May 17.I saw some Pieces of the Wreck blown on Shore,at a great Distance,near two Miles off me,but resolved to see what they were,[qh]
五月十七日我看见几块沉船的残骸飘到岸上,离我差不多有两英里远,决心走过去看个究竟
and found it was a Piece of the Head,but too heavy for me to bring away.[qh]
原来是船头上的一块木料,但太重了,根本搬不动
May 24.Every Day to this Day I worked on the Wreck,and with hard Labour I loosened some Things so much with the Crow,[qh]
五月二十四日几天来,我每天上破船干活
that the first blowing Tide several Casks floated out,and two of the Seamens Chests;[qh]
潮水一来,竟有几只木桶和两只水手箱子浮了出来
but the Wind blowing from the Shore,nothing came to Land that Day,but Pieces of Timber,[qh]
由于风是从岸上吹来的,那天飘到岸上的东西只有几块木料[qh]
and a Hogshead which had some Brazil Pork in it,but the Salt-water and the Sand had spoiled it.[qh]
和一桶巴西猪肉,但那肉早被咸水浸坏,且掺杂着泥沙,根本无法食用
I continued this Work every Day to the 15th of June,except the Time necessary to get Food,[qh]
我这样每天除了觅食就上船干活,直到六月十五日
which I always appointed,during this Part of my Employment,to be when the Tide was up,[qh]
在此期间,我总是涨潮时外出觅食,退潮时就上船干活
that I might be ready when it was ebbed out,and by this Time I had gotten Timber,and Plank,and Iron-Work enough,[qh]
这么多天来,我弄到了不少木料和铁器
to have builded a good Boat,if I had known how;and also,I got at several Times,and in several Pieces,[qh]
如果我会造船,就可以造条小艇了
near 100 Weight of the Sheet-Lead.[qh]
大约有一百来磅重
June 16.Going down to the Sea-side,I found a large Tortoise or Turtle;this was the first I had seen,[qh]
六月十六日走到海边,看到一只大鳖
which it seems was only my Misfortune,not any Defect of the Place,or Scarcity;[qh]
看来,也许我运气不佳,以前一直没有发现,其实这岛上大鳖不少
for had I happened to be on the other Side of the Island,I might have had Hundreds of them every Day,[qh]
后来我发现,要是我在岛的另一边居住,我每天肯定可以捉到好几百只,[qh]
as I found afterwards;but perhaps had paid dear enough for them.[qh]
但同时因鳖满为患,将受害不浅
June 17.I spent in cooking the Turtle;I found in her threescore Eggs;[qh]
六月十七日我把那大鳖拿来煮了吃
and her Flesh was to me at that Time the most savoury and pleasant that ever I tasted in my Life,[qh]
当时,我感到鳖肉鲜美无比,是我平生尝到的最佳菜肴
having had no Flesh,but of Goats and Fowls,since I landed in this horrid Place.[qh]
因为自从我踏上这可怕的荒岛,除了山羊和飞禽,还没有吃过别的动物的肉呢![qh]