008 回到沉船

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After breakfast the next morning, it was time to make another trip to the wreck with Fritz

第二天早饭后，又到了和弗里茨再去一趟沉船的时候。

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I called Ernest and Jack because I wanted to give them some instructions before we left

我叫了欧内斯特和杰克，因为我想在我们离开前给他们一些嘱咐。

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But they had disappeared

但他们俩不见了踪影。

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" We're in need of potatoes," said my wife." I guess they went to dig some up."

“我们正需要些土豆，”我妻子说，“我猜他们去挖土豆了。”

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" When they come back," I said," you must scold them for leaving without telling us where they were going

“等他们回来，”我说，“你一定得责备他们，不说一声去哪儿就离开。

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They seem to have taken Turk along, so I suppose no harm will come to them

他们好像把特克带去了，所以我想他们不会有什么危险。

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But they still shouldn't have gone without our permission."

但他们还是不该未经我们允许就离开。”

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I was reluctant to leave my dear wife alone with little Franz

我实在不情愿留下我亲爱的妻子独自一人和小弗朗茨在一起。

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And she was never happy when we visited the wreck

而且每次我们去沉船那里，她也总是不开心。

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But I promised her we would be careful

但我向她保证我们会小心的。

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" We'll be back tomorrow," I called over my shoulder as we set out

我们出发时，我回头喊道：“我们明天就回来。”

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We had just crossed the bridge when suddenly Jack and Ernest burst out of their hiding place

我们刚过桥，杰克和欧内斯特突然从藏身处冲了出来。

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" Surprise!" cried Ernest

“惊喜吧！”欧内斯特喊道。

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" We're coming with you!" announced Jack

“我们要和你们一起去！”杰克宣布。

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The two boys danced with delight at having fooled their older brother and me

两个男孩因为骗过了哥哥和我，高兴得手舞足蹈。

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" No, you must go back and take care of Mother and Franz," I said firmly

“不行，你们必须回去照顾妈妈和弗朗茨，”我坚定地说。

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" Oh, Father, please may we come?" begged Ernest

“哦，爸爸，求求你，让我们一起去吧？”欧内斯特恳求道。

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" It'll be an adventure," said Jack

“这会是一次冒险，”杰克说。

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I couldn't let them come with us

我不能让他们跟我们一起去。

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The wreck might be dangerous, and we needed to get some work done

沉船可能很危险，而且我们还有工作要做。

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But I also couldn't find it in my heart to scold the two merry rascals

但我心里也不忍心责骂那两个快活的调皮鬼。

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" Hurry home so Mother won't worry about you," I said

“快回家吧，别让妈妈担心你们。”我说。

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Fritz and I waited a few minutes to be sure the boys were really heading home

弗里茨和我等了几分钟，确认孩子们真的往家走了。

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Then we finished our hike to Safety Bay, where we found our tub boat

然后我们走完了去安全湾的路，在那里找到了我们的澡盆船。

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The current carried us briskly out of the bay, and we were soon moored alongside the wreck

水流轻快地载着我们驶出海湾，不一会儿我们就把船系在了沉船旁边。

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We scrambled on deck and began to make our plans

我们爬上甲板，开始制定计划。

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" We need to build a raft to carry things that are too large for the tub boat," I said

“我们需要造一个木筏，来运那些对澡盆船来说太大的东西。”我说。

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" Let's use these empty water casks," said Fritz

“我们用这些空水桶吧。”弗里茨说。

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" There must be a dozen of them."

