1 Let’s do it!
1 让我们出发吧！
Jack Griggs stands on his boat. The wind is strong and his boat moves quickly over the sea. A big, white bird goes past and makes a noise. ‘Keyaaaa’, it cries.
杰克·格里格斯站在他的船上。风很大，船在海面上疾驰而过。一只白色的大鸟飞过并发出叫声。“Keyaaaa，”它鸣叫着。
Jack smiles and says: ‘Hello, bird. How are you, today?’
杰克笑着说：“你好啊，小鸟。今天过得怎么样？”
Jack’s friends laugh and give some fish to the bird.
杰克的朋友们笑了起来，喂给那只鸟一些鱼。
‘Ah,’ says Jack. ‘Hungry, I see.’ Jack’s friends are Max and Sasha, and his wife’s name is Tonya.
“啊，”杰克说，“看来是饿了。”杰克的朋友是麦克斯和萨莎，他妻子的名字叫坦尼娅。
‘I am hungry, too,’ says Jack. ‘Sandwiches and drinks, everybody? Tonya. Can you steer?’
“我也饿了，”杰克说，“大家来点三明治和饮料怎么样？坦尼娅，你能掌一下舵吗？”
Half an hour later they are eating. ‘What are we going to do now?’ asks Jack.
半小时后，他们正在吃东西。“我们接下来要做什么？”杰克问。
‘Oh, I am going to read my book. Then I’m going to sleep,’ says Tonya.
“哦，我打算看看书，然后睡一觉，”坦尼娅说。
‘No – what about tomorrow?… Next month?… Next year?’ Jack looks at everyone. ‘We have lots of money from our old business, but…’
“不——我是说明天呢？……下个月呢？……明年呢？”杰克看着大家，“我们从之前的生意中赚了不少钱，但是……”
‘We can start another business,’ says Max.
“我们可以再做个新生意，”麦克斯说。
‘A sailing business?’ says Sasha.
“航海生意吗？”萨莎问。
‘I don’t want to work any more,’ says Tonya. ‘We don’t need to work.’
“我不想再工作了，”坦尼娅说，“我们不需要再工作了。”
‘OK, listen to me,’ says Jack. ‘I am thinking about sailing around the world.’
“好吧，听我说，”杰克说，“我在考虑环球航行。”
Max, Tonya and Sasha look at Jack. ‘What? From here to Australia?’ asks Tonya.
麦克斯、坦尼娅和萨莎看着杰克。“什么？从这里到澳大利亚？”坦尼娅问。
‘Of course,’ says Jack. He is getting very excited now. ‘Max, what do you think?’
“当然，”杰克说。他现在变得非常兴奋，“麦克斯，你觉得怎么样？”
‘I think we must talk about it,’ says Max.
“我觉得我们需要好好谈谈这件事，”麦克斯说。
They talk for hours. It is night when Max, Sasha and Tonya say excitedly: ‘OK. Let’s do it!’
他们谈了好几个小时。直到夜幕降临，麦克斯、萨莎和坦尼娅才兴奋地说：“好吧。让我们出发吧！”
They have to do a lot before they leave. Jack talks to a man who knows about sailing around the world. He tells Jack that it is hard work.
在出发前他们有很多准备工作要做。杰克请教了一位有环球航行经验的人。那人告诉杰克这是一项艰苦的工作。
‘Does the sea frighten you? Your boat is very small. Do you know your friends well? Are they good at sailing?’ he asks.
“大海会让你感到恐惧吗？你的船很小。你了解你的朋友们吗？他们擅长航海吗？”他问道。
‘We know each other well. They are the best people in the world,’ says Jack.
“我们彼此非常了解。他们是世界上最好的人，”杰克说。
The four friends look at lots of maps. Sasha wants to see a whale. Max wants to see Africa. ‘I want to sit in the sun and catch fish to eat,’ laughs Tonya.
四个朋友研究了许多地图。萨莎想看鲸鱼。麦克斯想去非洲。“我想坐在阳光下钓鱼吃，”坦尼娅笑着说。
It is exciting for all of them. And at first everything is easy.
