The village of Villars (维拉尔) is located 120 km from Geneva Airport and close to the shores of Lake Geneva, especially Montreux（蒙特勒） 40 km and Lausanne 60 km. This authentic mountain village is situated in a preserved environment and the location allows to combine mountain holidays pleasures with numerous activities in the lowlands, such as shopping, and visits to museums and castles, leisure parks, salt mines and thermal pools. Located on a sunny south oriented balcony, Villars provides sport, relaxation and culture to all visitors in an idyllic setting, with a beautiful panorama.
This exposure has been charming many parents from the whole world, who choose the international colleges, to provide their children a qualitative education in a unique setting. The variety of the activities that can be done all through the year and the infrastructures proposed in the village enable Villars to welcome visitors in winter as in summer. During winter, 125 km of ski runs extend from 1,300 to 3,000 meters, and numerous winter hiking, snowshoeing or cross-country trails are provided to guests.
Notes:
(1) close to 毗邻
a. Three mortar shells had landed close to a crowd of people.
3枚迫击炮弹落在人群旁。
b. Warm weather has attracted the flat fish close to shore.
煦暖的气候将比目鱼引到了近海。
c. An airliner came close to disaster while approaching Heathrow Airport.
一架大型客机在飞近希思罗机场时差点儿发生空难。
(2) shores n. 湖畔
a. You can see the picturesque shores beside the river.
在河边你可以看到景色如画的两岸.
b. The hotel is situated on the sheltered shores of the Moray Firth.
旅馆位于马里湾的下风岸.
c. These winter visitors will fly to British shores.
这些冬季的候鸟将飞向英国的海岸.
(3) authentic adj. 真正的
a. I had obtained the authentic details about the birth of the organization.
我已经掌握了有关该组织诞生的可靠的详细资料。
b. It is crucial that all documents presented are authentic and easily verifiable.
所有提交的文件必须真实且易于查证，这一点很关键。
c. They have to look authentic.
它们必须得看上去像真的。
(4) idyllic adj. 风景如画的
a. Married life was not as idyllic as he had imagined.
婚姻生活并不像他想象的那么浪漫美好。
b. I saw before me an idyllic life.
展现在我眼前的是充满诗情画意的生活。
c. It appears to be an idyllic domestic set-up.
这似乎是一种田园诗般的家庭组成格局。
(5) panorama n. 全景
a. There is a superb panorama of the mountains from the hotel.
从旅馆可饱览峰峦叠嶂的雄伟景观。
b. A vast panorama of the valley lay before us.
山谷的广阔全景展现在我们面前。
c. Horton looked out over a panorama of fertile valleys and gentle hills.
霍顿向外望去，肥沃的谷地和平缓的丘陵尽收眼底。
参考译文:
维拉尔村距离日内瓦机场120公里，毗邻日内瓦湖畔，距离蒙特勒仅40公里，距离洛桑仅60公里。这座真正的高山村庄周围的环境受到很好的保护，优越的地理位置使游客能够将高山度假与众多低地活动完美地结合在一起，尽享购物，参观博物馆和城堡、休闲公园，游览盐矿，享受温泉洗浴，一切带来无尽乐趣。维拉尔座落在阳光灿烂的南向台地，各位游客可在风景如画的风景中参加体育运动及休闲和文化活动，还能欣赏美丽的全景。
这里吸引着来自世界各地的家长，他们选择这里的国际学校，让自己的孩子在独特的环境中接受优质的教育。在这里，一年四季都可以开展丰富多彩的活动，村里完善的基础设施使维拉尔的冬天和夏天都可以欢迎四面八方的游客。冬季，海拔1300米至3000米之间分布着125公里滑雪道，还有众多冬季远足小径、雪鞋漫步小径和越野滑雪小径供游客选择。
