Sailing Home

划船回家

This novel was about an unbelievable but genuine adventure.

这部小说写的是一次令人难以置信而又真实的历险,JxMC&+~~z_U#。

Its author was a black businessman who was brought up in America. In 1956, he visited Africa, his birthplace.

其作者是一位在美国被抚养长大的黑人商人yS1aUq=M[t8v]G&3*。1956年，他回到他的出生地非洲Llx58q^*ZYIIy;hz9_。

One day, when he was wandering on the pavement near the bay enjoying the sea scenes, he lost his money and passport that he kept in an envelope.

有一天，当他在海湾边的人行道上漫步欣赏海景时，他丢失了一个装着钱和护照的信封4FQwM3n0(p|T]h7|px。

So he went to the embassy to seek help, but the ambassador with rude manners didn't permit his staff to help though he bowed to him.

于是向当地的大使馆寻求帮助，但是大使态度非常粗鲁，即使向他鞠躬，也不允许他的职员帮忙ccGVV-T+t!^0%r~g+@。

Staring at his impatient face, he understood that it was the fault of his skin colour that accounted for their rejection.

盯着他那不耐烦的脸，他知道是他皮肤颜色的错才导致了他们的拒绝3R#.qVgwRF#zS|=。

So he decided to take a chance to sail on a small boat home.

于是，他决定冒险驾驶一只小船回家S[4Mk%ytOZa^S+。

He met a large amount of difficulty but was never stopped.

他遇到了许多困难，但是从未停止VK0U[%]nBx8]6。

On the contrary, difficulty pushed him to go ahead harder.

相反，困难推动他更努力地前进&AWWDp;oXq。

Three months later, he was spotted by a ship by accident. He was in rags indeed.

三个月后，当他被一艘船偶然发现时，真的是衣衫褴褛CBYbu4*-cH^;z9z&fq]j。

A maid even screamed when bringing him a steak and pineapple dessert.

给他端来牛排和菠萝甜品的女仆甚至被吓得尖叫起来r|)^l&0.d3C。

Aboard, he earned his passage by working as a barber and got home finally.

在船上，他当一名理发师来挣取船费，最后终于回到了家~N.%B-;.Z-y(tk4T。

As for the name of his novel, he couldn't think of a better one than the phrase "Go Ahead".

至于这部小说的名字，他再也不能想到一个比“前进”更好的短语了n&DkWpFIyFW。