这对他们所有人来说都令人兴奋。起初一切都很顺利。
The big day arrives – they are leaving. Some of their friends and family come to watch. Their friends stand by the water and say goodbye.
重要的日子到了——他们即将启程。一些亲友前来送行。朋友们站在水边道别。
‘Good luck,’ one of them says.
“祝你们好运，”其中一人说。
‘Don’t forget us!’ says Sasha’s sister.
“别忘了我们！”萨莎的姐姐说。
‘Write to me every day,’ says Tonya’s friend. ‘Give the letters to a bird.’
“每天给我写信，”坦尼娅的朋友说，“把信交给鸟儿捎回来。”
Sasha begins to cry. ‘What are we doing? Do I really want to go?’ she thinks. Max takes her hand. All of them are quiet, excited, and a little unhappy.
萨莎开始哭泣。“我们在干什么？我真的想去吗？”她心想。麦克斯握住她的手。所有人都安静下来，既兴奋又有些伤感。
‘Bye,’ says Jack quietly.
“再见，”杰克轻声说道。
2 Sailing south
2 向南航行
The wind is strong and the boat moves faster and faster. Jack, Max, Sasha and Tonya are happy at sea. There is a lot to do on the boat. The wind is behind them and soon they cannot see England. They are not unhappy now.
风力强劲，船越开越快。杰克、麦克斯、萨莎和坦尼娅在海上很开心。船上有很多事情要做。顺风而行，很快他们就看不见英格兰了。此刻他们不再感到难过。
They are sailing south. In France they stop at L’Orient and Biarritz. In Spain, they visit La Coruna, and in Portugal they stop in Lisbon. The sun gets hotter and they feel good.
他们一路向南航行。在法国，他们在洛里昂和比亚里茨停靠。在西班牙，他们游览了拉科鲁尼亚；在葡萄牙，他们在里斯本停留。阳光越来越烈，他们感觉很好。
Sasha catches a big fish and they eat it for tea.
萨莎钓到了一条大鱼，他们把它当作晚餐吃了。
Soon, they are sailing past Africa. Here, everything is different. They stop in Gambia and people look at them. Small children bring beads and shells and cloth. Tonya buys a green hat. There is a lot of colour and noise and excitement.
很快，他们驶过了非洲。在这里，一切都截然不同。他们在冈比亚停靠，当地人好奇地看着他们。小孩子们带来了珠子、贝壳和布料。坦尼娅买了一顶绿帽子。这里充满了色彩、喧闹和活力。
They sail for weeks and weeks past Africa. They stop at many small towns and villages by the sea.’Africa is so interesting, so big,’ says Sasha. ‘It goes on and on. I look at it on the map, but…’
他们沿着非洲海岸航行了好几个星期。在许多海边的小城镇和村庄停靠。“非洲太有趣了，太大了，”萨莎说，“它绵延不绝。虽然我在地图上看得到它，但……”
‘This is why we are here,’ says Jack. ‘Talking to different people, seeing different things. The boat, the sea, the wind. Nothing is better than this, is it?’
“这就是我们来这里的原因，”杰克说，“与不同的人交谈，看不同的风景。这艘船，这片海，这阵风。没有什么比这更美好的了，不是吗？”
Some days later they see a big fishing boat. It is moving very fast.
几天后，他们看到了一艘大型渔船。它开得飞快。
‘Hello!’ they shout at the boat. The men on the boat look at them angrily. Max looks carefully at the boat through his binoculars.
“喂！”他们朝那艘船大喊。船上的人愤怒地看着他们。麦克斯用望远镜仔细观察那艘船。
‘There is something wrong with their fishing net,’ he says. Max moves the binoculars and sees something in the sea. ‘I can see some net over there.’ He points to their left. ‘Why are they leaving it? Let’s have a look.’
“他们的渔网好像出了问题，”他说。麦克斯移动望远镜，看到了海里的东西。“我看到那边有一些网。”他指向左舷方向，“为什么他们把网丢在那里不管？我们去看看。”
They get nearer to the net and Tonya takes the binoculars.
