1.It is true that during their explorations they often faced difficulties and dangers of the most perilous nature,

　　2.It is hard for us to realize nowadays how difficult it was for the pioneers.

　　3.Except for one or two places such as Zermatt and Chamonix, which had rapidly become popular,Alpine village tended to be impoverished settlements cut off from civilization by the high mountains.

　　4.Often a valley boasted no inn at all, and climbers found shelter wherever they could

　　5.Invariably the background was the same: dirt and poverty, and very uncomfortable.

　　6.For men accustomed to eating seven-course dinners and sleeping between fine linen sheets at home, the change to the Alps must have very hard indeed.

　　1.確實，在探險中他們經常遇到驚心動魄的困難和危險，

　　2.我們今天很難想像昔日的登山先驅們是多么艱苦。

　　3.除了澤曼特和夏蒙尼等一兩個很快出了名的地方外，阿爾卑斯山山區的小村幾乎全是高山環抱、與世隔絕的窮鄉僻壤。

　　4.山谷里常常沒有小客棧，登山者只好隨遇而安。

　　5.無論住在哪兒，情況都一樣：骯臟、貧窮，極其不舒適。

　　6.對于過慣了一頓飯吃7道菜、睡亞麻細布床單的人來說，變換一下生活環境來到阿爾卑斯山山區，那一定是很艱難的。