选修八英语小课文翻译
How Failure Became Success
On 8th August,1914,27 men who had replied to an advertisement in The Times boarded a ship leaving for the Antarctic.The name of the ship was the Endurance and the captain was an Irishman called Ernest Shackleton.
The aim of the journey was to cross the frozen continent via the South Pole – journey of 1,800 miles.Shackleton thought the journey would last six months.
But when land came into sight,the Endurance became trapped in the ice and began to break up.Shackleton and his men watched the Endurance sink into the icy sea.They then headed north,pulling three lifeboats behind them.
After six days,bad weather forced them to give up and the men set up camp on a sheet of ice which began slowly moving across the Antarctic Circle.
They survived on the ice for five months.Then,on 16th April,1915,Shackleton saw land.It was Elephant Island – large rock with nothing growing on it,but much better than a floating piece of ice.When they reached the island,Shackleton came up with an idea – it was a risk but he would have to take it.He and five men would take one of the lifeboats,and sail 800 miles to South Georgia,where there was a permanent camp.They could then return to rescue the rest of the men.
It took Shackleton 17 days to rach South Georgia.Unfortunately he landed on the wrong side of the island,and had to walk 36 hours over mountains to reach the camp.The whale hunters all the camp couldn?t believe their eyes when they saw the six men walking down from the mountains.
Shackleton kept his promise.More than three months later,he returned to Elephant Island to rescue the crew he had been forced to abandon.He had failed to reach the pole – but he had saved the lives of all his men
失败是如何成功
1914年8月8日,响应泰晤士报上一则广告的27个人登上一艘轮船向南极进发。船的名字是耐力号，船长是一个名为欧内斯特沙克尔顿的爱尔兰人。
旅行的目的是通过南极——穿越冰冻大陆旅行1800英里。沙克尔顿认为,旅行将持续六个月。
但当土地已近在眼前,耐力号就被困在冰中,开始分解。沙克尔顿和他的船员看着耐力号沉入冰冷的海中。然后他们后面拖着三只救生艇，一路向北。
六天后,恶劣的天气迫使他们放弃,男人在一片冰上扎营，开始缓缓地向南极圈移动。
他们在冰上生活了5个月。1915年4月16日,沙克尔顿看见了陆地。它是大象岛——一块大的石头都没有,但是还好有一块漂浮的冰。当他们到达岛上,沙克尔顿想出了一个主意——这是一个风险,但他不得不接受。他和五个人将乘坐其中一只救生艇,航行800英里到达南乔治亚岛,那里有一个他们的长期营地。然后他们可以回来救援其他人。
沙克尔顿花了17天抵达南乔治亚。不幸的是他错误的着陆在岛的'另一边,必须徒步36个小时登上山脉到达营地。当营地里的捕鲸者看到他们6个人从山上下来，都不敢相信他们的眼睛。
沙克尔顿遵守了他的诺言。三个多月后,他回到大象岛上营救船员,他被迫放弃。他没能到达北极——但他救了所有人的性命
