1. Throughout history, people have left the land and taken to the sea.

　　2. This has been done to catch food by fishing or to visit other lands.

　　3. Boats and ships have been used for this purpose.

　　4. The first boats were made of wood, as many are still today.

　　5. Paddles were first used to propel the boats and then sails were used.

　　6. Eventually, more sails were added to give speed to the ships and boats.

　　7. Later, coal was used to create steam driven engines.

　　8. Today, most ships or boats use oil based fuels.

　　9. There are rules and laws at sea, called maritime law.

　　10. Thieves at sea are called pirates, they break the maritime laws.

　　11. All sailors know to respect the sea as it can be a very dangerous place.

　　12. Perhaps drowning is one of the most feared forms of dying.

　　13. The sea bed is littered with thousands of years of shipping that sunk.

　　14. Nowadays, some people dive for the treasures that sunken ships may hold.

　　15. The fated ship, Titanic, has recently been one such ship, that has reviewed its sunken treasures.

　　
譯文：四十四　在海邊

　　1.1.歷史上人們曾離開過大陸到海上去。

　　2.這樣做是為了捕魚為食，或是到其他大陸去。

　　3.舟、船的功用就在于此。

　　4.與今天仍在使用的船一樣，第一艘船是用木頭做的。

　　5.一開始，人們用漿來保持船的平衡，然后用帆。

　　6.漸漸地，人們用帆來加速。

　　7.再往后，人們燒煤產(chǎn)生蒸氣來推動發(fā)動機。

　　8.今天，大多數(shù)船使用石油燃料。

　　9.有很多有關(guān)海上的法律條文，稱做“海事法”。

　　10.海上的強盜叫做海盜，他們違反了“海事法”。

　　11.海員們都懂得如何尊敬大海，因為這是一個危機潛藏之地。

　　12.也許溺水身亡是最恐怖的死亡方式。

　　13.海床上堆積著幾千年來的沉船。

　　14.現(xiàn)在，有人潛到水里尋找沉船可能藏匿的寶藏。

　　15.命運之船－泰坦尼克就是這樣一艘沉船。最近公布了其所藏匿的寶藏。