翻译：自己手敲

You’ve flown halfway around the world; you’ve sniffed out this place that nobody in Falongland or Thailand seems to have ever heard of;

你已经游历了大半个世界，而且你已经发现了无论是在falongland或者是泰国都无人曾经听说过的地方（注意：sniff out 本义嗅出，这里引申为发现）。

so what on earth is there to do here? You consider this question as you sink into an old wooden beach chair that holds you above the sand.

所以究竟到这里来干嘛呢？（on earth 究竟）当你坐到一个把你从沙滩上托起的老旧的木质椅子上面之时，你会考虑这个问题。（此句子可以放到前面去）

It was a long journey from Bangkok to Huaplee. By the time you found the bus station and got yourself sorted out, it took almost as long as the flight from Falongland.

从Bangkok 到 Huaplee 是一段很长的旅程，直到你找到公交站，处理好自己的问题（sort out 本义排序），这将花费差不多和到falongland的旅程一样的时间。

Huaplee is located just south of Hua Hin, about two hundred kilometres from Bangkok, down the west side of the Gulf of Thailand. Not many tourists find this place, and the ones that do wonder if finding it has been their purpose all along.

huaplee 就坐落在hua hin的南方，大概离柬埔寨200公里，就在泰国湾的西部。很少有游客会发现这个地方，如果有游客会发现这个地方他们也会纳闷这是不是他们一路以来的目标。

There’s an apparent laziness that surrounds you here. It’s what this place offers, and it’s free of charge. The small waves that tap the shoreline seem to slow everything down. You settle into your beach chair in preparation for a long rest. You sit there and watch the sea.

在这个地方，环绕在你周围的似乎有着懒惰因子。这就是这个地方所提供的，而且也是免费的。拍打着岩石海岸的小小浪花似乎把一切事物的节奏都减慢下来了。你坐在你的椅子之上，准备着来一个长长的休憩。你坐在这，看着大海。

It’s early afternoon, so the cook comes out and asks what you’d like to eat this evening. Before long he’s rushed off to the market to buy the ingredients for whatever it was that you ordered—every meal fresh and to order. No menu here.

这是中午刚过，所以厨师出来问你是否在傍晚想吃一点。不久之前，他匆忙赶到市场里，买上了你要求的那些原料，每一餐都是新鲜的，而且都是你要求的，这里，没有菜单。

There is no poolside noise here but just that wonderfully warm, clear blue sea. There’s no street noise. The only sounds are the murmurs of nature.

这里，没有池子岸边的嬉闹杂声，而只有完美的温暖的，洁净的蓝色大海。这里没有街市的杂声，唯一的声音就是自然的低声呢喃。

For now you just count your blessings (福祉), listing them in the sand with your toe (脚趾). You don’t have to worry about being late for work. You don’t have to do anything.

如今，你记数着你的福祉，用你的脚趾把他们在沙滩上一一列举出来。你不必去担心工作会迟到，你不必做任何事情。

The beach to your right stretches off to the horizon (地平线), slowly narrowing to nothingness only to re-emerge again on your left, now steadily widening until it covers the chair beneath you. Sand to your left and sand to your right; it’s unbroken, endless. No start, no end, just sand, sun, and peace. Step off it, and you re-enter the world of traffic, stress, work, and hurry.

你右边的沙滩一直延伸到了地平线，慢慢地收窄，消失，又重新在你的左边出现，如今快速地变宽直到延伸覆盖到了你正在坐的椅子下边。沙子突而跑到你的左边，突而你的右边，它是不朽的，永不停息的，没有开始，没有结束，只有沙子，阳光和宁静。走下沙滩，你会重新进入充满交通，压力，工作和忙碌的世界。

Normally you’re the type who can’t sit still for more than ten minutes, but you’re on Huaplee Lazy Beach now and, in the right frame of mind, it stretches all the way around the world.

一般情况下，你是那种几乎不能静坐超过十分钟的类型的人，但是你如今来到了 Huaplee Lazy Beach ，而且在思维的结构之中，它延伸到了整个世界的旅途。（意思就是说在这个地方人们可以远离原来的traffic，noise，hurry，用一种不同于原来世界的看法和思维模式来生活。）

“How could it take me so long to find it?” you wonder.

