ram，arrived in Antarctica，in January 1911，atofsummerThe Englishmen and the Norwegians wanted to stay on the ice all werThey wanted to be ready to go to the South Pole at the beglnning of the next Antarctic summerThe dogs pulled the NorwegianssledgesThey ran quickly over the snow and pulled the big s

36、ledges from the ship onto the iceThe men ran beside them on skisThey put a big wooden house on the iceThe house was full of food，and skis，andsledgesThey called it FramheimOut-side the house，the dogs lived in holes under thesnowWhen the house was ready，the men made theirjourney southBefore the wer，th

37、ey wanted to take a lot of food south，and leave it in depotsFor the longjourney to the Pole，they needed a lot of food，and they couldnt carry it all with themOnFebruary 10th，five men，three sledges，eighteen dogs，and half a tonne of food left Framheim and went southIt was easyThe weather was warm for t

38、he Antarctic，be-tn7Centigrade and17CentigradeThe snow was good，and the dogs and skis went fastThey went fifty or sixtykilometres every dayAfter four days they reached 80Sound made thedepotAmundsen made his depot very carefullyIt was very im-portant to find it again，next summerSo he put a big black f

39、lag on topThen he put ten flags to the east of the depoteach flag half a kilometre from the nextand ten flags to the westSo there were flags for five kilometres to the left of the depot，and five kilometres to the rightThen they went back to Framheim，and took some more food south，this time to 82South

40、This time it was harderThe temperature was sometimes 40Centigrade，and there werestrong winds wilot oowThe dogs and men were very tired，and the tents and boots werebadAt the second depot，they put out sixty flags，to help them find it againThey came back to Framheim on March 23rdIt was nearly werhe Ant

41、arcticTheirship Fram was far away now，near SoumericaThey were alone on the ice* * * * *Oates went with Scott to make theBritish depotThey left CEvans on January25thThere were thirteen men，eight ponies，and twenty-six dogsThe dogs were fastern theponiesthey ran quickly over the top of the snow，but the

42、 poniesfeet went through itEverymorning the ponies started，and the dogs started two hours later，because they ran fasterAtnight，the dogs made warm holes under the snow，but the ponies stoo20Centigradetop of the snowIt wasAfter fifteen days Oates talked to ScottThere was a strong wind，and the two mens

43、fa were white with snowThree of these ponies are ill，Captain，Oates saidThey cant go ont be stuearth，Oates，Scott answeredTheyre good strong animalsthe best ponies onNot these three，Oates saidTheyre ill，and unhappy，and now they cant walkLets killthem，and leave the meat here，he snowWe can eat it，or the

44、 dogs canOf course not！Scott said angrilyThese ponies are our friends，they work hard for usI kill my friends！Three days later，two of the ponies were deadtScotts men were slowern Amundsens；it took them twenty-four days to get to 80SouthThey made a big depot there，and put one large black flag on top o

45、f itThen they went backto CEvansTheir cwas on an islandhe ice，and the sea ice moved sometimesThere were holeshe ice，and black sea water under itOne day seven ponies went through the iceo the sea，and diee motor sledge also wento the sea4 食品貯藏屋兩艘船，特若號與門號都抵達南極洲，時間為 1911 年 1 月，夏末。英國人與挪威人均想在這冰封的天地里度過整個冬天

46、。他們都想做好準備工作，以求這兒第二年夏天剛開始時能向南極進軍。群狗拉著挪威人的雪橇，在雪地上高速奔跑，將從船上卸下來的大雪橇拉到了冰封世界。眾人踩著滑雪板滑行在一旁。他們在冰封世界上建起一座大木屋。屋子里堆滿了食品、滑雪板以及雪橇。他們將這木屋稱作門海姆。木屋外，群狗住在雪下挖出的狗洞里。當木屋準備就緒時，他們開始了首次南行征途。在冬天來臨之前，他們打算向南方運出許多食物，并將食物放到各個貯藏屋里。因為在奔赴南極的漫長旅程中，他們需要許多食物。他們不可能隨身帶著所有的食物！2 月 10 日，5 個人、3 輛雪橇、18 條狗、以及半噸食物離開了門海姆，向南而去。事情進行得頗為順利。此時的南極氣

