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The exhibition completed, two motor boats plowed down the river, the girls were hauled aboard, and brought back.
展示結(jié)束了，兩艘摩托艇在河面上放慢速度，女孩們被運(yùn)上摩托艇并帶回。
Marion took a place on a float near the high-diving board, for fancy diving was the last event on the program,
馬里恩在高臺(tái)跳水附近的花車上找了個(gè)位置，花樣跳水是最后一個(gè)項(xiàng)目，
and she did not wish to miss it. She watched Margaret Howard, the first diver, as she mounted the ladder.
她不希望錯(cuò)過，她看著瑪格麗特·霍武德，她是第一個(gè)跳水者，她走上了梯子。
Margaret was the star diver of the club, and all eyes were upon her. Margaret stood ready at the edge of the board.
瑪格麗特是俱樂部的跳水明星，所有的眼睛都在注視著她，瑪格麗特站在跳板邊緣準(zhǔn)備。
For an instant Marion removed her eyes from the girl and glanced at the water beneath the platform.
瞬間馬里恩的注意力從她的身上挪走，注視著跳臺(tái)下面的水。
She gave a sudden start and leaned forward in an attempt to get a clearer view.
她突然起動(dòng)，身子向前傾為了讓自己的視角更清楚。
She could see the indistinct outline of a dark object below the surface, and realized what had happened.
她可以看到水面下有一個(gè)輪廓不太清晰的黑色物體，她知道發(fā)生了什么。
A log, in drifting down the river, had caught at one corner of the standards of the diving platform
一塊原木順著河流流下，卡在了跳水平臺(tái)的底座上，
and was being held just below the surface of the water. It reached out toward the spot where Margaret Howard would surely dive!
而且位置就在水面以下，并向前移動(dòng)到瑪格麗特跳水的地方。
Fear paralyzed Marion for the moment; then she cried out in warning: Stop her!
那一刻馬里恩害怕極了，她大叫道發(fā)出警告，阻止她！
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The persons who were near Marion looked at her in surprise, and a few of them smiled, but Margaret did not hear.
靠近馬里恩的人驚訝地看著她，幾個(gè)人笑了，但瑪格麗特并不害怕。
She poised on the board and sprang upward and out, spreading her hands for the swan dive.
她在跳板上準(zhǔn)備好，向上躍起并跳了出去，伸開手準(zhǔn)備魚躍翻滾。
A moment her body seemed to remain motionless at a point above the board, then she shot downward.
剎那間她的身體似乎在跳板上方靜止不動(dòng)，之后她迅速落下。
She struck the water, and what would have been a perfect dive ended in an awkward flop. There was no thud, no crash,
她泛起了水花，本應(yīng)該是完美一跳卻變成了尷尬的一跳，水面上沒有撲通一聲，沒有碰撞，
and not until a jagged log floated free on the water did those who were standing near the platform understand what had happened.
直到一塊帶鋸齒的原木漂流在海面上站在平臺(tái)附近的人才意識(shí)到發(fā)生了什么。
