And I had hardly moved before the boat, giving up at once her gentle dancing movement, ran straight down a slope of water so steep that it made me giddy, and struck her nose, with a spout of spray, deep into the side of the next wave.

• 我刚挪动了一下身子，小筏子便立刻改变了原来轻盈的运动方式，径直向一个陡得令我头晕眼花的浪谷滑去，接着船头又猛地扎进了下一个浪涛的深处，溅起了一阵水花。