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4. Roosevelt hobbles across
四、羅斯福蹣跚著登上英艦
Next morning, boats from all over the sparkling bay came clustering to the Prince of Wales for church services.
第二天上午，一艘艘輕舟快艇越過波光粼粼的海灣，從四面八方云集到威爾士親王號周圍做禮拜。
On the surrounding hills, in sunlight that seemed almost blinding after days of gray mist, the forests of larch and fir glowed a rich green.
經過連日的灰蒙蒙的大霧之后，陽光顯得格外明媚耀眼，使得周圍山丘上那一片片松樹林和樅樹林也顯得格外的郁郁蔥蔥。
An American destroyer slowly nosed its bridge along-side the battleship, exactly level with the main deck, and a gang-plank was thrown across.
一艘美國驅逐艦徐徐地向前靠攏，艦橋正對著這艘戰列艦的主甲板，然后一塊跳板搭了過來。
Leaning on his son's arm and on a cane, Franklin Roosevelt, in a blue suit and gray hat, lurched out on the gangplank, laboriously hitching one leg forward from the hip, then the other.
弗蘭克林羅斯福身穿一套藍色西服，頭戴一頂灰色禮帽，手拄一根拐杖，在兒子的攙扶下步履蹣跚地踏上跳板，吃力地拖著一條腿向前移動一步，然后再拖另一條腿移動。
The bay was calm, but both ships were moving on long swells.
海灣里風平浪靜，但兩艘軍艦仍隨著平緩的波浪搖晃顛簸。
With each step, the tall President tottered and swayed.
身材高大的總統每前跨一步，身子都會左搖右晃、前跌后仰。
Victor Henry, like all the Americans crowding the destroyer bridge, hardly breathed as Roosevelt painfully hobbled across the narrow unsteady planks.
維克多亨利和擠在驅逐艦艦橋上的所有美國人一樣，屏息靜氣地注視著羅斯福步履艱難地蹣跚走過那狹窄而又搖晃不停的跳板。
Photographers waiting on the Prince of Wales quarter deck were staring at the President, but Pug observed that not one of them was shooting this crippled walk.
等候在威爾士親王號的甲板上的攝影記者們也都在目不轉睛地看著總統，但帕格注意到，誰也沒有拍攝羅斯福蹣跚而行的鏡頭。
His foot touched the deck of the Prince of Wales.
他的腳終于踏上了威爾士親王號的甲板，
Churchill saluted him and offered his hand.
丘吉爾向他敬禮并伸出手來扶他。
The brass band burst forth with The Star Spangled Banner.
銅管樂隊奏起了《星條旗》，
Roosevelt stood at attention, his chest heaving, his face stiff with strain.
羅斯福立正站著，胸脯一起一伏地喘著粗氣，臉上顯出嚴肅的神色。
Then, escorted by Churchill, the President hitched and hobbled all the way across the deck, and sat.
樂曲奏完后，總統在丘吉爾的陪同下，一瘸一拐地走過甲板，坐了下來。
