(单词翻译:单击)
Passage 35 At Sea in a Small Boat
乘小船在海上
People have sailed around the world in quite small boats.
人们曾在很小的船上周游世界。
It is not an easy thing. Sometimes the weather goes bad.
那可不是一件容易的事。有时天气变坏。
That will be the end of a boat; and the end of everyone in it.
那将是小船的末日。也是船上每个人的末日。
Accidents can happen easily and quickly. One family had an accident with a big fish.
事故发生地报容易也很快。有个家庭曾遭遇过一条大鱼导致的事故。
The fish swam under their boat and bit holes in it.
那鱼游到他们的船下咬了几个洞。
The water came into the boat, of course; and the boat soon went down.
水涌入船里，当然，船很快下沉了。
However, these people had another, smaller boat--a life-boat; and they all got into that.
然而，这些人还有另一个更小的船——救生艇，他们都上了那艘救生艇。
They lived and hoped for many days. They woke and slept, and they always, hoped...
他们期盼着坚持了许多天，他们醒了又睡，却总是怀着希望……
At last a ship found them. How do people live in a very small life-boat?
最后一艘轮船发现了他们。人们在这么小的船里怎么生活呢？
Perhaps far weeks or months. They must be strong in every way.
很可能度过几周或数月。他们必须在各个方面都很坚强。
They must have hope——they must want to live. But you cannot eat and drink hope.
他们必须有希望——他们必须有活下去的愿望．但你总不能吃喝希望吧。
You cannot drink sea water. Drink a lot of sea water——you will quickly die.
你无法喝海水，喝大量海水后人很快就会死亡。
Sailors can drink rain water. They must catch rain water in their boat.
水手可以喝雨水。他们必须接雨水存在船里。
They must also catch fish and birds for food. Lifeboats do not often carry a cooker; and so the sailors cannot cook their food.
他们还要捉鱼和鸟当作食物。救生艇里一般不会有厨具，因此水手们不能烹饪食物。
Raw fish and bird-meat is not very nice. But there won't be any choice in a life-boat!
生鱼和鸟的肉味道不是很好。但在救生艇上别无选择！
The sailors must eat raw food or they will die. What do people think about in a life-boat?
水手们必须吃生的食物，否则他们只有死路一条。在救生艇里人们又会想些什么呢？
They think about land, a warm bed, dry clothes, clean water and food.
他们想念陆地、温暖的床、干爽的衣服、干净的水和食物。
