11 Shipwrecked!

CHAPTER 11 Shipwrecked! Within two days of changing course, a second storm started. The wind blew us far, far west. Once again, we were completely lost at sea. The strong winds continued well into the next day, and even into the next. Early that morning, I heard one of the men shout "Land ho!"

第十一章船失事了！在改变航线的两天内，第二场风暴开始了。 风把我们吹向很远很远的西边。 我们又一次完全迷失在海上。 强风一直持续到第二天，甚至到了第三天。 那天一大早，我听到其中一个人大喊“陆地嗬！”

Almost immediately, we hit a sandbar. The ship rocked violently back and forth. The sea washed over us. I thought for sure we were lost. We ran for the safety of the cabins. We were in serious trouble. We didn't know where we were. We didn't know if the land was inhabited or not. We didn't know whether or not we would survive. The ship was stuck. It would surely break to pieces if the wind didn't change direction immediately. We looked at one another and prepared for the worst. We were all wet and shivering, our spirits dampened by the events of the past few weeks. Then, there was a change in the wind. The captain said, "We have a chance now, men! Let's get the smaller boat into the sea and row for shore. It's our only hope!" Of the two smaller boats on board, only one had survived the first hurricane. It took all of our efforts just to get the boat safely

我们几乎立刻就遇到了一个沙洲。 船猛烈地前后摇晃。 海水向我们袭来。我以为我们肯定迷路了。 我们为了小木屋的安全而跑。 我们遇到了大麻烦。 我们不知道自己身在何处。 我们不知道这块土地上是否有人居住。 我们不知道我们是否能活下来。 船被卡住了。如果风不立即改变方向，它肯定会碎成碎片。 我们面面相觑，做好了最坏的打算。 我们浑身湿透，浑身发抖，过去几周发生的事情使我们的情绪低落。 然后，风向发生了变化。 船长说：“伙计们，我们现在有机会了！让我们把小船划到海里，向岸边划去。 这是我们唯一的希望！”在船上的两艘小船中，只有一艘在第一次飓风中幸存下来。 我们尽了最大的努力才使船安全着陆

into the sea and all the men on board. The waves crashed around us as we rowed desperately for shore. We were at the mercy of fate. Many of the men prayed. The only thing that mattered to any of us was getting to shore. Whether it was rocky, whether it was safe, we just didn't care. We rowed hard because our lives depended upon it. Our only chance was to find a bay or a mouth of a river—without that we would be swept out into the storm and lost at sea. We needed to find smooth water so we could make our way to safety. We had rowed for almost a league and a half before a wave as tall as a mountain rolled toward us. It took the boat quickly, and we were all thrown overboard. The water swallowed us whole in an instant. It was terrifying. The waves were strong, and even though I was a good swimmer, my arms were no match for the powerful water.

冲进大海，冲进船上所有的人。 当我们拼命向岸边划去时，海浪在我们周围猛烈地拍打着。 我们受命运的摆布。 许多人祈祷。对我们所有人来说，唯一重要的事情就是上岸。 是否有岩石，是否安全，我们根本不在乎。 我们拼命划船，因为我们的生命就靠它了。 我们唯一的机会就是找到一个海湾或河口，否则我们就会被暴风雨卷走，迷失在海上。 我们需要找到平静的水域，这样我们才能到达安全的地方。 我们划了将近一里半的距离，一个像山一样高的巨浪向我们袭来。 它很快就把船卷走了，我们都被抛到了海里。 水瞬间把我们整个吞没了。 太可怕了。海浪很猛，尽管我是个游泳好手，但我的手臂还是敌不过巨浪。

I couldn't even break free to gasp for a breath. The water drove me all the way forward onto shore. My lungs filled up with water. I started coughing. But I knew that if I didn't crawl forward, I had no hope of surviving. Before I could stand up, the waves grabbed me in their clutches and tossed me back into the sea. The water swirled around me as I struggled not to drown. Almost instantly, I felt my feet touch the bottom. I quickly stood up. I pushed as much air into my lungs as I possibly could before the sea caught me and dragged me back under. About the third or forth time the sea dragged me under, my chest hit a rock and I lost my breath completely. This is it, I thought. I am going to die right here, right now. For all of my bad luck, it seems I had one

我甚至不能挣脱，喘口气。 水把我一路冲到岸上。 我的肺里充满了水。 我开始咳嗽。但我知道，如果我不往前爬，我就没有生还的希望了。 我还没来得及站起来，海浪就抓住了我，把我抛回海里。 当我挣扎着不被淹死时，水在我周围打转。 几乎就在一瞬间，我感到我的脚触到了底部。 我迅速站了起来。在海水抓住我并把我拖回海底之前，我把尽可能多的空气挤进肺里。 大约第三次或第四次海水把我拖下水时，我的胸部撞上了一块岩石，我完全喘不过气来。 就是这里了，我想。我会死在这里，现在。 虽然我运气不好，但我还是有一个

very real talent—survival. The next time the current pushed me forward toward the shore, I gathered all my strength. My feet touched the bottom. I pushed myself up out of the water and I ran as far up the beach as I humanly could. I ran with everything I had left in me. Then, I dropped to my knees. All the salt water in my stomach made me sick for a minute, but I was saved. It was enough. I was alive.

非常真实的生存才能。 当水流再次把我推向岸边时，我集中了所有的力量。 我的脚触到了底部。 我把自己从水里伸出来，尽我所能往海滩上跑。 我带着我所剩的一切奔跑。 然后，我跪了下来。 我胃里的盐水让我恶心了一会儿，但我得救了。 这就够了。我还活着。