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52 Catastrophe at Sea
海上遇難
I was a code breaker for the Navy corps.
我是一名海軍軍團(tuán)的密碼破解員。
Our battleship was assigned to convoy an aircraft carrier to the Caribbean Sea.
我們的戰(zhàn)艦奉命為一艘航空母艦護(hù)航到加勒比海。
Our ship’s captain was in charge of coordination the voyage.
艦長(zhǎng)負(fù)責(zé)協(xié)調(diào)這次海上行動(dòng)。
We had a special cosmopolitan crew that was trained to cooperate with an international military force.
我們擁有一支來(lái)自世界各地的海勤隊(duì)伍，他們受過(guò)特殊訓(xùn)練能與國(guó)際軍事組織配合行動(dòng)。
Our mission of cooperation was to help restore order to a region whose government had suffered from years of corruption.
我們合作的使命在于幫助那些其政府已被多年腐敗所困擾的地區(qū)恢復(fù)正常。
On the thirteenth night if the voyage, there was a convivial party below the deck.
航行的第13天晚上，人們?cè)诩装逑旅媾e辦歡樂(lè)的舞會(huì)。
Without warning, our ship hit something big.
突然，戰(zhàn)艦撞到了一個(gè)龐然大物，在這之前沒有任何警報(bào)。
We rushed on deck to find that had broken off, exposing a huge steel hull below.
我們迅速?zèng)_上甲板，發(fā)現(xiàn)我們撞在海中央的一個(gè)珊瑚礁。
Years of exposure to the corrosive effects of salt water had corroded parts of the hull.
珊瑚礁的外殼已經(jīng)裂開，下面露出一個(gè)巨大的鋼船體。
Through the corrosion, we could see that it was a battleship.
由于海水多年的腐蝕作用，部分船體已被腐蝕。透過(guò)腐蝕層，我們能看到這是一條戰(zhàn)艦。
We sent divers into the hull to investigate.
我們派潛水員入船體中去勘察。
At the core of the hull, they found a strange copper coffin.
在船體的中心，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)一口奇怪的銅棺材。
We brought it on board and opened it below the deck.
我們把它打撈上船，在甲板下面把它打開。
We found a corpulent corpse and a letter of correspondence.
發(fā)現(xiàn)里面有一具臃腫的尸體和一封聯(lián)系信件。
The correspondence was written in what appeared to be cosmic code.
通信內(nèi)容似乎是用宇宙密碼寫成的。
I was able to correlate the code to letters in the English language.
我能把這些密碼與英語(yǔ)字母聯(lián)系起來(lái)。
The result was shocking.
破譯的結(jié)果實(shí)在令人震驚。
It was a warning letter from the last survivor of the sunken ship.
這是一艘沉船的最后的幸存者留下的警告信。
“Stay out of the Bermuda area,” it said.
上面寫著：“離開百慕大地區(qū)。”
Just then, I felt a huge wave roll over our ship.
正在那時(shí)，我感到一個(gè)巨浪向我們的船打來(lái)。
Our ship began to sink.
船開始下沉，
I tumbled to the floor and lost consciousness.
我跌跌撞撞地沖上甲板，然后就失去了知覺。
Then I heard a loud voice.
接著我聽到有人大聲喊道：
“Hey, wake up!” my roommate yelled.
“嘿，醒一醒！你又在做夢(mèng)吧！”原來(lái)是我室友正在對(duì)我大聲叫呢。
