2008星火30篇文章贯通考研词汇(4)

Unit 23 The Shipwreck

海难

所有灾难中，也许只有海难是最令人感到无奈的。在茫茫大海上，既不如遭遇空难一样完全无助，更不如遭遇陆地灾难一样有物可依，有的只是禁不住人的海水，幸运的话可能会有一些漂浮物，最多也就有一些幻想罢了……

The rumble(隆隆声) of the ship's engine was too loud and Greg could not get to sleep. He got up and put on an overcoat because he could hear the wind outside, and a walk on the deck was what he needed to calm his nerves. The tossing of the ship caused him to stagger as he went down the passage way to the upper deck. Outside the wind it was fierce and he clung to his lapel(衣领) to keep his coat from blowing off. The port(船左舷) side of the ship was less windy and Greg found a sheltered passage way amid the ship.

Sitting on a deck chair he began to think of the reasons for taking this voyage. Why had his marriage gone wrong? Who was at fault? Why did his wife's lifestyle and his never seem to coincide? He felt bitter and guilty at the same time. The sound of the wind and the harsh(刺耳的) whipping of the ship in the rough sea played destruction with his reasoning.

He was half dozing off when he looked up and standing in the passage way was a figure clutching an overcoat. He could see by the waving of the long black hair that it was a woman. She dropped down onto a deck chair next to him and said, "Do you mind?"

He said, "No, not at all, be my guest(欢迎赏光，请随便). "

She settled down in the chair and said, "This wind and the rough sea are more than I can take and I just have to get out. "

"I know what you mean, I sure hope it doesn't last much longer, my nerves are on edge. "

"Mine, too. " she agreed. He cast a glimpse at her face and remembered her sitting alone at dinner, like himself.

"My name's Greg. I noticed you were dining alone. I assume you are sailing by yourself?"

"Yes, I am, my name is Pearl, isn't this weather terrible?" Greg nodded and clutched his coat tighter. They sat for quite some time, not saying anything. Her thoughts wondered back to home and to her troubles. Her husband was killed in an auto accident and this trip was to ease herself and relieve her sadness. The rough sea and the howling(嚎叫的) wind didn't help very much.

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