少年派的奇幻漂流 Chapter 37

Chapter 37,The ship sank. It made a sound like a monstrous ¹ metallic ² burp. Things bubbled at the surface and then vanished. Everything was screaming: the sea, the wind, my heart. From the lifeboat I saw something in the water.,I cried, "Richard Parker, is that you? It's so hard to see. Oh, that this rain would stop! Richard Parker? Richard Parker? Yes, it is you!",I could see his head. He was struggling to stay at the surface of the water.,"Jesus, Mary, Muhammad and Vishnu, how good to see you, Richard Parker! Don't give up, please. Come to the lifeboat. Do you hear this whistle? Treeeeee! Treeeeee! Treeeeee! You heard right. Swim, swim! You're a strong swimmer. It's not a hundred feet.",He had seen me. He looked panic-stricken. He started swimming my way. The water about him was shifting wildly. He looked small and helpless.,I was not wounded in any part of my body, but I had never experienced such intense pain, such a ripping of the nerves, such an ache of the heart.,He would not make it. He would drown. He was hardly moving forward and his movements were weak. His nose and mouth kept dipping underwater. Only his eyes were steadily ⁵ on me.,"What are you doing, Richard Parker? Don't you love life? Keep swimming then! Treeeeee! Treeeeee! Treeeeee! Kick with your legs. Kick! Kick! Kick!",He stirred in the water and made to swim.,"And what of my extended family-birds, beasts and reptiles ⁶?,Your behaviour in class is monstrous!你在课堂上的行为真是丢人！,A sharp metallic note coming from the outside frightened me.外面传来尖锐铿锵的声音吓了我一跳。