?The first woman to visit every sovereign nation

By Murray

寧菊花（譯）

◆語(yǔ)篇導(dǎo)讀

如今很多人都想來(lái)一場(chǎng)說(shuō)走就走的旅行，可是真正付諸行動(dòng)的人并不多。蘇霍姆林斯基說(shuō)得好，“信念只有在積極的行動(dòng)之中，才干才能得到加強(qiáng)和磨礪?！毕Ｍ絹?lái)越多的年輕人能像卡桑德拉那樣敢想敢干，去為自己的夢(mèng)想而努力！

Like many people, Cassandra once dreamed of traveling around the world. But this young lady was very lucky. Why? Because she made her dream come true. She traveled to every sovereign nation in the world, and became the first woman to do so. What's more, she held the record as the person to do it the fastest!

Cassandra is from Connecticut, the USA. Cassandra's long trip, which was calledExpedition196, took a total of 18 months and 26 days. She set out on July 24th, 2015, and finished on February 2nd, 2017.Cassandra wasinspiredto take her journey afterbackpackingthrough 26 countries in her late teens and early 20s. When she came home, for a period of time, she worked two jobs at 85 hours a week and she was very tired. She wasat the lowest pointin her life. One day she drove to a store and bought a large map of the world.“After staring at it for a week with achildlikesense of wonder, I decided to leave one of my jobs and start drawing lines connecting every country in the world to one another.”

However, Cassandra traveled not just for fun. She did something more meaningful. While traveling, she acted as a peaceambassadorforthe International Institute of Peacethrough tourism. She spoke to over 16,000 university students in 40 countries.“As a young woman,I'd always dreamed of traveling to as many countries as possible and making our world a better place,”Cassandra says.“Through a great deal of work,I was able to make this dream areality.”

◆詞語(yǔ)積淀

sovereign /?s?vr?n/ adj. 有至高無(wú)上的權(quán)力的；有主權(quán)的

expedition /?eksp??d??n/ n. 遠(yuǎn)征；探險(xiǎn)

inspire /?n?spa??(r)/ v. 激發(fā)；鼓舞

backpack /?b?k?p?k/ v. 背包旅行

at the lowest point 在最低點(diǎn)

childlike /?t?a?ld?la?k/ adj. 孩子般的；天真無(wú)邪的

ambassador /?m?b?s?d?(r)/ n. 大使；使節(jié)

the International Institute of Peace 國(guó)際和平研究所

tourism /?t??r?z?m/ n. 旅游業(yè)；觀光業(yè)

reality /r???l?ti/ n. 事實(shí)；現(xiàn)實(shí)

◆典句賞析

1.Cassandra was inspired to take her journey after backpacking through 26 countries in her late teens and early 20s.卡桑德拉在她十幾歲到二十歲出頭的時(shí)候，背包徒步旅行了26個(gè)國(guó)家，從而受到鼓舞踏上她的長(zhǎng)途旅行。

該句是一個(gè)含一般過(guò)去時(shí)被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)的簡(jiǎn)單句（was inspired）。backpacking意為“背包旅行”，是backpack的動(dòng)名詞形式；in her late teens and early 20s是詞組in her late teens和in her early 20s的合并形式，意為“在她十幾歲到二十歲出頭的時(shí)候?！?/p>

【即時(shí)嘗試】在他二十出頭的時(shí)候，他離開(kāi)家去追尋自己的音樂(lè)夢(mèng)想。

2.While traveling, she acted as a peace ambassador for the International Institute of Peace through tourism.在旅行的時(shí)候，她擔(dān)任了國(guó)際和平研究所的和平大使。

這是一個(gè)由while引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句的復(fù)合句，While traveling中間省略了she was。像這類省略情況，只有當(dāng)主句和從句的主語(yǔ)一致時(shí)，才可以像這樣省略；act as意為“擔(dān)當(dāng)”，后面可以接名詞或代詞等；a peace ambassador是一個(gè)名詞詞組，意為“和平大使”，作介詞as的賓語(yǔ)。

【即時(shí)嘗試】在做作業(yè)時(shí)，我經(jīng)常聽(tīng)歌。

3.Through a great deal of work, I was able to make this dream a reality.經(jīng)過(guò)大量的工作，我終于實(shí)現(xiàn)了這個(gè)夢(mèng)想。

這是一個(gè)由be able to do形式作謂語(yǔ)的簡(jiǎn)單句。a great deal of是固定詞組，意為“大量的……”，修飾不可數(shù)名詞，此時(shí)它可以與a lot of替換；make this dream a reality相當(dāng)于make this dream come true，意為“使這個(gè)夢(mèng)想成為現(xiàn)實(shí)”，come true這里是省略to的動(dòng)詞不定式，作賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)。

【即時(shí)嘗試】繼續(xù)嘗試，你將會(huì)讓夢(mèng)想變成現(xiàn)實(shí)。

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譯文助讀

跟許多人一樣，卡桑德拉曾經(jīng)夢(mèng)想著周游世界。但是這位女士非常幸運(yùn)。為什么呢？因?yàn)樗膲?mèng)想成真了。她走遍了世界上所有具有獨(dú)立主權(quán)的國(guó)家，并且成為第一個(gè)完成此壯舉的女人。而且她保持著用時(shí)最短的紀(jì)錄。

卡桑德拉來(lái)自美國(guó)康涅狄格州。她的長(zhǎng)途旅行被叫作“探險(xiǎn)196”，總共用時(shí)18個(gè)月零26天。她在2015年7月24日出發(fā)，到2017年2月2日結(jié)束?？ㄉ５吕谒畮讱q到二十歲出頭的時(shí)候，背包徒步旅行了26個(gè)國(guó)家，從而受到鼓舞踏上她的長(zhǎng)途旅行。當(dāng)她回到家后，有段時(shí)間她做了兩份工作，一星期工作85個(gè)小時(shí)，非常疲憊。那時(shí)她處在她人生的最低點(diǎn)。一天，她開(kāi)車去一家店里買(mǎi)了一張大大的世界地圖。“帶著孩子氣的驚奇感盯著地圖，一個(gè)星期后，我決定辭掉其中一份工作，然后開(kāi)始繪制連接世界每個(gè)國(guó)家之間的線。”

然而，卡桑德拉的旅行并不只是為了好玩，她做了很多更有意義的事情。在旅行的時(shí)候，她擔(dān)任了國(guó)際和平研究所的和平大使。她曾經(jīng)對(duì)著來(lái)自四十個(gè)國(guó)家的16,000多個(gè)大學(xué)生演講過(guò)?！白鳛橐粋€(gè)年輕人，我總是夢(mèng)想著盡可能地去更多的國(guó)家旅行，并讓我們的世界變得更美好，”卡桑德拉說(shuō)，“經(jīng)過(guò)大量的工作，我終于實(shí)現(xiàn)了這個(gè)夢(mèng)想?！?/p>