Imagine boating down the Amazon River, minding your own business, calmly keeping an eye out for alarmingly large snakes, and a curious pink dolphin appears to swim alongside.

想象下，在亚马逊河上划船，想着自己的事，平静地留意着会不会出现惊人的大蛇，只好奇的粉色海豚似乎在旁边游来游去。

We can row a boat on the lake.

我可以在湖上划船。

We fly kites. We go boating. We like spring.

我筝。我去划船。我喜欢春天。

Have you been for a paddle, General?

你去划船了吗，将军？

The men were already in back in the boat, rowing for their lives, and… a huge creature was chasing them, like a man, but so… tall.

伙计已经回到了船上，拼命地划船，而......个巨大的生物正在追逐他，像个人，但特别......高。

Jogging, cycling, or rowing are all good at burning calories, but they don't build muscle.

慢跑、骑自行车或划船都能燃烧卡路里，但锻炼不出肌。

Well, local boat clubs, but the standard is very high.

都是些当地划船俱乐部的人，不过他的水平还是非常高的。

There's said to be a lot of fun to sail or at least sit in and try to paddle from A to B before you sink.

据说在划船时，甚至在刚坐进去的时候就很有趣，尝试着在沉下去之前来回划桨的乐趣。

It's very intuitive, much like driving a car or driving a boat.

这非常直观，就像开车或划船样。

Hmm, sounds interesting. You know, it's the boating that I don't like.

听起来很好呀，我主要是不喜欢划船。

One boater said it was probably about feet long, just minding this business in the Bahamas until a dog spots the monster cruising beneath the surface and cannonball, the dog jumps into the water and starts chasing the shark away.

名划船者说，它可能有几英尺长，直到只狗发现这个怪物在水面下巡航，就像炮弹样，这只狗跳进水里，开始驱赶鲨鱼。

I've got a house, I've got some really nice snacks, I've got a rowing machine.

我买了房子、好吃的零食、划船机。

Boating is another way to enjoy the water.

划船是享受水上活动的另种玩法。

One friend invites another to go boating for the weekend.

位朋友邀请另位朋友周末去划船。

The boat ride to Lucky Island was really exciting!

在幸运岛划船真是精彩！

She was rowing and she hadn't even been doing that very long before she decided to embark on a 3,000-mile rowing trip all alone.

她当时正在划船，还没划多久就决定独自开始3000英里的划船之旅。

The life-boat has been sent out to save them; and some of them are in it. They try to reach the shore. Row, men; row for your lives!

救生艇已经被派出去营救他了；有些人已经坐上了救生艇。他努力地靠向岸边。划船，伙计；为了生存而划船！

However, the one story that connects most closely with following the rules is from boating.

但是，其中和遵守规则最贴近的个起源是划船。

We've gone from rowing to sail, to sail, to steam, steam, to the oil sector.

我经历了从手动划船到机动航行的过渡，完成了机动航行的转变，也经历了向蒸汽做动力的过渡到最终完全使用蒸汽做动力，也完成了向石油做动力燃料的过渡。

Again, including the example of going on a boating trip with her uncle.

再次，回答也包含了和她叔叔起划船的例子。