Chapter 5 Adventure（2） 第5章 冒險活動 (2)

原文賞析：

By July 3 we were at the entrance to the Strait of Magellan， abreast of Cabo de las Virgenes。

But Commander Farragut was unwilling to attempt this tortuous passageway and maneuvered instead to double Cape Horn。

The crew sided with him unanimously。 Indeed， were we likely to encounter the narwhale in such a cramped strait？

Many of our sailors swore that the monster couldn‘t negotiate this passageway simply because he’s too big for it！

Near three o‘clock in the afternoon on July 6， fifteen miles south of shore，

the Abraham Lincoln doubled that solitary islet at the tip of the South American continent， that stray rock Dutch seamen had named Cape Horn after their hometown of Hoorn。

Our course was set for the northwest， and the next day our frigate’s propeller finally churned the waters of the Pacific。

Open your eyes！ Open your eyes！ repeated the sailors of the Abraham Lincoln。

And they opened amazingly wide。

中文譯文：

7月3日，我們到達麥哲倫海峽口上，與童女峽在同一個緯度。

但法拉古艦長不願意透過這曲折的海峽，要從合恩角繞過去。

全體船員一致贊成他的主張。的確，我們哪能在這狹窄的海峽裡碰到那條獨角鯨呢？

大多數水手都肯定怪物不能透過海峽，因為它身體很大，海峽容不下它！

海面上，繞過這座孤島。這是伸在美洲大陸南端的岩石。

從前荷蘭水手把自己故鄉的名字送給它，稱它為合恩角。

現在船向西北開，明天，戰艦的機輪就要在太平洋水波中攪動了。

睜大眼睛！睜大眼睛！林肯號上的水手們一再他說。

他們都把眼睛睜得大大的。

我已加入“維權騎士”（rightknights。com）的版權保護計劃。