47、候相對來說還算暖和，介于7與17之間。雪地質(zhì)量不錯，狗與雪橇都跑得不慢，每天能走五六十公里。4 天之后，他們到達南緯 80的地方，建立了第一個貯藏屋。非常精心地修建他的貯藏屋。明年夏天需要再度找到它，這點特別重要。所以，他在貯藏屋頂上插上一面黑旗。隨后他在貯藏屋的東邊插上 10 面旗幟：每半公里插一面；在貯藏屋西邊也插上 10 面旗幟。所以，從貯藏屋向左延伸 5 公里，見得著旗幟；向右延伸5 公里，也看得見旗幟。的食品后，再度南行。這次抵達了南緯 82的隨后，他們返回地方。門海姆，帶上這次旅程辛苦多了。溫度有時低達40。寒風(fēng)凜冽，雪花漫天。人困狗乏，帳篷與靴子也不頂事了。在第二個貯藏屋附近，他

48、們插了 60 面旗，目的是幫助他們能再次找到它。他們再度回到門海姆時，已是 3 月 23 日。這時南極時近冬天。他們的門號船早已遠駛而去，現(xiàn)在到了南美洲附近。只有他們孤獨地留在冰封的天地里。* * * * *奧茨跟隨，前往修建第一座英國人的貯藏屋。他們于 1 月 25 日離開了文斯。一行 13 人、8 匹小馬、26 條狗。這些狗比小馬要快：它們能夠在雪地上快速地奔跑，但是馬腿卻要陷進雪里。每天早晨，都是小馬首先出發(fā)。2 小時后，狗兒們才上路，因為它們奔跑速度快些。夜里，狗躲進挖在雪下面的溫暖的洞里，但是小馬只能站在雪地上，承受著20的氣溫。15 天后，奧茨向。當時強勁的寒風(fēng)刮起，兩人臉上都沾上

49、一層。“隊長，有 3 匹小馬病了，”奧茨說，“走不動了?！薄皠e犯傻了，奧茨，”回答說，“它們都是強壯的好畜牲，地球上最好的小馬。”“這 3 匹不是，”奧茨說，“它們病歪歪的，打采。現(xiàn)在它們根本無法走路。殺了它們吧，將肉留在這兒的雪里。要么吃，要么讓狗吃?！薄敖^對！”生氣地說，“這些小馬是的朋友，它們拼命地為干活兒。我可不想殺掉自己的朋友！”3 天后，其中有 2 匹小馬死了。的人動作慢。他們花了 24 天才抵達南緯 80”地區(qū)。他們在那兒修的人比建了一個大貯藏屋，在棚頂上插了一面大黑旗。然后，他們返回。他們的營地構(gòu)筑在冰島冰有時還會移動。冰層中還有些空洞，可以看到冰下的黑色海水。一天，7 頭小馬

50、從冰窟中掉進海里，死了。還有一輛機動雪橇也掉進了海里。Chapter 5 A Long Cold WerIt was dark for four monthsOutside the wooden house at Framheim，it was often 60CentigradeThe dogs lived in warm holes under the snowThe men stayedhe house，andworkedheir rooms under the snowThe skis and sledges came from the best shops in Norway，but

51、 Bjaaland wasnppy withthemHe changed a lot of things on the skis and sledgesSoon the sledges were strongerbeforeThe skis were better and faster，toonAll the Norwegians worked hardThey looked after their dogs，and worked on theirequipmentthe sledges，skis，tentsEvery day they thought about their journey

52、to the Pole，andtalked about itAnd every day，Amundsen thought about ScottOne day to his menLets start early，before Scott，Amundsen saidRemem-ber，Scotidwer，he talkeds more menn us，and he has motor sledges，tooPerhaps they can go fastern usBjaaland laughedOh no，they cant go fastern me，he saidOn snow，noth

53、ing can gofasterWen a good man on skist know，Amundsen saidYoure the best skier in Norway，but you get tired，and dogsget tired，tooMotor sledgesJohansen laughed angrilyt get tiredThey can go all day and all nightts stu，he saidPerhaps the motor sledges can go all night，but the Englishmen cantThe English

