Lesson 27 The 'Vasa'

and zoomorphic animal shapes ablaze with red and gold and blue,

還有用紅色、金黃色、藍色繪制的光彩奪目的獸形圖案，

Lesson 27 The 'Vasa'

symbols of courage, power, and cruelty,

象征著勇敢、力量和殘暴，

Lesson 27 The 'Vasa'

were portrayed to stir the imaginations of the superstitious sailors of the day.

以激起當時崇尚迷信的水手們的想像。

Lesson 27 The 'Vasa'

Then the cannons of the anchored warships thundered a salute to which the Vasa fired in reply.

這時，停泊在港口的其他戰船向瓦薩號鳴炮致禮，瓦薩號也鳴炮回禮。

Lesson 27 The 'Vasa'

As she emerged from her drifting cloud of gun smoke with the water churned to foam beneath her bow,

當"瓦薩號從彌漫的禮炮煙云中出現時，船頭下浪花四濺，

Lesson 27 The 'Vasa'

her flags flying, pennants waving, sails filling in the breeze,

艦旗迎風招展，三角旗隨風飄動，微風鼓起風帆，

Lesson 27 The 'Vasa'

and the red and gold of her superstructure ablaze with colour,

金碧輝煌的船樓閃耀著燦爛的色彩。

Lesson 27 The 'Vasa'

she presented a more majestic spectacle than Stockholmers had ever seen before.

瓦薩號展現的壯觀景象是斯德哥爾摩人從未見過的。

Lesson 27 The 'Vasa'

All gun-ports were open and the muzzles peeped wickedly from them.

船上的炮眼都開著，炮口虎視眈眈地向外窺視著。

Lesson 27 The 'Vasa'

As the wind freshened there came a sudden squall and the ship made a strange movement, listing to port.

當風力增強時，突然刮來一陣大風，瓦薩號奇怪地搖晃了一下，便向左舷傾斜。

Lesson 27 The 'Vasa'

The Ordnance Officer ordered all the port cannon to be heaved to starboard to counteract the list,

炮長命令把左舷上所有大炮搬到右舷上來以抵消船的傾斜，

Lesson 27 The 'Vasa'

but the steepening angle or me decks increased.

但甲板的傾斜度仍在增加。

Lesson 27 The 'Vasa'

Then the sound of rumbling thunder reached the watchers on the shore, as cargo, ballast,

岸上的觀眾聽到船上發出了雷鳴般的轟響。當物品、壓艙物、

Lesson 27 The 'Vasa'

ammunition and 400 people went sliding and crashing down to the port side of the steeply listing ship.

彈藥和400個人轟地一聲滑向陡斜的左舷時，

Lesson 27 The 'Vasa'

The lower gun-ports were now below water and the inrush sealed the ship's fate.

下層炮眼已淹沒在水里，涌進船艙的水給瓦薩號帶來了難以逃脫的厄運。

Lesson 27 The 'Vasa'

In that first glorious hour, the mighty Vasa , which was intended to rule the Baltic,

就這樣，想要統治波羅的海的大型戰艦"瓦薩號，在它壯麗的起航時刻，

Lesson 27 The 'Vasa'

sank with all flags flying----in the harbour of the birth.

帶著全身飄揚的彩旗，沉沒在了它誕生的港口。

Lesson 28 Patients and doctors

This is a sceptical age,

這是一個懷疑一切的時代，

Lesson 28 Patients and doctors

but although our faith in many of the things in which our forefathers fervently believed has weakened,

可是雖然我們對我們祖先篤信的許多事物已不太相信，

Lesson 28 Patients and doctors

our confidence in the curative properties of the bottle of medicine remains the same as theirs.

我們對瓶裝藥品療效的信心仍與祖輩一樣堅定。

Lesson 28 Patients and doctors

This modern faith in medicines is proved by the fact

這個事實證實了現代人對藥物的信賴。

Lesson 28 Patients and doctors

that the annual drug bill of the Health Services is mounting to astronomical figures

衛生部門的年度藥費上升到了天文數字，

Lesson 28 Patients and doctors

and shows no signs at present of ceasing to rise.

并且目前尚無停止上升的跡象，

Lesson 28 Patients and doctors

The majority of thepatients attending the medical out-patients departments of our hospitals

在醫院門診部看病的大多數人

Lesson 28 Patients and doctors

feel that they have not received adequate treatment unless they are able to carry home with them some tangible remedy in the shape of a bottle of medicine,

覺得沒算得到充分的治療，如果不能帶回一些看得見、摸得著的藥物回家的話，如一瓶藥水、

Lesson 28 Patients and doctors

a box of pills, or a small jar of ointment,

一盒藥丸、一小瓶藥膏

Lesson 28 Patients and doctors

and the doctor in charge of the department is only too ready to provide them with these requirements.

負責門診的醫生也非常樂意為前來看病的人提供他們想要得到的藥物，

Lesson 28 Patients and doctors

There is no quicker method of disposing of patients than by giving them what they are asking for,

病人要什么就給什么，沒有比這樣處理病人更快的方法了。

Lesson 28 Patients and doctors

and since most medical men in the Health Services are overworked and have little time for offering time-consuming and little-appreciated advice on such subjects as diet,

因為衛生部門的大多數醫生都超負荷工作，所以沒有多少時間提出一些既費時而又不受人歡迎的忠告，如注意飲食、

Lesson 28 Patients and doctors

right living, and the need for abandoning bad habits etc.,

生活有規律、需要克服壞習慣等等，