And the little maiden showed the boy everything; and the Elder Tree still was fragrant, and the red flag, with the white cross, was still waving: the flag under which the old seaman in the New Booths had sailed.

小姑娘把每样东西都指给男孩看；接骨木树依旧在发出香气；绘有白十字的红旗依旧飘动着——住在水手区的那个老水手就是在这个旗帜下出外航的。

They raised the ghost of a seagoing civilisation, a clear ancestor of our own with its clamour and glamour, its commercial pulse.

它们展现了当时航文明的景象，这文明是我们现代航文明的始祖，迷人、喧闹，商业繁华。

The frigate's interior accommodations complemented its nautical virtues.

战舰内部的装备完全合乎这次航任务的要求。

Then at Waimea, stock up on fresh provisions, just as Captain James Cook did when he first stepped ashore on what would be his final epic voyage.

前往韦梅亚，像库克船长初次登岛时一样大肆采购食物，当时那趟旅程最终成为他航记的最终章。

With a history of seafaring, the ocean connected our islands together as well as providing many resources to fish, to feed, and to adorn our handicrafts with seashells that we make a living from.

有着悠久的航历，它把我们的岛屿连接在一起，并为我们提供了许多资源以捕鱼、获取食物、以及我们赖以生存的用来装饰手工艺品的贝壳。

None more so than the sperm whale, one of the greatest voyagers on the planet.

最为典型的就是抹香鲸，地球上最伟大的航家之一。

From the seventeenth-century empire of Sweden, the story of a galleon that sank at the start of her maiden voyage in 1628 must be one of the strangest tales of the sea.

7世纪瑞典帝国1628年流传至今的故事，一艘大帆船在处女航时就沉没了，无疑是航上最离奇的事件。

To my astonishment I was informed on leaving college that I had studied navigation!

我离开大学的时候，有人告诉我说我学的是航专业，我当时真的是瞠目结舌！

Besides, there were lots of sailing books, and circumnavigations were increasing.

此外，市面上已经有许多有关航的书籍，环游地球的次数也在增加。

And now we have forgotten who we are.

于是人们渐渐忘记了自己是航者的后代。

He's a multidecorated combat veteran of Afghanistan and Iraq.

现在执教於为阵亡将士子弟 所办的航营。

In 1405, he set off from China on the first of seven great voyages.

1405，他发起了中国七大航上的第一次。

So Harrison's marine chronometers were some of the most precise machines ever built.

所以哈里森的航计时器是有以来最精确的机器之一。

The Polynesians were master discoverers and explorers who honed their skills over generations of navigators.

波利尼西亚人是杰出的发现者和探险家，他们靠一代又一代的航家磨练了自己的技能。

At that time, the compass played an important role in his sailing.

那时候，指南针在航中有很重要的作用。

Although some think Columbus was a great explorer, others are offended by his legacy.

虽然有人认为哥伦布是名垂青的航家及探险家，但其他人则对他产生质疑。

Knowing the direction of the wind is the most important part of sailing.

识别风向（direction of the wind ）是航的一个重要组成部分。

I keep leaving brochures around for schools at sea.

我还特意放了一些航学校的册子在家里。

South Korean says the North hadn't given any navigational warning for the rockets.

韩国表示朝鲜没有发出任何关于火箭的航警告。

First he wrote realistic seafaring plays and then he wrote realistic landlubber ones.

他先是写了现实主义的航戏剧 然后又写了现实主义的旱鸭子版本。