💬 新概念英语第三册
共 1411 条英汉对照例句 · 第 30 页
Lesson 43 Fully insured
But the claim made by a local authority to recover the cost of salvaging a sunken pie dish must surely be unique.
但某地当局为打捞一只焙制馅饼的盘子提出索赔，倒是件新鲜的事儿。
Lesson 43 Fully insured
Admittedly it was an unusual pie dish, for it was eighteen feet long and six feet wide.
这个馅饼盘子确实少见，有18英尺长，6英尺宽。
Lesson 43 Fully insured
It had been purchased by a local authority so that an enormous pie could be baked for an annual fair.
某地方当局买下它用来焙制一个巨大的馅饼为一年一度交易会助兴。
Lesson 43 Fully insured
The pie committee decided that the best way to transport the dish would be by canal,
馅饼委员会确认运输这只盘子的最佳方案是通过运河水运。
Lesson 43 Fully insured
so they insured it for the trip.
于是，他们对这只盘子的运输安全投了保。
Lesson 43 Fully insured
Shortly after it was launched, the pie committee went to a local inn to celebrate.
盘子下水后不久，馅饼委员会成员们来到当地一家小酒店庆贺。
Lesson 43 Fully insured
At the same time, a number of teenagers climbed on to the dish and held a little party of their own.
就在这个时候，许多十几岁的孩子爬盘子举行他们自己的集会。他们跳起了舞，盘子难以承受。
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Dancing proved to be more than the dish could bear, for during the party it capsized and sank in seven feet of water.
舞会进行过程中，盘子倾覆，沉入了7英尺深的水中。
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The pie committee telephoned a local garage owner who arrived in a recovery truck to salvage the pie dish.
馅饼委员会给当地汽车修理库老板打电话，他闻讯后开着一辆急修车前来打捞盘子。
Lesson 43 Fully insured
Shivering in their wet clothes, the teenagers looked on while three men dived repeatedly into the water to locate the dish.
那些孩子们穿着湿衣服哆嗦，看着3个工人轮潜入水中以确定盘子的位置。
Lesson 43 Fully insured
They had little difficulty in finding it,
他们没费多大事儿就找到了盘子。
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but hauling it out of the water proved to be a serious problem.
可是把盘子捞出却是一个很大的难题。
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The sides of the dish were so smooth that it was almost impossible to attach hawsers and chains to the rim without damaging it.
盘子四边十分光滑，要在盘边拴上绳索或链条而同时又不损坏它是很难办到的。
Lesson 43 Fully insured
Eventually chains were fixed to one end of the dish and a powerful winch was put into operation.
不过，他们终于将链条固定在盘子的一端，一台大功率的绞车开动起来。
Lesson 43 Fully insured
The dish rose to the surface and was gently drawn towards the canal bank.
盘子慢慢浮出水面，被轻轻地拽向运河岸边。
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For one agonizing moment, the dish was perched precariously on the bank of the canal, but it suddenly overbalanced and slid back into the water.
在令人忐忑不安的瞬间，盘子晃晃悠悠地上了岸，但它突然失去了平衡，又跌回水中。
Lesson 43 Fully insured
The men were now obliged to try once more.
工人们只得再来一次。
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This time they fixed heavy metal clamps to both sides of the dish so that they could fasten the chains.
这次，他们用沉重的金属夹子把盘子夹住，以便往盘子上安装铁链。
Lesson 43 Fully insured
The dish now had to be lifted vertically because one edge was resting against the side of the canal.
这次，盘子必须垂直吊出水面，因为盘子的一边紧靠着运河河岸。
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The winch was again put into operation and one of the men started up the truck.
绞盘机再次启动，一位工人发动了急修车的引擎。
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Several minutes later, the dish was again put into operation and one of the water.
几分钟后，盘子被成功地拽出了水面。
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Water streamed in torrents over its sides with such force that it set up a huge wave in the canal.
波浪从盘子两侧急涌而出，在运河里掀起一股大浪。
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There was danger that the wave would rebound off the other side of the bank and send the dish plunging into the water again.
但是当波浪从河对岸折回来时，就有再次把盘子拖进水里的危险。
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By working at tremendous speed, the men managed to get the dish on to dry land before the wave returned.
工人们动作迅速，终于赶在那股大浪返回之前把盘子拽到了岸上。
Lesson 44 Speed and comfort
People travelling long distances frequently have to decide whether they would prefer to go by land, sea, or air.
出远门的人常常需要决定是走旱路、水路，还是坐飞机。
Lesson 44 Speed and comfort
Hardly anyone can positively enjoy sitting in a train for more than a few hours.
很少有人能够真正喜欢坐几个小时以上的火车。
Lesson 44 Speed and comfort
Train compartments soon get cramped and stuffy.
车厢很快就变得拥挤、闷热，
Lesson 44 Speed and comfort
It is almost impossible to take your mind off the journey.
想摆脱开旅途的困扰是很难的。
Lesson 44 Speed and comfort
Reading is only a partial solution,
看书只能解决部分问题。
Lesson 44 Speed and comfort
for the monotonous rhythm of the wheels clicking on the rails soon lulls you to sleep.
车轮与铁轨间单调的嘎喳声很快就会送你进入梦乡。