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I was so amazed with the Thing it self,having never felt the like,or discoursed with any one that had,[qh]
我以前从未碰到过地震，也没有听到经历过地震的人谈起过，[qh]
that I was like one dead or stupifyed;[qh]
所以我一时吓得目瞪口呆，魂飞魄散。[qh]
and the Motion of the Earth made my Stomach sick like one that was tossed at Sea;[qh]
当时，地动山摇，胃里直想吐，就像晕船一样；[qh]
but the Noise of the falling of the Rock awaked me as it were,and rousing me from the stupifyed Condition I was in,[qh]
而那山石崩裂发出震耳欲聋的巨响，把我从呆若木鸡的状态中惊醒过来，[qh]
filled me with Horror,and I thought of nothing then but the Hill falling upon my Tent and all my houshold Goods,[qh]
我感到胆战心惊。小山若倒下来，压在帐篷上和全部家用物品上，[qh]
and burying all at once;and this sunk my very Soul within me a second Time.[qh]
一下子就会把一切都埋起来。一想到这里，我心里就凉了半截。[qh]
After the third Shock was over,and I felt no more for some Time,I began to take Courage,[qh]
第三次震动过后，过了好久，大地不再晃动了，我胆子才渐渐大起来。[qh]
and yet I had not Heart enough to go over my Wall again,for Fear of being buried alive,but sat Still upon the Ground,[qh]
但我还是不敢爬进墙去，生怕被活埋。我只是呆呆地坐在地上，[qh]
greatly cast down and disconsolate,not knowing what to do:[qh]
垂头丧气，闷闷不乐，不知如何才好。[qh]
All this while I had not the least Serious religious Thought,nothing but the common,Lord ha'Mercy upon me;[qh]
在惊恐中，我从未认真地想到上帝，只是像一般人那样有口无心地叫着"上帝啊，发发慈悲吧！"[qh]
and when it was over,that went away too.[qh]
地震一过，连这种叫唤声也没有了。[qh]
While I sat thus,I found the Air over-cast,and grow cloudy,as if it would Rain;[qh]
我正这么呆坐在地上时，忽见阴云四布，好像马上要下雨了。[qh]
soon after that the Wind rose by little and little,so that,in less than half an Hour,it blew a most dreadful Hurricane:[qh]
不久，风势渐平，不到半小时，就刮起了可怕的飓风。[qh]
The Sea was all on a Sudden covered over with Foam and Froth,the Shore was covered with the Breach of the Water,[qh]
顷刻之间，海面上波涛汹涌，惊涛拍岸，浪花四溅，[qh]
the Trees were torn up by the Roots,and a terrible Storm it was;[qh]
陆地上大树连根拔起。[qh]
and this held about three Hours,and then began to abate,and in two Hours more it was stark calm,and began to rain very hard.[qh]
真是一场可怕的大风暴。风暴刮了大约三小时，就开始减退了；又过了两小时，风静了，却下起了滂沱大雨。[qh]
All this while I sat upon the Ground very much terrifyed and dejected,[qh]
在此期间，我一直呆坐在地上，心中既惊恐又苦闷。[qh]
when on a sudden it came into my thoughts,that these Winds and Rain being the Consequences of the Earthquake,[qh]
后来，我突然想到，这场暴风雨是地震之后发生的。[qh]
the Earthquake it self was spent and over,and I might venture into my Cave again:[qh]
看来地震已经过去，我可以冒险回到我的洞室里去了。[qh]
