古德明英語軍事小故事：群鯊齒利波濤惡 (中英對照)
古德明《征服英語》之英語軍事故事，古德明，香港英語教育作家，他開了一個《征服英語專欄》，在專欄中專門用英語寫了世界近代史上的軍事小故事，用英語講述歷史中那些驚心動魄的戰爭。
群鯊齒利波濤惡
On 29 July 1945, the US heavy cruiser Indianapoliswas ripped by torpedoes from a Japanese submarine. Of the 1,199 crewmen, only about 850 escaped before the ship sank. In the confusion, the captain had been unable to send an SOS. The survivors were alone and unnoticed, except by the sharks. One sailor had his legs bitten off. Becoming top-heavy in his life jacket, he tipped upside down and drowned.Sunburn became lethal; men went blind. Those who drank seawater got salt poisoning; those who abstained succumbed to dehydration. Finally, on 2 August, they were spotted. A navy pilot on a routine flight had given in to mild curiosity and dipped his aircraft to inspect what he thought was an oil slick.When rescue ships arrived, the crew had been in the water for 96 hours. Only 316 men survived.
一九四五年七月二十九日，美國重型巡洋艦印第安納波利斯號被日本潛艇魚雷炸得支離破碎，沉沒之前，船上一千一百九十九名水手，只有八百五十人左右逃脫。混亂之中，船長未能發出求救信號。逃脫者漂浮海上，四處無人，發現他們的只有鯊魚。一個水手穿著救生衣，雙腿遭咬去，變得上重下輕，一個倒栽蔥，淹死了。烈日勾魂奪魄；有些人給陽光弄盲了。喝海水的或中鹽毒，不喝的或脫水而死。到了八月二日，終于有人發現他們。海軍一名飛行員在例行飛翔途中，看見海面上似乎有浮油，微覺奇怪，忍不住稍稍低飛察看。拯救船趕到時，船員已在水里掙扎了九十六個鐘頭。生還的只有三百一十六人。
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