《书虫》双语听读4级下 极限之旅 03-02

前情提要：

1949年娜奥米.鲍尔出生在新西兰的一家农场里，她很喜欢书中的冒险故事，1970年12月31日娜奥米和朱丽叶动身前往欧洲，娜奥米腼腆又缺乏自信，她一直不知道自己真正想做的是什么，但是她知道自己热爱旅游，1973年夏天，她买了一辆自行车想要只身环游奥地利，她的生活也因此即将发生很大的变化。

故事原文：

2 Crazy About Boats 为船痴迷

It was August 1975 and Naomi was in France.She began to think seriously about her future. She knew that she liked animals and the open-air life. Why not go to England and try to find work in a zoo?

1975年8月，娜奥米当时呆在法国。她开始认真地思考自己的未来。她知道自己喜欢动物和户外生活。为什么不去英格兰，试着到动物园去找份工作呢?

She sent her bicycle back to Juliet, who was still in Vienna, and went to St Malo in France to catch the boat to England. As she was walking along by the harbour, she stopped to look at the famous yacht British Steel. To Naomi's surprise, a young woman suddenly appeared from below deck, and said,'Would you like a cup of coffee?’

她把自行车送给仍旧呆在维也纳的朱丽叶，然后去法国的圣马洛乘船前往英格兰。沿着港口漫步时，她停下来观赏那艘著名的帆船--“英国钢铁”号。让娜奥米惊讶的是，一个年轻的女子忽然从甲板下面探出身来，对她说:“想来杯咖啡吗?"

Naomi smiled and accepted the invitation from the friendly stranger. They started talking. The girl was from New Zealand too and she and her husband were having a sailing holiday on British Steel.

娜奥米微笑着接受了这位友好的陌生人的邀请。她们开始交谈。这个女孩也来自新西兰，她和她的丈夫正在“英国钢铁”号上航行度假。

Naomi learnt that British Steel belonged to Chay Blyth, the famous British yachtsman, and that he had sailed it around the world, alone and nonstop. Naomi became very interested and wanted to know more.

娜奥米从她那里知道“英国钢铁”号的主人是英国著名帆船运动员切，布莱思，他曾独自驾驶“英国钢铁”号进行不间断环球航行。娜奥米对此很感兴趣，想了解更多情况。

'Would you like to come below deck and meet the captain?’asked the young woman.'He's been sailing all night and he's just waking up.’

“你想到甲板下面来见见船长吗?”那个年轻女子问道。“他航行了一整夜，刚刚起床。”

So Naomi followed the girl below deck and there she met Rob James - the man who later became her husband.

娜奥米随她走到甲板下面，在那里见到了罗布·詹姆斯--他后来成了娜奥米的丈夫。

At that first meeting, Naomi and Rob talked for hours. They got on very well together. As Naomi listened to Rob's stories of the sea, she became more and more excited. Perhaps this was the kind of adventure she had been looking for. To her surprise, at the end of their talk Rob offered her a job as deckhand and cook on the yacht. Although she knew nothing about boats and could not cook,Naomi accepted immediately.She was always interested in trying something new, and as well as that, she liked Rob very much.

娜奥米和罗布初次见面就聊了几个小时。他们相处非常融洽。听着罗布讲大海的故事，娜奥米越来越兴奋。也许这正是她一直在寻找的冒险经历。出乎她意料的是，谈话结束时罗布给了她一份工作，让她在船上做水手兼厨师。虽然对船一无所知，也不会做饭，娜奥米还是立刻接受了这份工作。她总是乐于尝试新鲜事物，同时也很喜欢罗布。

The English Channel is a narrow piece of water between France and England. Although it is only thirty five kilometres wide,the Channel often has storms and the sea can be very rough.On her first trips across the Channel, Naomi was very seasick and she was afraid that she would never be a sailor.However,little by little things began to get better. Rob was a very good teacher, and Naomi quickly learnt the basics of sailing with his help.

英吉利海峡是英法之间的狭长水道。它只有35公里宽，但却经常暴雨大作，波涛汹涌。在头几次穿越英吉利海峡的航行中，娜奥米晕船晕得很厉害，担心自己永远也当不了一名水手。不过，情况渐渐好了起来。罗布是个出色的老师，在他的帮助下娜奥米很快就学会了航行的基本知识。

Naomi and Rob soon became very good friends. So Naomi was very unhappy when she learnt that he was going away for six months. He was going to be British Steels captain in the Atlantic Triangle boat race. Rob wanted Naomi to join him in the race, but unfortunately,she did not have enough money for the trip.Instead, she decided to go back to New Zealand for a few months.She had not seen her family now for five years.Leaving Rob was difficult, but she knew that she would soon see him again.

娜奥米和罗布很快成了好朋友。当得知罗布要离开六个月的时候，娜奥米闷闷不乐。罗布要在大西洋三角赛艇比赛中担任“英国钢铁”号的船长，并希望娜奥米能和他一起参赛，可惜她没有足够的旅费，因此她决定回新西兰呆几个月。她已经有五年没有见到家人了。尽管与罗布难舍难分，但她知道他们很快就会再见面的。

核心语言点：

• deck n. the outside top level of a ship that you can walk on 甲板
• deckhand n. someone who does unskilled work on a ship甲板水手;普通水手
• triangle n. something that is shaped like a triangle三角形物体