雙語美文：一個孩子找到了我的勞力士
Some friends and I went hiking
今天我和一羣朋友去徒步旅行
to a waterfall swimming hole today.
我們的目的地是一個瀑布戲水酒店
We get out there
我們去到游泳池邊
and endure the initially very cold waters
忍受了乍然接觸到刺骨的冷水的不適感
and climbing boulders
爬到了瀑布頂上
to jump off of.
從那裏跳下水去
We're having a great time
我們玩得很開心
and about an hour in
大約一小時過去了
I realize my watch has come off.
我才發現自己的手錶不見了
I start scanning the river bottom
我開始在瀑布底部的河牀四面搜索
through the intermittent rays of good sunlight
透過間或射過來的燦爛陽光
but after an another hour
經過又一個小時的搜索
I'm starting to realize
我開始意識到
it's going to stay lost
怕是找不回來了
until I bring out some diving gear
我鼓起勇氣拿出了潛水的器具
(it's cold enough to
水裏的溫度非常低
lose your breath very quickly
會讓你短時間內無法呼吸
and hard see in shady spots).
陰暗的地方視野極差
A family overheard my buddies and I talking about it,
一家人無意間聽到了我和朋友們的對話
"that sucks man",
“真糟糕”
"we'll come back out", ect....
“你一定會找到的”云云
They offer me some goggles
他們借給我一副護目鏡
to make it easier to see down at the bottom.
這樣更方便我查找水底深處的地方
I look for a while
我下水找了一會兒
until the father calls his teenage son over,
這時這家人中的父親把他那個十多歲大的兒子翻了過來
"he's a great swimmer,
他是個游泳好手
he'll help you".
他會幫助你的
I'm like even more grateful at this point
聞說此話，我只能更加感激
because
因爲我知道
stay under in the cold water was getting rough.
呆在冰冷刺骨的水裏可是個苦差事
He searches for 10 minutes
他找了10分鐘
and finds my watch!!!
果真找到了我的手錶！
I thank him and his father
我向他和他的父親表達了感謝
several times
一次一次的重複
and relief like a wave rushes over me.
欣慰的感覺像潮水一樣襲來
I will be eternally grateful to that family.
我會永遠對這家人心存感激
