001 格列佛漂流记

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In 1674, I was born on my father's small estate in Nottinghamshire, England

1674年，我出生在英格兰诺丁汉郡我父亲的小庄园里。

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" What a fine, strong boy!" said my father

“多好的一个结实男孩！”我的父亲说。

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" I think he will be a clever and good man like his grandfather."

“我觉得他会像他祖父一样，成为一个聪明而善良的人。”

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" I agree," said my mother

“我同意。”我的母亲说。

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" Let's name him ' Lemuel ' after your father."

“我们就用你父亲的名字，叫他‘莱缪尔’吧。”

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My childhood was very happy

我的童年非常快乐。

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I liked going to school and learning new things

我喜欢上学，学习新知识。

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But I often used to daydream about going to sea

但我常常幻想着出海。

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One day, Father asked," Lemuel, have you thought about your future?

一天，父亲问：“莱缪尔，你考虑过你的未来吗？

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I think you would be a good doctor."

我觉得你会成为一名好医生。”

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I wanted to please him, so I said," Yes, Father

为了让他高兴，我说：“好的，父亲。

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I'll go to Cambridge University and study medicine."

我会去剑桥大学学医。”

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But as I spoke I was thinking

但在我说话时，我心里在想，

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" At university I can also learn things that will be useful to a sailor."

“在大学里，我也可以学一些对水手有用的东西。”

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After several years of study, I became a doctor

经过几年的学习，我成为了一名医生。

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Not long after, I asked my sweetheart, Mary, to marry me

不久之后，我向我的爱人玛丽求婚。

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" Lemuel," she replied," I would be very happy to marry you."

“莱缪尔，”她回答说，“我会非常高兴嫁给你。”

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Before long, we had children─a boy and a girl

不久，我们有了孩子——一个男孩和一个女孩。

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They gave us great joy

他们给我们带来了极大的快乐。

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I enjoyed being a doctor for the first few years

最初的几年，我喜欢当医生。

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But then I became bored, and ideas of travel filled my mind

但后来我渐渐感到厌倦，满脑子都是旅行的念头。

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I imagined wandering to far-off places and seeing wonderful new things

我想象着漫游到遥远的地方，去看那些新奇美妙的事物。

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" Mary," I said one day," I need more adventure in my life

有一天我对玛丽说：“玛丽，我的生活需要更多冒险。

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The captain of a ship about to sail has offered me a job as the ship's doctor."

有一艘船即将起航，船长请我上船当医生。”

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" Oh dear!" Mary replied

“哦，天哪！”玛丽回答。

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" The children and I will miss you very much, and I'll worry about you

“我和孩子们会非常想念你，而且我会担心你的。

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When will you come back?"

你什么时候回来？”

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" I don't know how long the journey will take," I told her

“我不知道这趟旅程要多久，”我告诉她，

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" But I promise I will return

“但我保证一定会回来。

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And when I do, I'll tell you and the children all about my adventures."

等回来后，我会把我所有的冒险经历讲给你和孩子们听。”

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So in 1699, I set sail on the Antelope from Bristol

于是1699年，我从布里斯托尔乘着羚羊号启航了。

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That city is a large and very old port in the southwest of England

那座城市是英格兰西南部一个巨大而古老的港口。

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From the dock, Mary called out

玛丽从码头上喊道，

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" Good-bye, and please be careful!

“再见，请一定要小心！

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Come back to us soon!"

早点回到我们身边！”

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The children waved to me, and I waved back

孩子们向我挥着手，我也向他们挥手。

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The captain was a good man and had sailed a great deal

船长是个好人，航海经验非常丰富。

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" Welcome aboard, Doctor Gulliver," he said

“欢迎上船，格列佛医生，”他说。

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" First we'll be sailing down the Atlantic Ocean and around the coast of Africa

“我们会先沿大西洋南下，绕着非洲海岸航行。

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Then we'll sail through the Indian Ocean to the South Seas."

然后穿过印度洋，前往南海。”

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Our journey went well until one morning, somewhere near Tasmania in the South Pacific Ocean

我们的旅程一直很顺利，直到一天早上，在南太平洋靠近塔斯马尼亚的某个地方。

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" I don't like the look of those clouds," the captain said

“那些云看起来不太妙，”船长说。

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" I think a storm is coming."

“我觉得暴风雨要来了。”

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Within an hour, a violent storm began

不到一个小时，一场猛烈的暴风雨就开始了。

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The sea rose in great, angry waves much taller than the Antelope

海面上掀起滔天巨浪，远比羚羊号要高。

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The wind─now as strong as a hurricane─made a terrible sound

风——此刻像飓风一样猛烈——发出可怕的声音。

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" The wind is blowing the ship off course!" shouted the captain." Look out!"

“风把船吹偏航了！”船长大喊。“小心！”

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Suddenly, with a loud crack, the Antelope hit some rocks and broke in half

突然，随着一声巨响，羚羊号撞上了礁石，断成了两半。

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The sailors fell into the sea

水手们都掉进了海里。

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Many of them could not swim

他们中有许多人不会游泳。

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The ship sank quickly, and I suppose everyone but me drowned

船下沉得很快，我想除了我之外，所有人都淹死了。

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I am an excellent swimmer and swam with all my strength

我是个游泳好手，便使出全身力气游了起来。

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My life depended on it

我的性命全系于此。

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But after a while I was too tired to swim anymore

但过了一会儿，我累得再也游不动了。

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Just as I was thinking," I'm going to die too," my feet touched the ocean floor

就在我想着“我也要死了”的时候，我的脚碰到了海底。

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Slowly I struggled out of the sea

我慢慢地挣扎着从海里爬了出来。

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There were no signs of people on the beach and no houses

沙滩上看不到人影，也没有房屋。

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I could barely walk, so I lay down on the sand

我几乎走不动路了，于是就躺倒在了沙子上。

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Within minutes, I fell into a deep sleep

没过几分钟，我就沉沉地睡着了。