E01 001 格列佛漂流记

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0:12 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。
0:20 " What a fine, strong boy!" said my father “多好的一个结实男孩！”我的父亲说。
0:24 " 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。”
0:28 " I agree," said my mother “我同意。”我的母亲说。
0:31 " Let's name him ' Lemuel ' after your father." “我们就用你父亲的名字，叫他‘莱缪尔’吧。”
0:34 My childhood was very happy 我的童年非常快乐。
0:36 I liked going to school and learning new things 我喜欢上学，学习新知识。
0:40 But I often used to daydream about going to sea 但我常常幻想着出海。
0:44 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？
0:49 I think you would be a good doctor." 我觉得你会成为一名好医生。”
0:52 I wanted to please him, so I said," Yes, Father 为了让他高兴，我说：“好的，父亲。
0:56 I'll go to Cambridge University and study medicine." 我会去剑桥大学学医。”
0:59 But as I spoke I was thinking 但在我说话时，我心里在想，
1:02 " 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。”
1:07 After several years of study, I became a doctor 经过几年的学习，我成为了一名医生。
1:11 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。
1:16 " 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。”
1:21 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。
1:26 They gave us great joy 他们给我们带来了极大的快乐。
1:28 I enjoyed being a doctor for the first few years 最初的几年，我喜欢当医生。
1:32 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。
1:37 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。
1:43 " 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。
1:48 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。”
1:53 " Oh dear!" Mary replied “哦，天哪！”玛丽回答。
1:56 " 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。
2:01 When will you come back?" 你什么时候回来？”
2:03 " 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，
2:07 " But I promise I will return “但我保证一定会回来。
2:09 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。”
2:14 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。
2:20 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。
2:25 From the dock, Mary called out 玛丽从码头上喊道，
2:27 " Good-bye, and please be careful! “再见，请一定要小心！
2:30 Come back to us soon!" 早点回到我们身边！”
2:33 The children waved to me, and I waved back 孩子们向我挥着手，我也向他们挥手。
2:36 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。
2:40 " Welcome aboard, Doctor Gulliver," he said “欢迎上船，格列佛医生，”他说。
2:43 " 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。
2:48 Then we'll sail through the Indian Ocean to the South Seas." 然后穿过印度洋，前往南海。”
2:52 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。
2:59 " I don't like the look of those clouds," the captain said “那些云看起来不太妙，”船长说。
3:03 " I think a storm is coming." “我觉得暴风雨要来了。”
3:05 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。
3:10 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。
3:15 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。
3:20 " 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！”
3:25 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。
3:31 The sailors fell into the sea 水手们都掉进了海里。
3:34 Many of them could not swim 他们中有许多人不会游泳。
3:36 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。
3:42 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。
3:46 My life depended on it 我的性命全系于此。
3:49 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。
3:53 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。
4:00 Slowly I struggled out of the sea 我慢慢地挣扎着从海里爬了出来。
4:03 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。
4:07 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。
4:11 Within minutes, I fell into a deep sleep 没过几分钟，我就沉沉地睡着了。