19 A Boat

CHAPTER 19 A Boat The September that started my fourth year on the island, I thought long and hard about moving to the other side of the island. There was little doubt that it was far more beautiful then where I had decided to settle. I also was inspired by the fact that I could see land from there. It made me want to escape. I remembered young Xury and our boat and I

第十九章小船我在岛上的第四年开始的那个九月，我对搬到岛的另一边进行了长时间的深思熟虑。 毫无疑问，这里比我决定定居的地方美丽得多。 从那里我可以看到陆地，这也给了我灵感。 这让我想要逃离。 我想起了年轻的苏里和我们的船，还有我

wished I had that very boat with me on the island. How far I could have gone! In spite of this longing to return to civilization, I was also afraid to leave the island. What if I ended up somewhere even worse? Plus, I had now been here for quite some time and I had never seen another human being. For that matter, I hadn't seen much of anything. "You know from experience, Robinson," I said to myself, "That the worst always seems to happen when you venture away from home." No, I wouldn't move my camp. It was safe and comfortable, and I needed to stay put for now. That didn't mean I stopped thinking about getting off the island. I desperately wanted a boat. The parts from our ship were still hidden down by the beach. Maybe there was some way I could repair it after all? Well, that was a foolish thought. After

真希望我在岛上也有那艘船。 我能走多远啊！尽管我渴望回到文明社会，但我也害怕离开这个岛。 如果我沦落到更糟糕的地方呢？ 另外，我在这里已经有一段时间了，我从来没有见过另一个人。 就此而言，我什么也没看到。 “根据你的经验，鲁滨逊，”我对自己说，“最坏的事情似乎总是发生在你冒险离开家的时候。” 不，我不会搬家的。 那里既安全又舒适，我现在需要待在那里。 那并不意味着我不再考虑离开这个岛。 我非常想要一艘船。 我们船上的零件还藏在海滩下面。 也许我还是有办法修好它的？ 那真是个愚蠢的想法。 后

weeks of hard work, I was forced to come to the same conclusion—there was no fixing that boat! Still, I had to have a boat. My mind was made up. I said out loud: "I'll just have to build one then!" Again, what a foolish plan! I didn't think it through before I started. I spent weeks in the woods chopping down the perfect tree. Once it fell, I spent nearly four months shaping the bottom and digging out the inside. When that was all done, I had a mid-sized canoe. There was just one problem. How would I get the boat to water? Right now it sat in the middle of the forest! I pushed. I pulled. I tugged. I kicked and screamed. The boat simply would not budge. And there was no way I could drag it all the way through the forest and the valley, then on to the beach. What on Earth was I thinking?

经过几个星期的艰苦工作，我不得不得出同样的结论——那艘船修不了了！不过，我还是得有一艘船。 我已经下定决心了。我大声说：“那我就自己造一个吧！”再说一次，多么愚蠢的计划！我开始之前没有想清楚。 我花了几个星期在树林里砍倒了一棵完美的树。 一旦它掉下来，我花了将近四个月的时间来塑造底部，挖掘内部。 当这一切完成后，我有了一个中等大小的独木舟。 只有一个问题。 我怎么把船弄进水里？ 现在它就在森林中央！我推。 我拉。我拖着。我又踢又叫。 船就是不动。 我不可能拖着它穿过森林和山谷，然后到达海滩。 我到底在想什么？

My struggle with the canoe ended up in nothing but frustration. This boat was forever stuck on land. "It's funny if you think about it," I said to Shippy. "On the beach, I've got pieces of a boat that won't float. In the forest, I've got a canoe that would float, but I can't get it to water!" And so, I celebrated my four-year anniversary on the island with two boats,

我与独木舟的斗争最终只以挫折告终。 这艘船永远困在陆地上了。 “如果你仔细想想，就会觉得很有趣，”我对希比说。 “在海滩上，我有一艘不能漂浮的船的碎片。 在森林里，我有一只可以浮起来的独木舟，但是我不能把它弄到水里去！”所以，我用两艘船庆祝我在岛上的四周年纪念日，

neither of which would help me to escape from my island! Despite the mishaps with the boats, there was enough food to eat and plenty of water to drink. My house was safe and dry (most of the time!). There were things that I missed from home, like carrots and peas, but I was healthy and that's all that really mattered. All in all, year four was good. The rainy season started, and it came time for me to try and fix my clothes. I had rescued as many of the sailors' clothes as I could from the ship all those years ago. The most important items I saved were the shirts. In total, I had about two dozen of them. The shirts were made out of linen. They were light and quite comfortable, but they were also getting worn out. Many of them had turned to rags by now. I tried to wear them one at a time, so they would last as long as possible.

这两件事都不能帮助我逃离我的岛屿！尽管船只出了事故，但还是有足够的食物和足够的水喝。 我的房子是安全的，干燥的（大部分时间！） 我想念家里的一些东西，比如胡萝卜和豌豆，但我很健康，这才是最重要的。 总之，第四年还不错。 雨季开始了，我该整理衣服了。 多年前，我从船上尽可能多地抢救了水手们的衣服。 我保存的最重要的东西是衬衫。 总的来说，我有大约24个。 这些衬衫是亚麻布做的。 它们很轻，也很舒服，但它们也开始磨损了。 他们中的许多人现在已经衣衫褴褛了。 我试着一次只穿一件，这样它们就能穿得越久越好。

I had also rescued plenty of coats from the ship all those years ago, but the weather on the island was too hot to wear them. Instead, I made them into pants and shorts. If my baskets were awkward, my sewing was even worse! By the time I was finished making my clothes, I looked like quite a sight! My shirts were rags, and I wore pants made out of coats! Soon, I decided just to make my wardrobe from goatskins. It wasn't fashionable, but it was comfortable. In addition to my goatskin clothes, I also made a hat. My skin was very fair, and I tended to burn if I stayed outside for too long. The hat worked well to keep off the sun. While I was fixing up my wardrobe, I also made an umbrella. It became my most prized possession. Not only did it block the sun, but it also kept me dry during the rainy season.

多年前，我还从船上救了很多外套，但岛上的天气太热，穿不了。 相反，我把它们做成了裤子和短裤。 如果我的篮子很笨拙，我的缝纫就更糟糕了！当我做完衣服的时候，我看起来很漂亮！我的衬衫是破衣服，裤子是用大衣做的！很快，我决定用山羊皮做我的衣柜。 它不时髦，但很舒服。 除了我的山羊皮衣服，我还做了一顶帽子。 我的皮肤很白皙，如果在外面呆太久就会被晒伤。 这顶帽子遮阳效果很好。 当我整理我的衣柜时，我也做了一把伞。 它成了我最珍贵的财产。 它不仅能遮挡阳光，还能让我在雨季保持干燥。