他们靠近了那张网，坦尼娅拿起了望远镜。
‘What in the world…’ says Tonya. ‘What’s that? There is something in the net. It’s alive, but what is it?’
“天哪……”坦尼娅说，“那是什么？网里有东西。它是活的，但这到底是什么？”
Very slowly they move nearer to the net. The thing in the net is big and it is making a lot of noise.
他们非常缓慢地靠近那张网。网里的东西很大，并且发出了巨大的声响。
‘I can see it now,’ says Tonya. ‘It’s an orca – a killer whale – and it’s hurt. There is blood in the water. What can we do? How can we help it?’
“我现在看清了，”坦尼娅说，“是一只虎鲸——杀人鲸——它受伤了。水里有血。我们能做什么？怎么才能帮它？”
‘I can see it too. It is a baby but we must be careful,’ says Max.
“我也看到了。那是只幼鲸，但我们必须小心，”麦克斯说。
Jack is in the water. He is carrying a long paddle. ‘I am going to help it. I can get the net off its fin,’ he says.
杰克跳进了水里。他拿着一根长桨。“我要去帮它。我可以把缠在它鳍上的网解开，”他说。
‘Where’s its mother?’ asks Sasha. She looks at the sea. ‘I can’t see any other whales, but they are near here, I think. Be careful, Jack.’
“它的妈妈在哪里？”萨莎问。她望着海面，“我没看到其他鲸鱼，但我认为它们就在附近。小心点，杰克。”
Jack gets the net off the baby killer whale. There is a big cut on its fin, but it swims away. Suddenly there are other killer whales near the boat.
杰克解开了缠在小虎鲸身上的网。它的鳍上有一道很大的伤口，但它还是游走了。突然，船附近出现了其他的虎鲸。
‘Jack!’ Tonya shouts. ‘Get in quickly.’ Jack swims to the boat as fast as a fish. ‘That baby killer whale… I am going to call it Lucky,’ he says.
“杰克！”坦尼娅喊道，“快上来！”杰克像鱼一样飞快地游回船上。“那只小虎鲸……我要叫它‘幸运’，”他说。
3 The big wave
3 巨浪
It begins to rain as they move away from the killer whales. Suddenly it is raining very hard and there is a lot of wind. The sky is black.
当他们离开虎鲸群时，天开始下雨了。突然间暴雨倾盆，狂风大作。天空一片漆黑。
Jack says: ‘This is bad. We must get away from the wind. I can see a town over there. Let’s go.’
杰克说：“情况不妙。我们必须避开大风。我看到那边有个小镇。我们去那里。”
‘I’m frightened,’ says Tonya. It is difficult to hear her because of the wind.
“我很害怕，”坦尼娅说。风声太大，很难听清她的声音。
‘We’re all frightened,’ says Jack. ‘But everything is OK.’
“我们都很害怕，”杰克说，“但一切都会没事的。”
The town gets nearer but the waves get bigger and bigger. Suddenly a very big wave hits the boat. There is water everywhere.
小镇越来越近，但海浪也越来越大。突然，一个巨浪袭击了船只。到处都是水。
‘Is everyone OK,’ shouts Jack. ‘Max?’
“大家都没事吧？”杰克大喊，“麦克斯？”
‘Yes,’ says Max.
“没事，”麦克斯回答。
‘Sasha?’
“萨莎？”
‘My arm hurts but I’m OK,’ says Sasha.
“我的胳膊很痛，但我没事，”萨莎说。
‘Tonya?… Tonya?… Where’s Tonya?’ shouts Jack.
“坦尼娅？……坦尼娅？……坦尼娅在哪？”杰克大喊。
‘She’s not in the boat,’ says Sasha. ‘She’s in the water. But where?’
“她不在船上，”萨莎说，“她在水里。但在哪里？”
They look in the cold, dark water for hours. ‘Tonya! Say something, Tonya. Where are you?’ shouts Max.
