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Chapter Two.
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Describes a Tremendous Battle and a Glorious Victory.
Before following our brilliant lifeboat—this gaudy1, butterfly-like thing of red, white, and blue—to the field of battle, let me observe that the boats of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution have several characteristic qualities, to which reference shall be made hereafter, and that they are of various sizes. (A full and graphic2 account of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution—its boats, its work, and its achievements—may be found in an interesting volume by its late secretary, Richard Lewis, Esquire, entitled History of the Lifeboat and its Work—published by Macmillan and Company.)
One of the largest size is that of Ramsgate. This may be styled a privileged boat, for it has a steam-tug3 to wait upon it named the Aid. Day and night the Aid has her fires “banked up” to keep her boilers4 simmering, so that when the emergency arises, a vigorous thrust of her giant poker5 brings them quickly to the boiling point, and she is ready to take her lifeboat in tow and tug her out to the famed and fatal Goodwin Sands, which lie about four miles off the coast—opposite to Ramsgate.
I draw attention to this boat, first because she is exceptionally situated6 with regard to frequency of call, the means of going promptly7 into action, and success in her work. Her sister-lifeboats of Broadstairs and Margate may, indeed, be as often called to act, but they lack the attendant steamer, and sometimes, despite the skill and courage of their crews, find it impossible to get out in the teeth of a tempest with only sail and oar8 to aid them.
Early in December, 1863, an emigrant
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发嘶嘶声( hiss的过去式和过去分词 ); 发嘘声表示反对 | |
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v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 );大声叫骂 | |
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v.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲 | |
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v.畏缩不前,犹豫( balk的过去式和过去分词 );(指马)不肯跑 | |
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n.大炮,火炮;飞机上的机关炮 | |
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shipwreck
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n.船舶失事,海难 | |
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forsake
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vt.遗弃,抛弃;舍弃,放弃 | |
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vessels
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n.血管( vessel的名词复数 );船;容器;(具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的)人 | |
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exhausted
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hazardous
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adj.(有)危险的,冒险的;碰运气的 | |
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emigrants
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n.(从本国移往他国的)移民( emigrant的名词复数 ) | |
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descried
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plunging
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adj.跳进的,突进的v.颠簸( plunge的现在分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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chaos
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writhing
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