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Chapter 1 Mystery girl
第一章 神秘女孩儿
It all began on a beautiful spring morning in a village called Whistler, in Canada - a pretty little village in the mountains of British Columbia.
故事发生在一个美丽春日的早晨，地点是加拿大一个叫惠斯勒的村庄——这是一个美丽的小村庄，坐落在不列颠哥伦比亚省的山区。
There was a café in the village, with tables outside, and at one of these tables sat a young man. He finished his breakfast, drank his coffee, looked up into the blue sky, and felt the warm sun on his face. Nick Lortz was a happy man.
村子里有个咖啡馆，外面摆着几张桌子，一个年轻人坐在一张桌子旁。他吃完了早餐，喝完了咖啡，抬头看看湛蓝的天空，阳光照在他的脸上，暖暖的。他叫尼克·洛茨，是个快乐的人。
The waiter came up to his table. 'More coffee?' he asked.
服务员走到他的桌子旁。“再来点儿咖啡吗？”他问道。
'Yeah. Great,' said Nick. He gave the waiter his coffee cup.
“是的，太好了。”尼克说着，把咖啡杯递给了服务员。
The waiter looked at the camera on the table. 'On vacation?' he said. 'Where are you from?'
服务员看看桌子上的照相机。“来度假的吧？”他问道，“你是从哪里来的？”
'San Francisco,' Nick said. He laughed. 'But I'm not on vacation - I'm working. I'm a travel writer, and I'm doing a book on mountains in North America. I've got some great pictures of your mountain.'
“旧金山。”尼克答道。接着又笑了，“不过我不是度假的——我是在工作。我是个旅行作家，正在写一本关于北美山岳的书。我已经拍了一些你们这里的山的照片，很棒。”
The two men looked up at Whistler Mountain behind the village. It looked very beautiful in the morning sun.
两人抬头看着村子后面的惠斯勒山。晨光中的惠斯勒山显得非常美丽。
'Do you travel a lot, then?' asked the waiter.
“那你是不是经常旅行？”服务员问道。
'All the time,' Nick said. 'I write books, and I write for travel magazines. I write about everything - different countries, towns, villages, rivers, mountains, people ...'
“我一直在旅行，”尼克说，“我写书，还给旅游杂志撰稿。我什么都写——不同的国家、城镇、村庄、河流、山脉、还有人们……”