他们在冰冷黑暗的水中寻找了几个小时。“坦尼娅！说句话啊，坦尼娅。你在哪？”麦克斯大喊。
The wind gets stronger and the boat is full of water. Another big wave hits the boat. Sasha’s arm hurts a lot now.
风越来越大，船里灌满了水。又一个巨浪袭来。萨莎的胳膊现在疼得厉害。
‘Jack, we must stop. Do you want us all to die?’ says Max. He puts his arm around Jack. ‘We can’t do any more. Tonya is wearing a lifejacket and she can swim very well. Let’s sail to the town.’
“杰克，我们必须停下来。你想让我们都死在这里吗？”麦克斯说。他搂住杰克的肩膀，“我们已经尽力了。坦尼娅穿着救生衣，而且她游泳技术很好。我们先开到那个镇上去吧。”
Jack puts his head in his hands. ‘This can’t happen. It can’t!’ he says.
杰克双手抱头。“这不可能发生。绝不可能！”他说。
Max begins to steer the boat. But the wind is too strong. Some time later the boat hits a beach. The three friends get out. They are very tired.
麦克斯开始掌舵。但风势太猛。过了一阵子，船撞上了海滩。三个朋友下了船。他们都筋疲力尽了。
They stop there. Max and Sasha sleep on the beach, but Jack sits near the water. He looks at the sea, thinking about Tonya.
他们就在那里停了下来。麦克斯和萨莎在海滩上睡着了，但杰克坐在水边。他望着大海，思念着坦尼娅。
4 Tonya
4 坦尼娅
Tonya is five hundred metres away out in the sea. She begins to swim, but the waves are too big and the water is too cold. She finds some wood and puts her arms around it.
坦尼娅在五百米外的海面上。她开始游泳，但浪太大，水太冷。她找到了一块木头，紧紧抱住它。
Tonya is thinking: ‘I must be strong. I am not going to die. I want to see the sun again. Jack is going to find me.’
坦尼娅心想：“我必须坚强。我不能死。我还想再见到太阳。杰克一定会来找我的。”
Tonya sees a boat far away. She calls to it. ‘Help! Help me! I’m over here!’ She moves her arms and shouts, but nobody hears her. The wind moves her away from the boat.
坦尼娅看到远处有一艘船。她向它呼救：“救命！救救我！我在这里！”她挥动手臂大声喊叫，但没人听见。风把她吹得离船越来越远。
‘Oh, Jack. I’m sorry,’ she says. Her head goes down on to the wood. In the arms of the sea, she sleeps.
“哦，杰克。对不起，”她说。她的头垂在了木头上。在大海的怀抱中，她睡着了。
Suddenly Tonya is not sleeping. There is no wind and she can see the sun. She looks everywhere. There is a beach in front of her – but she cannot swim to it.
突然，坦尼娅醒了过来。风停了，她能看到太阳。她环顾四周。面前就是一片海滩——但她已经游不动了。
‘I am too cold and too tired,’ she thinks. ‘I must see a boat soon.’
“我太冷也太累了，”她想，“我必须尽快看到一艘船。”
She looks at the sea. There are no boats, no people, but some birds.
她望向海面。没有船，没有人，只有几只鸟。
‘Can the birds help me?’ she thinks sleepily.
“鸟儿能帮我吗？”她昏昏欲睡地想。
Tonya listens to the sea. She likes the noise. Then she hears something different.
坦尼娅听着海浪声。她喜欢这种声音。然后她听到了一种不一样的声音。
‘Is it a baby crying?’ she thinks and looks up.
“是婴儿在哭吗？”她想着，抬起了头。
Ten metres in front of her is a big fin… a very big fin. Under the fin is a killer whale. The whale is making the noise. But it is not a baby – it is five metres long. Behind it is another whale. And another. And another.
在她前方十米处有一个巨大的鳍……非常大的鳍。鳍下面是一头虎鲸。声音就是这头鲸鱼发出的。但它不是幼鲸——它有五米长。在它后面还有另一头鲸鱼。接着又是一头。再接着又是一头。
‘Killer whales eat people. I am going to die,’ thinks Tonya.
