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It was a little before the great rains just now mentioned that I threw this stuff away, taking no notice,[qh]
我扔掉这些东西，正是上面提到的那场大雨之前不久的事。[qh]
and not so much as remembering that I had thrown anything there, when, about a month after, or thereabouts, I saw some few stalks of something green shooting out of the ground,[qh]
扔掉后也就完了，再也没有想起这件事情。大约一个月之后，我发现地上长出了绿色的茎干。[qh]
which I fancied might be some plant I had not seen； but I was surprised, and perfectly astonished, when, after a little longer time, I saw about ten or twelve ears come out,[qh]
起初我以为那只是自己以前没有注意到的某种植物罢了。但不久以后，我看到长出了十一二个穗头，[qh]
which were perfect green barley, of the same kind as our European - nay, as our English barley.[qh]
与欧洲的大麦，甚至与英国的大麦一模一样，这使我十分惊讶。[qh]
It is impossible to express the Astonishment and Confusion of my Thoughts on this Occasion;[qh]
我又惊愕，又困惑，心里的混乱难以用笔墨形容。[qh]
I had hitherto acted upon no religious Foundation at all,indeed I had very few Notions of Religion in my Head,[qh]
我这个人不信教，从不以宗教诫律约束自己的行为，[qh]
or had' entertained any Sense of any Thing that had befallen me, otherwise than as a Chance, or, as we lightly say, what pleases God;[qh]
认为一切出于偶然，或简单地归之于天意，[qh]
without so much as enquiring into the End of Providence in these Things, or his Order in governing Events in the World:[qh]
从不去追问造物主的意愿及其支配世间万物的原则。[qh]
But after I saw Barley grow there, in a Climate which I know was not proper for Corn,[qh]
但当我看到，尽管这儿气候不宜种谷类，却长出了大麦；[qh]
and especially that I knew not how it came there, It startled me strangely, and I began to suggest,[qh]
何况我对这些大麦是怎么长出来的一无所知，自然吃惊不校于是我想到，[qh]
that God had miraculously caused this Grain to grow without any Help of Seed sown,[qh]
这只能是上帝显示的奇迹--没有人播种，居然能长出庄稼来。[qh]
and that it was so directed purely for my Sustenance, on that wild miserable Place.[qh]
我还想到，这是上帝为了能让我在这荒无人烟的孤岛上活下去才这么做的。[qh]
This touched my Heart a little, and brought Tears out of my Eyes,[qh]
想到这里，我颇为动情，禁不住流下了眼泪。[qh]
and I began to bless myself, that such a Prodigy of Nature should happen upon my Account;[qh]
我开始为自己的命运庆幸，这种世间少有的奇事，竟会在我身上发生。[qh]
and this was the more strange to me, because I saw near it still all along by the Side of the Rock,[qh]
尤其令我感到不可思议的是，在大麦茎干的旁边，沿着岩壁，[qh]
some other straggling Stalks, which proved to be Stalks of Ryce, and which I knew, because I had seen it grow in Africa when I was ashore there.[qh]
稀稀落落长出了几枝其他绿色的茎干，显然是稻茎；我认得出那是稻子，因为我在非洲上岸时曾见过这种庄稼。[qh]
