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Chapter X
第十章
Just before the Perkins Institution closed for the summer, it was arranged that my teacher and I should spend our vacation at Brewster, on Cape Cod, with our dear friend, Mrs. Hopkins. I was delighted, for my mind was full of the prospective joys and of the wonderful stories I had heard about the sea.
臨近帕金斯學(xué)院放暑假時(shí)，我和老師打算去科德角的布魯斯特度假，一起同行的還有我們親密的朋友霍普金斯夫人。我很興奮，因?yàn)槲覞M腦子里想的都是快樂(lè)的旅程和關(guān)于大海的神奇故事。
My most vivid recollection of that summer is the ocean. I had always lived far inland and had never had so much as a whiff of salt air; but I had read in a big book called "Our World" a description of the ocean which filled me with wonder and an intense longing to touch the mighty sea and feel it roar. So my little heart leaped high with eager excitement when I knew that my wish was at last to be realized.
我對(duì)那個(gè)夏天的最生動(dòng)的記憶就是海洋。我一直生活在內(nèi)陸，從來(lái)沒(méi)有如此近距離地呼吸過(guò)帶咸味的空氣。但是我曾讀到過(guò)一本厚厚的，叫做《我們的世界》的書，書中對(duì)于海洋的描述令我產(chǎn)生了十分迫切的沖動(dòng)，我渴望能觸摸到雄渾的大海，領(lǐng)略到巨浪的咆哮。我知道我的愿望終于要實(shí)現(xiàn)了，我那顆小小的心臟激動(dòng)得怦怦直跳。
No sooner had I been helped into my bathing-suit than I sprang out upon the warm sand and without thought of fear plunged into the cool water. I felt the great billows rock and sink. The buoyant motion of the water filled me with an exquisite, quivering joy. Suddenly my ecstasy gave place to terror; for my foot struck against a rock and the next instant there was a rush of water over my head. I thrust out my hands to grasp some support, I clutched at the water and at the seaweed which the waves tossed in my face.
剛換好游泳衣，我就沖向了溫暖的沙灘，根本顧不得考慮海浪是大是小了。我觸摸到了巨大的如浪濤般起伏的巖石，還有石頭上的水洼。在起伏的海水中漂流，我高興得渾身顫抖。但是緊接著，我的喜悅就變成了恐懼。我的腳撞到了一塊巖石，隨后，一股水流又涌上了我的頭頂。我伸出手想抓住某個(gè)能支撐的東西，可我只是抓到了隨波逐流的海草。
