中英文本

They crossed the rolling hills of Norvos, past terraced farms and small villages where the townsfolk watched anxiously from atop white stucco walls.
他们越过高低起伏的诺佛斯丘陵，行经梯田和村庄，居民在灰泥砌成的墙上不安地看着他们。
They forded three wide placid rivers and a fourth that was swift and narrow and treacherous, camped beside a high blue waterfall, skirted the tumbled ruins of a vast dead city where ghosts were said to moan among blackened marble columns.
他们涉过三条宽广平静的河流，第四条则是一道狭窄湍急，河床险恶的江川，在一座高耸的蓝色瀑布旁扎营，随后绕过一座广大死城的断垣残壁，相传鬼魂仍哭嚎于焦黑的大理石柱间。
They raced down Valyrian roads a thousand years old and straight as a Dothraki arrow.
他们在与多斯拉克弓箭一样笔直的瓦雷利亚千年古道上奔驰。
For half a moon, they rode through the Forest of Qohor, where the leaves made a golden canopy high above them, and the trunks of the trees were as wide as city gates.
花了足足半个月，才穿过金叶高盖头顶，树干宽如城门的科霍尔森林。
There were great elk in that wood, and spotted tigers, and lemurs with silver fur and huge purple eyes, but all fled before the approach of the khalasar and Dany got no glimpse of them.
森林里栖息着大麋鹿和花斑虎，还有生着银白毛皮和紫色大眼的狐猴，但只要卡拉萨一出现，它们便纷纷四散奔逃，结果丹妮什么也没瞧仔细。
By then her agony was a fading memory.
此时她先前的伤痛已经成了回忆。
She still ached after a long day's riding, yet somehow the pain had a sweetness to it now, and each morning she came willingly to her saddle, eager to know what wonders waited for her in the lands ahead.
长途跋涉之后她仍旧酸疼，却有种苦中带甜的意蕴。每天清晨她都跃跃欲试地跳上马鞍，迫不及待想见识更多奇观。
She began to find pleasure even in her nights, and if she still cried out when Drogo took her, it was not always in pain.
她甚至也开始在夜里寻求欢愉，于是当卓戈占有她时，她虽然还是会叫出声，却不总是因为痛苦。
At the bottom of the ridge, the grasses rose around her, tall and supple.
山岗下，又高又软的草把她包围。

背景介绍:

《权力的游戏》是一部中世纪史诗奇幻题材的电视连续剧。该剧以美国作家乔治·R·R·马丁的奇幻巨作《冰与火之歌》七部曲为基础改编创作，由大卫·贝尼奥夫和丹尼尔·威斯编剧、HBO电视网推出。乔治·雷蒙德·理查德·马丁是欧美奇幻小说大师。马丁的作品主要以人物为关注点，描写细腻丰富，突破了幻想文学界固有的创作模式，多次引领阅读潮流。由于马丁的辉煌成就，他被誉为美国的托尔金和新世纪的海明威。从1989年开始，马丁淡出文学界，转而投身演艺界发展，1996年他才重返文坛而开始奇幻文学的创作，处女作便是《权力的游戏》，即为《冰与火之歌》的首部曲。《权力的游戏》甫出便拿下了British Fantasy Society、 世界奇幻奖和星云奖年度最佳幻想作品提名，在非官方的不记名奇幻作品投票中，《冰与火之歌》俨然已经可以和《魔戒》平起平坐，作者网站的访问量也是和斯蒂芬·金、J.K.罗琳等不相上下，其受欢迎的程度可见一斑。乔治马丁被时代杂志评选为2011年影响世界的一百人之一。

妙语连珠

1.race down 紧追不舍

Competitors race down the hill after the cheese, and the first one to the bottom wins the cheese.
参赛者要紧随芝士跑下山，第一个到山底的人便可以赢得奶酪。

Perform cool tricks and awesome jumps for maximum airtime, race down the slopes at breakneck speed and beat the records.
酷花招执行和可怕的跳跃最大的时段，种族下跌的山坡上急速和殴打的记录。

2.eager to 渴望

They are eager to buy their government bonds.
他们热心购买政府债券。

They are eager to buy their government bonds.
他们热心购买公债。