2019高考考试英语考试真题翻译·全国卷1·完形填空
■翻译：张必成（安徽） 刘学英（湖北）
Every year about 40,000 people attempt to climb Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. They bring with them lots of waste. The crowds might damage the beauty of the place. The glaciers（冰川）are disappearing, changing the face of Kilimanjaro.
Hearing these stories, I’m skeptical about the place --- other destinations are described as “purer” natural experiences.
However, I soon discover that much has changed since the days of disturbing reports of camps among tons of rubbish. I find a clean mountain, with toilets at camps and along the paths. The environmental challenges are significant but the efforts made by the Tanzania National Park Authority seem to be paying off.
The best of a Kilimanjaro experience, in my opinion, isn’t reaching the TOP. Mountains are regarded as spiritual places by many cultures. This view is especially evident on Kilimanjaro as climbers go through five ecosplayystems（生态系统）in the space of a few kilometers. At the base is a rainforest. It ends abruptly at 3, 000 meters, giving way to lands of low growing plants. Further up, the weather changes--- low clouds envelop the mountainsides, which are covered with thick grass. I count twelve shades of green from where I stand. Above 4, 000 meters is the highland desert: gravel（砾石）, stones and rocks. Finally you climb into an arctic-like zone with permanent snow and the glaciers that may soon disappear.
Does Kilimanjaro deserve its reputation as a crowded mountain with lines of tourists ruining the atmosphere of peace? I found the opposite to be true.
翻译：（据报道，）每年约有四万之众试图攀登非洲最高峰——乞力马扎罗山。他们带来了很多的垃圾，破坏着乞山的自然之美; 我非常快就发现，自从那些有关“垃圾场营帐”的报道之后，乞山情形已大为不同。我所看到的是一座清洗干净的乞山，其营地和沿途甚至都设有卫生间。尽管环保形势依旧严峻，可是坦桑尼亚国家公园管理部门所做的努力好像效果卓然。
翻译：在我看来，乞山最棒的体验并不在于登顶，很多文化都把崇山峻峰视为其精神圣所，这种观念在登乞山之时体现尤甚。短短数公里的行程，大家能体验到五种（完全不同的）生态体系:山脚是热带雨林，其延伸至海拔3000米的高度时陡然而止，为大片的低矮植物取而代之。再向上，气候也随之变换——低悬的云层笼罩着长满浓密草丛的山麓。放眼望去，可以分辨出12种深浅不一的绿色色调。海拔4000米以上则是高原沙漠，那里满是砾石及岩块。最后你会来到一片类似极地地貌的地区，这里遍布永冻积雪和冰川，不过，可能不久之后，它们真的会消失而殆。
翻译：“拥堵喧嚣、安谧不再”，乞力马扎罗山真得堪当此名吗？我的发现与之恰恰相反。
