可是所罗门·吉尔斯在谈到海洋的时候，却露出内心暗暗欣喜的神态，搓着手，并且怀着难以形容的踌躇满志的心情看着周围的航海物品。

'Think of this wine for instance,' said old Sol, 'which has been to the East Indies and back, I'm not able to say how often, and has been once round the world. Think of the pitch-dark nights, the roaring winds, and rolling seas:'

'The thunder, lightning, rain, hail, storm of all kinds,' said the boy.

“例如，想一想这葡萄酒吧，”老所尔说道，“我不知道它有多少次被运到东印度群岛，然后又运回来，有一次还周游了全世界。想一想那漆黑的夜，那怒吼的风和那滚滚的波涛吧！”

“想一想那雷，那闪电，那雨，那冰雹和那狂风暴雨吧！”孩子说道。

'To be sure,' said Solomon, 'that this wine has passed through. Think what a straining and creaking of timbers and masts: what a whistling and howling of the gale through ropes and rigging:'

“毫无疑问，”所罗门说道，“这葡萄酒曾经经历了这一切。想一想那船板和桅杆弯曲变形，发出了吱吱嘎嘎的响声吧，想一想那大风穿过缆绳和索具发出的长啸和怒号吧！”

'What a clambering aloft of men, vying with each other who shall lie out first upon the yards to furl the icy sails, while the ship rolls and pitches, like mad!' cried his nephew.

“想一想当船在疯狂似地左右摇晃、前后颠簸的时候，船员们却往桅杆高处攀登，相互竞争谁先爬到帆桁上去卷收结冰的船帆吧！”他的外甥喊道。

'Exactly so,' said Solomon: 'has gone on, over the old cask that held this wine. Why, when the Charming Sally went down in the '

'In the Baltic Sea, in the dead of night; five-and-twenty minutes past twelve when the captain's watch stopped in his pocket; he lying dead against the main mast on the fourteenth of February, seventeen forty-nine!' cried Walter, with great animation.

“一点不错，”所罗门说道，“装着这酒的旧桶经受了这一切。唉！当‘妩媚的萨利’号沉没在——”
“波罗的海①，在深更半夜的时候，12点25分钟，这时船长衣袋里的表停止走了；他躺在大桅杆附近旁死去了，那是在1749年2月24日！”沃尔特十分兴奋地喊道。

注释：complacency n. 自满；满足；自鸣得意
例句：
1. He had an air of complacency.
他脸上显出得意的神气。
2. The company has had a good year but we must guard against complacency.
公司获得了一个好年头，我们务必防止沾沾自喜。

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①波罗的海（BaltieSea）：欧洲北部的内海。