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In this distress, the wind still blowing very hard,[qh]
狂风不停地劲吹，情况万分危急。[qh]
one of our men early in the morning cried out, Land![qh]
一天早上，船上有个人突然大喊一声："陆地！"[qh]
and we had no sooner run out of the cabin to look out, in hopes of seeing whereabouts in the world we were,[qh]
我们刚想跑出舱外，去看看我们究竟到了什么地方，[qh]
than the ship struck upon a sand, and in a moment her motion being so stopped,[qh]
船却突然搁浅在一片沙滩上动弹不得了。[qh]
the sea broke over her in such a manner that we expected we should all have perished immediately;[qh]
滔天大浪不断冲进船里，我们都感到死亡已经临头了。[qh]
and we were immediately driven into our close quarters, to shelter us from the very foam and spray of the sea.[qh]
我们大家都躲到舱里去，逃避海浪的冲击。[qh]
It is not easy for anyone who has not been in the like condition to describe or conceive the consternation of men in such circumstances.[qh]
没有身临其境，是不可能描述或领会我们当时惊惧交加的情景。[qh]
We knew nothing where we were, or upon what land it was we were driven - whether an island or the main,[qh]
我们不知道当时身处何地，也不知道给风暴刮到了什么地方：是岛屿还是大陆，[qh]
whether inhabited or not inhabited. As the rage of the wind was still great,[qh]
是有人烟的地方，还是杳无人迹的蛮荒地区。[qh]
though rather less than at first, we could not so much as hope to have the ship hold many minutes without breaking into pieces,[qh]
这时风势虽比先前略减，但依然凶猛异常。我们知道，我们的船已支持不了几分钟了，随时都可能被撞成碎片，[qh]
unless the winds, by a kind of miracle, should turn immediately about.[qh]
除非出现奇迹，风势会突然停息。[qh]
In a word, we sat looking upon one another, and expecting death every moment,[qh]
总之，我们大家坐在一起，面面相觑，[qh]
and every man, accordingly, preparing for another world;[qh]
时刻等待着死亡的来临，准备去另一个世界，[qh]
for there was little or nothing more for us to do in this. That which was our present comfort, and all the comfort we had,[qh]
因为，在这个世界上，我们已无能为力了。[qh]
was that, contrary to our expectation, the ship did not break yet, and that the master said the wind began to abate.[qh]
这时，船没有像我们所担心的那样被撞得粉碎，同时风势也渐渐减弱，使我们稍感安慰。[qh]
Now, though we thought that the wind did a little abate,[qh]
风势虽然稍减，[qh]
yet the ship having thus struck upon the sand, and sticking too fast for us to expect her getting off,[qh]
可船搁浅在沙里，无法动弹，[qh]
we were in a dreadful condition indeed, and had nothing to do but to think of saving our lives as well as we could.[qh]
因此情况依然十分危急。我们只能尽力自救。[qh]
We had a boat at our stern just before the storm,[qh]
在风暴到来之前，船尾曾拖着一只小艇。[qh]
but she was first staved by dashing against the ships rudder,[qh]
可是大风把小船刮到大船的舵上撞破了，[qh]
and in the next place she broke away, and either sunk or was driven off to sea;[qh]
后来又被卷到海里，不知是沉了，还是飘走了。[qh]
so there was no hope from her.[qh]
所以对此我们只得作罢了。[qh]