“这里准有十几个。”

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We tightly closed the casks, pushed them overboard, and arranged them in rows of three

我们把桶盖紧，把它们推下水，每三个一排排好。

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After securing the casks together with pieces of wood, we built a deck of planks

用木块把桶固定好之后，我们铺了一层厚木板做的甲板。

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Building the raft took us all day

建造这个木筏花了我们一整天。

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We made an excellent supper from the ship's provisions and then went to bed

我们用船上的储备做了一顿丰盛的晚餐，然后就寝。

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That night we slept on thick, soft mattresses — a luxury after our hammocks

那晚我们睡在又厚又软的床垫上——在吊床之后，这真是享受。

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The next morning Fritz and I began loading the raft and tub boat

第二天早上，弗里茨和我开始往木筏和浴盆船上装货。

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We first carried off the entire contents of our own cabins, including those wonderful mattresses

我们先搬走了各自舱房里所有的东西，包括那些舒服的床垫。

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From the captain's cabin, we removed the furniture as well as the doors and window frames

我们从船长舱里搬走了家具，还有门和窗框。

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We then took the chests belonging to the ship's officers, carpenter, and gunsmith

接着，我们拿走了属于船上高级船员、木匠和军械士的箱子。

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" Look at this!" cried Fritz as he opened another chest filled with gold and silver watches, buckles, chains, and rings

“看这个！”弗里茨打开另一个箱子喊道，里面装满了金银手表、皮带扣、链子和戒指。

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" It's like a jeweler's shop."

“这就像一家珠宝店。”

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We also found a box of money, but that was of no use to us now

我们还发现了一箱钱，但现在对我们毫无用处。

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Of more interest was a group of young fruit trees: apple, pear, peach, cherry

更让我们感兴趣的是那些小果树苗：苹果、梨、桃子和樱桃。

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There were plumber's tools, paint, cart wheels, sacks of peas, oats, and wheat

还有管道工的工具、油漆、马车轮子，以及一袋袋的豌豆、燕麦和小麦。

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We even spotted all the parts of a sawmill, carefully numbered so that they could be put back together

我们甚至发现了一整套锯木厂的零件，都仔细地编了号，以便能重新组装起来。

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We were so bewildered by the wealth around us that we couldn't decide what to take with us

我们被周围丰富的物资弄得眼花缭乱，都拿不定主意该带什么走了。

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" We can't take everything," I said

“我们不能把所有东西都带走，”我说道。

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" Yes, Father," Fritz agreed

“是的，父亲，”弗里茨赞同道。

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" But the first storm will destroy the wreck, and we'll lose anything we leave behind."

“但第一场风暴就会毁掉沉船，我们留下的任何东西都会失去。”

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Fritz was right

弗里茨说得对。

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We made our choices, and our haul included fishing lines, reels, rope, and a mariner's compass

我们做出了选择，收获的物资包括钓鱼线、渔轮、绳索和一个航海罗盘。

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Remembering our encounter with the shark, Fritz insisted that we take a harpoon

想起我们遇到鲨鱼的经历，弗里茨坚持要带上一把鱼叉。

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Early in the afternoon both our vessels were heavily loaded, and we were ready to set sail

下午两三点钟，我们的两艘船都装得满满当当，准备起航了。

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With the raft in tow, I was anxious that we might tip over

拖拽着木筏，我很担心我们可能会翻船。

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But the sea was calm and the wind was favorable

但海面风平浪静，风向也有利。

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We spread our sail and soon neared shore

我们扬起帆，很快就靠近了海岸。

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Fritz fired his gun to signal our arrival and not long after, the whole family arrived on the beach

弗里茨鸣枪示意我们回来了，不久之后，全家人都来到了海滩上。

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We unloaded the raft and tub boat and began to carry some things back to Falconhurst

我们卸下木筏和浴盆船上的东西，开始把一些物资搬回鹰巢之家。

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When we arrived, Ernest was eager to show me some plants that he'd dug up

我们到家时，欧内斯特急切地想给我看他挖来的一些植物。

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" I don't know what they are," he said

“我不知道它们是什么，”他说。

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" I didn't dare to taste them even though the pig was devouring them as fast as she could."

“尽管猪在大口大口地吞吃它们，我也不敢尝一下。”

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" That was a wise decision," I said

“那是明智的决定，”我说道。

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Ernest brought me some of the plants, and I examined them thoroughly

欧内斯特给我拿了一些植物过来，我仔细地检查了一遍。

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" Why, Ernest, I believe you've made a brilliant discovery!"

“哎呀，欧内斯特，我想你有了一个了不起的发现！”