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Some boys join the navy when they are quite young ， and are then given a course of training as sailors . It is a long course ， both on land and at sea ， and during it the boys study things like mathematics and science as well as learning to tie knots ， fire guns ， and do other practical things .
译文：有些男孩子参加海军时还相当年轻，然后他们上一个水兵训练班。这是一个时间很长的训练班，有陆地上的课、海上的课。在受训期间，这些孩子们既要学习数学、技术类功课，又要学习结绳、射击，还要学习一些其他实际操作。
One of the important things they are taught is ， of course ， how to swim . In the old days ， many sailors were unable to swim ，but nowadays it is rare to find one that cannot .
当然，他们几门最重要的功课中的一门就是学习怎样游泳。过去，许多水兵都不会游泳，但现在就很难找到不会游泳的水兵了。
At one school for sailor boys ，the swimming instructor was very good . He had never had a boy whom he had failed to teach to swim by the time the course ended . One year ， however ，there was one particular boy on the training course who seemed quite unable to learn to swim .
译文：有一所水兵学校，那里的一位游泳教员相当出色。他还没有一个学生训练结束时没有学会游泳的。然后有一年，在训练班上有一个很特别的男孩，他好像根本学不会游泳。
The instructor tried giving him extra lessons ， he tried throwing him into the pool at the deep end ， and he tried holding him up with a rope tied to the end of a fishingrod ， while he attempted to swim ， but he had no success at all ， whatever he did .In the end ，as the time drew near when the course was due to end ，he had to admit defeat .
译文：教员试过给他补课，试过把他扔进游泳池的深水区，还试过在他试游时，用拴在鱼竿端部的绳子拉着他，不让他下沉。但是无论这位教员怎么教也没有取得成功。最后，在训练班快要结束的时候，他不得不承认自己失败了。
One day ，he called the boy aside after the swimming lesson and said to him ， "John ， I have tried very hard to teach you to swim ， but I failed --for the first time in my life . Now I want to give you a piece of advice . Listen carefully ."
"Yes sir ，" answered the boy .
译文：一天，游泳课后他把这个男孩叫到一边，并对他说：“约翰，我已经尽了最大的力气教你游泳了，但我失败了--这在我这辈子还是第一次。现在我要给你一个忠告。你认真听着。”
"是，先生。"这男孩回答说。
"Well the instructor went on ， "if you are even in a ship and it sinks ， just jump over the side into the sea ， go right down to the bottom and run to the shore as fast as you can . That is the only way you will save your life ."
译文 ：“是这样的，”教员继续说：“如果你在一条船上，而船又向下沉，你马上翻过船舷跳到海里，然后一直沉到海底，然后尽快向岸上跑去。这是救你命的唯一办法。”
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