纽约时报：19.6.8见证残酷血腥捕鲸行业的南乔治亚岛

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At the far end of the bay, set against a mountain slope and surrounded by bog land, was a cluster of dilapidated, rusty, corrugated iron buildings. Huge sections of the roofs and walls were missing, and those that remained rattled incessantly in the near gale-force wind. It looked as if a natural disaster had struck. I stopped at an ‘Asbestos – Keep Out’ sign and peered through the encroaching mist, my extremities numb from the sub-zero conditions. It was a struggle to picture the station as a thriving community, yet a century ago Stromness was part of a highly profitable – and brutal – industry that transformed South Georgia into the whaling capital of the South Atlantic.

在海湾的远端，背靠一座山坡，被沼泽地包围着的是一群年久失修、褪色起皱的铁房子。大片大片的屋顶和墙壁已经不在了，断垣废墟在近乎七级以上的大风中不断地嘎嘎作响。这里似乎被一场自然灾害洗劫过。我在一块“有石棉瓦，请勿进入”的告示处止步，只能透过越来越浓的雾气朝里望，这时我的四肢在零度低温下已失去知觉。很难想像这个已成废墟的捕鲸站曾是一个生机勃勃的社区。然而在100年前，斯特伦内斯湾曾经见证了一个盈利颇丰并且残暴无情的行业，这一行业将南乔治亚岛变成了南大西洋的捕鲸天堂。

1. surround   英 [səˈraʊnd]   美 [səˈraʊnd]  

v.围绕;环绕;(使)包围，围住;与……紧密相关

n.(物品的)边，饰边;周围

第三人称单数： surrounds 复数： surrounds 现在分词： surrounding 过去式： surrounded 过去分词： surrounded

2. dilapidated   英 [dɪˈlæpɪdeɪtɪd]  美 [dɪˈlæpɪdeɪtɪd]  

adj.破旧的;破烂的;年久失修的

派生词： dilapidation n.

3. corrugated   英 [ˈkɒrəɡeɪtɪd]   美 [ˈkɔːrəɡeɪtɪd]  

adj.起皱的;起波纹的

v.（使某物）起皱褶；起皱纹;加工成波纹（瓦垅）板

corrugate的过去分词和过去式

4. condition   英 [kənˈdɪʃn]   美 [kənˈdɪʃn]  

n.状态;状况;健康状况;(因不可能治愈而长期患有的)疾病

v.训练;使习惯于;使适应;对……具有重要影响;影响(某事发生的方式);保持(头发或皮肤等的)健康;养护

第三人称单数： conditions 复数： conditions 现在分词： conditioning 过去式： conditioned 过去分词： conditioned

5. transform   英 [trænsˈfɔːm]   美 [trænsˈfɔːrm]  

v.使改变形态;使改变外观(或性质);使改观

第三人称单数： transforms 现在分词： transforming 过去式： transformed 过去分词： transformed