2016年12月英语四级翻译练习题：徐霞客

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　　请将下面这段话翻译成英文：
        　　徐霞客一生周游考察了十六个省，足迹几乎遍及全国。他在考察的过程中，从来不盲目迷信书本上的结论。他发现前人研究的地理的记载有许多不是很可靠的地方。为了进行真实细致的考察，他很少乘车坐船，几乎全靠双脚。
        　　四级翻译参考译文：
        　　During his life time,Xu Xiake had visited sixteen provinces,leaving his
footprints in nearly every corner of our country.He neither used books as the
single guide for his travel,nor did he accept conclusions given by books without
thinking.As a result,he finally discovered considerable inaccuracies occurring
in the geographical notes written by predecessors.In order to get a detailed and
truthful picture of the places he visited,he rarely travelled by cart or
boat,but almost all on foot.