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文章大意本文叙述了泰国美丽的海滨度假胜地Huaplee，作者描述了这里美丽的景色，可口的饭菜以及缓慢的生活节奏。目的在于吸引更多的人来到这里。

63. 答案D

解析推理题。根据文章2,3段It was a long journey from Bangkok to Huaplee. By the time you found the bus station and got yourself sorted out, it took almost as long as the flight from Falongland.和Not many tourists find this place, and the ones that do wonder if finding it has been their purpose all along.可知从曼谷去那里要花很长的时间，而且很受有游客能够找到这个地方。作者第一次去也花了很长的时间。故D正确。

64. 答案A

解析细节题。根据文章第五段It’s early afternoon, so the cook comes out and asks what you’d like to eat this evening. Before long he’s rushed off to the market to buy the ingredients for whatever it was that you ordered—every meal fresh and to order. No menu here.可知在这里吃饭，是没有菜单的。都是量身定做的，故A正确。

65. 答案B

解析推理题。根据文章倒数第二段Normally you’re the type who can’t sit still for more than ten minutes, but you’re on Huaplee Lazy Beach now and, in the right frame of mind, it stretches all the way around the world.可知如果你正常是一个很难停下来很忙碌的人，那么来到这里，你就应该忘记一切，享受大自然的美丽。故B正确。

66. 答案D

解析推理题。根据文章最后一段之前的描述可知这里的风景迷人，饭菜可口，生活惬意。作者后悔很晚才发现有这样的地方。故D正确。

长难句解析

1. By the time you found the bus station and got yourself sorted out, it took almost as long as the flight from Falongland.

翻译到你找到车子把自己安定好的时候，你会发现所花的时间几乎和从Falongland来航班一样。

分析本句中的by the time到…时为止；引导的是一个时间状语从句，通常都是和完成时连用。如果by the time后面是现在时间，主句就使用现在完成时；如果后面是过去时的时间，主句使用过去完成时。

2. It’s what this place offers, and it’s free of charge.

翻译那是这个地方给你提供的东西，而且它是免费的。

分析本句是由and连接的两个并列句。前一句中的what this place offers是一个表语从句，what引导起这个表语从句，并在表语从句中做动词offer的宾语。

Never before had a Kitchen so much of a History

厨房的历史从未如此悠久

It tells of Freedom, Success, and of the Architecture of big American cities. Because that is where it started: in the second half of the 19th century!

它讲述了自由、成功和美国大城市的建筑。因为这就是它的起源：19世纪下半叶！

Welcome to a new Era of Kitchen Interior Design

欢迎进入厨房室内设计的新时代

Back then, a Generation of successful American Entrepreneurs dreamt of a new style of Architecture to express their personal wealth. This dream was realized by young architects such as Daniel Burnham and Stanford White. They all had studied at the cole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. And they created a new style for Architecture and Interior Design, named after the famous French Art Institute: Beaux-Arts.

当时，一代成功的美国企业家梦想着一种新的建筑风格来表达他们的个人财富。这一梦想由丹尼尔·伯纳姆和斯坦福·怀特等年轻建筑师实现，他们都曾在巴黎的美术学院学习，创造了一种新的建筑和室内设计风格，以著名的法国艺术学院Beaux-Arts命名。

SieMatic BeauxArts Breaks and Creates

SieMatic BeauxArts 突破并创造

In fact, it was not a new style at all, but a composition of styles from different periods and cultures. Many world-famous structures such as the Chicago Art Institute and the Statue of Liberty account for it. But what does that have to do with your kitchen? Just as much as you want it to. Because in the same way that the anti-conventional architects back then took the freedom to combine elements from different historical eras, today, you too can break the conventional rules of style and create something new: your own personal composition of your kitchen. For that, SieMatic BeauxArts offers unique opportunities: A broad range of seemingly conflicting features that you combine to a harmonious design of your own. You can choose from menu of various forms, appealing colors, and precious materials, to create an environment that is much more than just a kitchen: a reflection of your personality.

事实上，这根本不是一种新的风格，而是不同时期和文化风格的组合。许多世界著名的建筑，如芝加哥艺术学院和自由女神像就是其中的原因。但是这和你的厨房有什么关系呢？就像你想要的那样。因为就像当年反传统的建筑师们自由组合不同历史时期的元素一样，今天，你也可以打破传统的风格规则，创造新的东西：你自己的厨房构成。为此，SieMatic BeauxArts提供了独特的机会：将一系列看似相互冲突的功能结合到自己的和谐设计中。您可以从各种形式、吸引人的颜色和珍贵材料的菜单中进行选择，以创造一个不仅仅是厨房的环境：您个性的反映。