“虎鲸会吃人。我要死了，”坦尼娅心想。
The killer whales come nearer and nearer. Tonya can’t feel her legs. ‘It’s OK, they are cold. That’s all,’ she thinks. She starts to swim away from the big fins.
虎鲸越靠越近。坦尼娅已经感觉不到自己的腿了。“没关系，只是因为太冷了。仅此而已，”她想。她开始试图游离那些巨大的鳍。
‘Help me!’ she shouts. ‘Help, help, help!’
“救救我！”她喊道，“救命，救命，救命！”
The killer whales are all around her. She closes her eyes and waits.
虎鲸把她团团围住。她闭上眼睛等待着。
But she does not die.
但她并没有死。
The biggest killer whale is under her. Suddenly she is on his back.
最大的那头虎鲸在她身下。突然间，她发现自己趴在了它的背上。
‘What is happening? Perhaps they are not hungry.’Tonya thinks.
“发生了什么？也许它们并不饿，”坦尼娅心想。
The killer whale moves slowly to the shore. He is taking Tonya to the beach.
虎鲸慢慢地向岸边游去。它正载着坦尼娅前往海滩。
Tonya puts her hands on the fin in front of her.
坦尼娅把手放在面前的鳍上。
‘This is a very big fish – too big for my tea!’ she thinks. She smiles and puts her head on his big back. Soon, she is sleeping again.
“这真是一条大鱼——当我的晚餐都嫌太大了！”她想。她微笑着，把头靠在它宽阔的背上。很快，她又睡着了。
5 ‘Tonya? Is that you?’
5 “坦尼娅？是你吗？”
Jack sits on the beach. The sun is in the sky. Behind him, Max and Sasha sleep.
杰克坐在海滩上。太阳挂在空中。在他身后，麦克斯和萨莎还在睡觉。
‘I must do something,’ he thinks. ‘I can’t take my boat but I must look for Tonya.’
“我必须做点什么，”他想，“虽然没法开我的船了，但我必须去找坦尼娅。”
He begins to walk along the beach. ‘There is a town near here. I can get a new boat, then I can look for Tonya.’
他开始沿着海滩走。“这附近有个镇子。我可以弄一艘新船，然后就能去找坦尼娅了。”
Just then Jack sees something on the beach. He walks nearer. It is a woman.
就在这时，杰克看到海滩上有个东西。他走近一看。那是一个女人。
Jack runs to the woman on the beach. ‘Tonya?’ he shouts. ‘Tonya! Is that you?’
杰克向海滩上的那个女人跑去。“坦尼娅？”他喊道，“坦尼娅！是你吗？”
Tonya moves her head slowly. ‘Jack! Oh, Jack. You’re OK!’
坦尼娅缓缓地转过头。“杰克！哦，杰克。你没事太好了！”
Jack puts his arms around Tonya. He kisses her face and cries. He can’t speak – he is too happy.
杰克紧紧拥抱住坦尼娅。他亲吻着她的脸庞，泪流满面。他激动得说不出话来——因为他太高兴了。
Tonya says: ‘What about Max and Sasha? Are they OK, too?’
坦尼娅问：“麦克斯和萨莎呢？他们也都没事吧？”
‘Everyone is OK,’ answers Jack.
“大家都没事，”杰克回答。
They sit on the beach and look at the sea.
他们坐在海滩上，眺望着大海。
Jack says: ‘We are very, very lucky.’
杰克说：“我们真的非常、非常幸运。”
Tonya sits up and sees a small fin in the water. It has a cut on it. The fin waves slowly and moves out to sea. It is waving goodbye, thinks Tonya.
坦尼娅坐起身来，看到水中有一个小小的鳍。上面还有一道伤口。那个鳍缓缓摆动，向着深海游去。它是在挥手告别，坦尼娅心想。
‘Lucky. Yes, Lucky,’ she says quietly to Jack.
“幸运。是的，幸运，”她轻声对杰克说。
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