Except for one or two places such as Zermatt and Chamonix, which had rapidly become popular,

除了泽曼特和夏蒙尼等一两个很快出了名的地方外，

the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break,

河水流得平缓起来，最后连绵不断地

This knocks the turtle down several feet.

这一下子把海龟撞下去好几英尺。

climbed up the dunes, and sat down on a road.

爬上沙丘，最后停在路上。

later, we shall undergo a progressive loss of our vigour and resistance which, though imperceptible at first,

再迟一些，我们就要经历生命力和抵抗力逐步衰退的过程。虽然这个过程起初难以觉察，

The most economical age to capture an elephant for training is between fifteen and twenty years,

捕捉15至20岁之间年龄的大象进行驯练最为经济。