54、 cant win，RoaldtheydoAnd theyre too slowt understand snow，but wePerhaps，Amundsen saidBut I want to wunderstand？his raceSo were going to start early！Do youIt was quiet and warm inside FramheimBjaaland looked at Amundsen，and thought aboutthe long，cold journey in front of himHe thought about the dogshe

55、ir holes under the snow，and listened to the wind over the houseWhen，Roald？he said quietlyOn August 24thThe sun comes back ont dayWe start thenBut we cant！Johansen saidHe looked angry，and un-happyts too early！We cantstart thenits danger-ous and stu！Amundsen looked at Johansen coldlyYoure wrong，Jo-han

56、sen，he saidWe want to win， remember？So we start on August 24thBjaaland listened to the wer wind outside* * * * *In Scotts c，at CEvans，no one talked about Amundsen and no one workedhardThey had good food，and they played football on the snowThey wrote a newsprThesouth Polar Timesand read booksNo one l

57、earnt to ski，no one worked on the motorsledgesTwice，men went for long jour-neys across the snowThey walked，and pulled the sledgesthemselvesOates stayed at C Over the window in CEvans and looked after his poniesEvans，Scott put a map of Antarc-ticaWipen，he made a linefrom CEvans to the South Pole，and

58、he put a littritisn Flag at the PoleUnder the map，Scott wrote the day for the start of their journeyWe start on November 3rd，he wrote5 漫長的寒冬4 個月中不見天日，一片昏暗。在門海姆木屋外面，氣溫低到60。狗兒們生活在溫暖的雪洞里。眾人則留在木屋里，在覆蓋下的房間里，忙著各自的活兒。盡管滑雪板與雪橇都是從挪威最好的商店內(nèi)的，但是比德對這些設(shè)備并不滿意。于是，他在滑雪板與雪橇上換了許多更好使更快了。一會兒功夫雪橇變得結(jié)實多了?；┌遄兊盟羞@些挪威人干活兒都很賣

59、力。他們照顧狗群，改良設(shè)備：雪橇、滑雪板、帳篷。每天，他們都想著遠赴南極的旅程，談?wù)撝@次旅程。每天，冬里的一天，他對眾人說：腦子里都裝著。隆“早些走，趕在之前?！笨臁！闭f，“別忘了，的人比多，他還有機動雪橇。所以，他們可能比比德大笑起來?！鞍。?，他們不可能比我快，”他說，“在雪地上，沒有任何東西能快過優(yōu)秀的滑雪者?！薄昂茈y料定?！闭f，“你雖是挪威最優(yōu)秀的滑雪者，但是也有累乏的時候，狗也一樣。而機動雪橇則不會累，它能沒日沒夜地跑個不停?！迸瓨O而笑?！罢娲?，”他說，“也許機動雪橇可以整夜不停地跑，但是英國人不能?。∮瞬豢赡苴A， “也許如此，”解嗎？”。他們不懂雪性，而懂。而且他們行進速度非

60、常緩慢?！闭f，“無論如何贏得這次競賽，所以要早些出發(fā)！理門海姆的房內(nèi)寧靜而溫暖。比德，思考起擺在面前漫長寒冷的旅程；想著那些躲在雪洞里的狗兒們；聽著屋外的寒風(fēng)?！笆裁磿r候出發(fā)，？”他輕聲地問?！? 月 24 日，從那天起就又要出了。就在那時出發(fā)?！薄安荒苣菚r就出發(fā)！”說。他顯得很生氣，一臉不快?！斑@太早了！不能在那個時候出發(fā)，那是冷冷地又愚蠢的做法！”?！澳沐e了，”他說，“別忘了，想取得勝利。所以，的出發(fā)時間為 8 月 24 日?！钡埋雎犞巴獾暮L(fēng)。比* * * * *，的營地里，沒有任何人談?wù)撈鸬那闆r，沒有任何人在努力地干活兒。他們吃好東西，在雪地上踢足球，編了一份定名為南極的報紙，翻閱書