73 The Record-Holder

The record-holder

纪录保持者

Children who play truant from school are unimaginative.

逃学的孩子们都缺乏想像力。

A quiet day's fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they get.

他们通常能够做到的,至多也就是安静地钓上一天鱼,或在电影院里坐上8个小时,一遍遍地看同一部电影。

They have all been put to shame by a boy who, while playing truant, travelled 1, 600 miles.

而有那么一个小男孩,他在逃学期间旅行了1,600英里,从而使上述所有逃学的孩子们都相形见绌了。

He hitchhiked to Dover and, towards evening, went into a boat to find somewhere to sleep.

他搭便车到了多佛,天快黑时钻进了一条船,想找个地方睡觉。

When he woke up next morning, he discovered that the boat had, in the meantime, travelled to Calais.

第二天早上他醒来时,发现船在这段时间已经到了加菜。