倚天屠龙记 Heavenly Sword Dragon Slaying Saber 02

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河南少室山山势颇陡，山道却是一长列宽大的石级，规模宏伟，工程着实不小，那是唐朝高宗为临幸少林寺而开凿，共长八里。郭襄骑着青驴委折而上，只见对面山上五道瀑布飞珠溅玉，奔泻而下，再俯视群山，已如蚁蛭。

Mount ShaoShi of HeNan province were a set of large stone steps, these steps were constructed under the order of Emperor GaoZong of the Tang dynasty. It looked very impressive as Guo Xiang proceeded up the mountain. Before long she could see the monastery.

1、proceed up 前文也出现过，沿山道缓缓而上 proceeding up the mountain pass

2、monastery /'mɑnəstɛri/ (n.) 修道院；僧侣   Shaolin Monastery: 少林寺

她望着连绵屋宇出了一会神，心想：“少林寺向为天下武学之源，但华山两次论剑，怎地五绝之中并无少林寺高僧？难道寺中和尚自忖没有把握，生怕堕了威名，索性便不去与会？又难道众僧侣修为精湛，名心尽去，武功虽高，却不去和旁人争强赌胜？”

She stared at the roof for a moment and thought: "The ShaoLin Monastery is said to be the origin of martial arts, but why aren't there any ShaoLin experts among the 5 Greats? Is it because the ShaoLin experts knew there weren't a match for the other experts and were afraid to disgrace ShaoLin and refused to go? Or was it because the monks had evolved beyond earthly matters and didn't want to scramble for power and fame.

1、武学——martial arts    武林高手——martial arts experts

2、earthly matters 世俗事务   例：do not allow earthly matters to distract you

3、scramble：to struggle or compete with other people to get or reach something

例：（scramble for）Thousands of people will be scrambling for tickets.

她下了青驴，缓步走向寺前，只见树木森森，荫着一片碑林。石碑大半已经毁破，字迹模糊，不知写着些甚么。心想：“便是刻凿在石碑上的字，年深月久之后也须磨灭，如何刻在我心上的，却是时日越久反而越加清晰？”

After a while she saw a large stone tablet, half of it was gone and the characters were unclear, Guo Xiang was thinking: "How come characters carved into stone can fade away through time, but my feelings carved in my heart become more and more stronger as time goes by."

瞥眼只见一块大碑上刻着唐太宗赐少林寺寺僧的御札，嘉许少林寺僧立功平乱。碑文中说唐太宗为秦王时，带兵讨伐王世充，少林寺和尚投军立功，最著者共一十三人。其中只昙宗一僧受封为大将军，其余十二僧不愿为官，唐太宗各赐紫罗袈裟一袭。她神驰想象：“当隋唐之际，少林寺武功便已名驰天下，数百年来精益求精，这寺中卧虎藏龙，不知有多少好手。”

This tablet was bestowed by Emperor TaiZong of the Tang dynasty. He praised the ShaoLin monks for helping him suppress the rebellions. The tablet states the military credits of the ShaoLin monks for helping Emperor TaiZong defeat the rebel general Wang ShiChong, of which 13 monks were most famous. Only one monk became a general and the other 12 didn't want to become officials and Emperor TaiZong bestowed 12 purple kasayas. Guo Xiang was thinking: "During the Sui and Tang Dynasty, the ShaoLin Monastery was already very famous for its martial arts, and now after a few hundred years they must be even more formidable."

1、bestow：to give someone something of great value or importance赠与；授予

    例：(bestow something on/upon somebody)   Honours bestowed on him by the Queen.

2、平乱 suppress the rebellions   太平天国运动/太平天国之乱 The Taiping Rebellion or Taiping Civil War 

制暴平乱，防恐打恐  put down riot and crack down on terrorism

3、credit ：approval or praise that you give to someone for something they have done赞扬；荣誉；功劳

   例：(credit for)

      ①Credit for this win goes to everybody in the team.

      ②They never give Gene any credit for all the extra work he does.

4、formidable (adj.) 可怕的, 令人畏惧的；令人惊叹[钦佩]的；难以克服[对付]的