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One of the most famous sailing ships of the nineteenth century, the Cutty Sark, can still be seen at Greenwich.

19世纪最著名的帆船之一，“卡蒂萨克”号至今仍可在格林威治见到。

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She stands on dry land and is visited by thousands of people each year.

她停泊在陆地上，每年都有成千上万的人参观。

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She serves as an impressive reminder of the great ships of the past.

她作为对过去伟大船只的深刻纪念。

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Before they were replaced by steamships,

在它们被蒸汽船取代之前，

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sailing vessels like the Cutty Sark were used to carry tea from China and wool from Australia.

像卡蒂萨克号这样的帆船被用来从中国运茶，从澳大利亚运羊毛。

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The Cutty Sark was one of the fastest sailing ships that has ever been built.

卡蒂萨克号是建造过的最快的帆船之一。

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The only other ship to match her was the Thermopylae.

唯一能与她匹敌的船是“特莫皮莱”号。

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Both these ships set out from Shanghai on June 18th, 1872 on an exciting race to England.

这两艘船于1872年6月18日从上海启程，进行一场激动人心的英国竞赛。

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This race, which went on for exactly four months, was the last of its kind.

这场持续了整整四个月的比赛是同类比赛中的最后一场。

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It marked the end of the great tradition of ships with sails and the beginning of a new era.

它标志着帆船伟大传统的结束和新时代的开始。

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The first of the two ships to reach Java after the race had begun was the Thermopylae,

比赛开始后，两艘船中最先抵达爪哇的是“特莫皮莱”号，

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but on the Indian Ocean, the Cutty Sark took the lead.

但在印度洋上，“卡蒂萨克”号取得了领先。

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It seemed certain that she would be the first ship home,

似乎她肯定会是第一艘抵达的船，

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but during the race she had a lot of bad luck.

但在比赛中她遭遇了很多厄运。

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In August, she was struck by a very heavy storm during which her rudder was torn away.

八月，她遭遇了一场特大风暴，船舵被刮走了。

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The Cutty Sark rolled from side to side and it became impossible to steer her.

卡蒂萨克号左右摇晃，无法掌舵。

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A temporary rudder was made on board from spare planks and it was fitted with great difficulty.

船上用备用木板做了一个临时船舵，并费了很大力气才安装好。

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This greatly reduced the speed of the ship, for there was a danger that if she travelled too quickly,

这大大降低了船速，因为存在一个危险，如果她航行过快，

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this rudder would be torn away as well.

这个船舵也会被刮走。

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Because of this, the Cutty Sark lost her lead.

因此，卡蒂萨克号失去了领先地位。

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After crossing the Equator, the captain called in at a port to have a new rudder fitted,

越过赤道后，船长在一个港口停靠，安装了一个新船舵，

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but by now the Thermopylae was over five hundred miles ahead.

但此时“特莫皮莱”号已经领先五百多英里了。

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Though the new rudder was fitted at tremendous speed, it was impossible for the Cutty Sark to win.

尽管新船舵以惊人的速度安装好了，卡蒂萨克号还是不可能赢得比赛。

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She arrived in England a week after the Thermopylae.

她在“特莫皮莱”号之后一周抵达英国。

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Even this was remarkable, considering that she had had so many delays.

考虑到她有如此多的延误，即使这样也值得称赞。

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There is no doubt that if she had not lost her rudder she would have won the race easily.

毫无疑问，如果她没有失去船舵，她会轻易赢得比赛。