退潮的

First she loomed before me like a blot of something yet blacker than darkness, then her spars and hull began to take shape, and the next moment, as it seemed (for, the further I went, the brisker grew the current of the ebb), I was alongside of her hawser, and had laid hold.

大船最初黑糊糊的一团出现在我面前。渐渐地显现出桅杆。帆桁和船体。紧接着由于我愈往前，退潮愈急，小船已接近锚索了，我就立刻把它抓在手里。

The story I am going to tell is about catching crabs in holes at low tide.

我要讲的故事是，在大退潮的时候，摸洞的故事。

Woman and Dog, Newport, Rhode Island, 2003

一个女人和她的狗在海水退潮的罗德岛新港沙滩上散步。

The world's voracious appetite for steel shows little sign of easing.

世界各国对钢材的巨大需求目前并无退潮的迹象。

Day at low tide, when I saw you face into a piece launched into whitebait delighted, and walked with long legs ran.

那天退潮的时候我看见你面对成片飞起的银鱼高兴极了，迈着长腿跑来跑去。

These Thoughts so oppress'd my Mind, that I began to give over my Enterprize, and having haled my Boat into a little Creek on the Shore, I stept out, and sat me down upon a little rising bit of Ground, very pensive and anxious, between Fear and Desire about my Voyage; when as I was musing, I could perceive that the Tide was turn'd, and the Flood come on, upon which my going was for so many Hours impracticable; upon this presently it occurr'd to me, that I should go up to the highest Piece of Ground I could find, and observe, if I could, how the Sets of the Tide, or Currents lay, when the Flood came in, that I might judge whether if I was driven one way out, I might not expect to be driven another way home, with the same Rapidness of the Currents: This Thought was no sooner in my Head, but I cast my Eye upon a little Hill, which sufficiently over-look'd the Sea both ways, and from whence I had a clear view of the Currents, or Sets of the Tide, and which way I was to guide my self in my Return; here I found, that as the Current of the Ebb set out close by the South Point of the Island; so the Current of the Flood set in close by the Shore of the North Side, and that I had nothing to do but to keep to the North of the Island in my Return, and I should do well enough.

我思想压力很大，不得不考虑放弃原定的计划。我把小船拉进沿岸的一条小河里，自己迈步上岸，在一块小小的高地上坐下来沉思。我心情忧郁，心绪不宁。我害怕死，又想前去探个究竟。正当我沉思默想之际，只见潮流起了变化，潮水开始上涨。这样，我一时肯定走不成了。这时，我忽然想到，应该找一个最高的地方，上去观察一下潮水上涨时那两股急流的流向，从中我可以作出判断，万一我被一股急流冲入大海，是否有可能被另一股急流冲回来。我刚想到这一层，就看见附近有一座小山；从山上可以看到左右两边的海面，并对两股急流的流向可以一目了然，从而可以确定我回来时应走哪一个方向。到了山上，我发现那退潮的急流是沿着小岛的南部往外流的，而那涨潮的急流是沿着小岛的北部往里流的。这样，我回来时，小舟只要沿着北部行驶，自然就可以被涨潮的急流带回来。

The Galaxy中有这样一段话:"homely, smacking of humor and belonging to slang, or on its confines, like 'snug as a bug in a rug,'...and 'happy as a clam at high water', that is, when the flood tide protects him from the spade".

如果你有在沙滩上挖蛤蜊的经历，那么你肯定知道挖蛤蜊要在退潮的时候，在沙滩上挖个洞，有时候要挖两英尺多深，才会发现蛤蜊。

My thoughts were now wholly employed about securing myself againsteither savages, if any should appear, or wild beasts, if any werein the island; and I had many thoughts of the method how to dothis, and what kind of dwelling to make - whether I should make mea cave in the earth, or a tent upon the earth; and, in short, Iresolved upon both; the manner and description of which, it may notbe improper to give an account of.

十月二十日木排翻倒，上面的货物也都翻到水里去了，但木排翻倒的地方水很浅，那些东西又都很重，所以没有被冲走。一等退潮，我还是捞回了不少东西。十月二十五日雨下了一天一夜，还夹着阵阵大风。风越刮越凶，最后竟把大船打得粉碎。退潮时可以看到大船的碎片，但大船已不复存在。这一整天，我把从船上搬回来的东西安置好并覆盖起来，以免给雨水淋坏。

One man deftly plays the two-stringed instrument. My grasp of the language is not good enough to understand the words of their songs. But I can get a sense of the ebb of the river's tide against quiet reeds and the flashing smile of newly begotten romance.

有个仁兄熟练地拉着这种二弦乐器，我的中文还不够好，听不懂他们唱什麽，但是我隐约感受到歌词叙述着退潮的河水轻轻牵曳着无声的芦苇，还有含苞待放爱情中的闪闪笑意。

One day during low tide, he went to the sedgeland at Kasngenan to catch crabs.

有一天，海水退潮的时候，他就去 Kasngenan 海边

In the United States, chronic alcoholism and hepatitis C are the most common ones.

在美国，慢性酒精中毒，肝炎是最常见的。

If you have any questions, you can contact me anytime.

如果有任何问题，你可以随时联系我。