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Grazing the right-bank dike and aiming carefully for the middle arch of the stone bndge below;
順流而下，擦過堤岸的右側(cè)邊緣，小心地對準下游石橋的中孔滑下。
I watched them in this way,and lost all this time hoping to see one of them hit the pridge-pier and wreck itself sometime or other,
我就這樣望著它們，在對什么時候能看到它們撞在橋墩，成為殘骸的憧憬中迷失了自我。
but was always disappointed.
然而，我總是失望。
One was smashed there one morning, but I had just stepped into my room a moment to light a pipe, so I lost it.
一天早晨，有一條木筏粉碎在那里，不過卻是在我剛踏進房間去點煙時撞擊的，因此我還是錯過了。
While I was looking down upon the rafts that morning in Heilbronn, the daredevil spirit of adventure came suddenly upon me，and I said to my comrades:
在海爾布隆的那個早晨，當我俯瞰著木筏時，蠻勇的冒險精神突然產(chǎn)生，我對我的同伴們說：
I am going to Heidelberg on a raft.
我準備乘木筏去海徳堡。
Will you venture with me?
你們和我一起去冒險嗎？
Their faces paled a little, but they assented with as good a grace as they could.
他們的臉色嚇得蒼白，不過還是盡可能優(yōu)雅地表示贊同。
Harris wanted to cable his mother—thought it his duty to do that, as he was all she had in this world.
哈里斯想給他的母親發(fā)一封電報—認為這是他的職責，因為他是母親在這個世界上唯一的親人。
so, while he attended to this, I went down to the longest and finest raft and hailed the captain with a heary Ahoy, shipmate!
因此，他去發(fā)電報了。與此同時，我跑上那條最長、最好的木筏，熱情地向舵手打招呼道：嗨，你們好啊
Which put us upon pleasant terms at once, and we entered upon business.
這一問候立刻使氣氛活躍起來，接著我們便進入了正題。
I said we were on a pedestrian tour to Heidelberg, and would like to take passage with him.I said this partly thorough young Z, who spoke German very well,
我說，我們原本是要徒步旅行到海徳堡去的，但現(xiàn)在打算乘坐他們的木筏去那里。我的這些話有一部分是通過蔡德先生翻譯的，他的德語說得很好；
and partly through Mr.X who spoke it peculiarly.
另一部分則是通過愛克司先生翻譯的，他的德語說得相當?shù)氐馈?/div>
I can understand German as well as the maniac that invented it, but I talk it best through an interpreter.
我能像發(fā)明它的狂人一樣聽明白德語，不過我要通過翻譯才能把它說好。
The captain hitched up his trousers, then shifted his quid thoughtfully.
木筏上的舵手提提褲子，邊嚼著煙草塊，邊思考，
Presently he said just what I was expecting he would say-that he had no license to carry passengers,
正如我 所預(yù)料的，他說他沒有運送旅客的執(zhí)照，
and therefore was afraid the law would be after him in case the matter got noised about or any accident happened.
萬一這件事宣揚出去或者出了什么事故，他就會被追查。
