他是个不寻常的人：他是一个在战争中像一个棋手在下每一步棋前都深思熟虑的人。

　　But above all he was a good Carthaginian. He already hated the Romans for trying to subdue his native city, and their meddling in Spain was the last straw.

　　此外他还是一个好迦太基人。他憎恨罗马人征服他的故乡。现在罗马人居然也想插手西班牙，他忍无可忍了。

　　He left Spain immediately for Italy, equipped with war elephants and a large army – a truly formidable force.

　　他就立即率领战象群和一支庞大的军队离开西班牙——这是一件令人可怖的武器。

　　To reach Italy he had to take his army and all his elephants across the whole of southern France, across rivers and over mountains and right up over the Alps.

　　为了到达意大利，他不得不带着他的全部战象越过整个法国南部，跋山涉水并终于越过阿尔卑斯山。

　　He may have taken the pass that goes over the shoulder of Mount Cenis, as it is known today.

　　他大概越过了今天叫塞尼山的隘口，

　　I've been there myself, following a wide, winding road.

　　我本人曾从那里走过，今天一条宽阔的公路从那里蜿蜒延伸。

　　But how they found their way over those wild mountains in those days, with no roads to follow, is impossible to imagine.

　　但是当初人们是怎样穿越过这荒芜的、没有道路可走的崇山峻岭的，这简直令人不可思议。

　　Surrounded by deep ravines, sheer precipices and slippery grass ledges – I wouldn't want to be up there with one elephant, let alone 40,

　　那里有险峻的山谷、陡峭的悬崖和滑溜的草坡——带着一头战象在那里行走我都不敢，更何况带着40头战象，

　　and by then it was already September and there was snow on the mountain tops.

　　况且已经是9月，山顶上已经有积雪。