13.Sailing Home
划船回家
This novel was about an unbelievable but genuine adventure. Its author was a black businessman who was brought up in America. In 1956, he visited Africa, his birthplace. One day, when he was wandering on the
pavement near the bay enjoying the sea scenes, he lost his money and passport that he kept in an envelope. So he went to the embassy to seek help, but the ambassador with rude manners didn’t permit his staff to help though he bowed to him. Staring at his impatient face, he understood that it was the fault of his skin colour that accounted for their refection. So he decided to take a chance to sail on a small boat home.這部小說寫的是一次令人難以置信而又真實的歷險。其作者是一位在美國被撫養長大的黑人商人。1956年，他回到他的出生地 非洲。有一天，當他在海灣邊的人行道上漫步欣賞海景時，他丟失了一個裝著錢和護照的信封，於是向當地的大使館尋求幫助。但是大使態度非常粗魯，即使向他鞠躬，也不允許他的職員幫忙。 盯著他那不耐煩的臉，他知道是他皮膚顏色的錯才導致了他們的拒絕。於是，他決定冒險駕駛一隻小船回家。
He met a large amount of difficulty but was never stopped. On the contrary, difficulty pushed him to go ahead harder. Three months later, he was spotted by a ship by accident. He was in rags indeed. A maid even screamed when bringing him a steak and pineapple dessert. Aboard, he earned his passage by working as a barber and got home finally. As for the name of his novel, he couldn’t think of a better one than the phrase “Go Ahead”.
他遇到了許多困難，但是從未停止，相反，困難推動他更努力地前進。三個月後，當他被一艘船 偶然發現時，真的是衣衫襤褸。給他端來牛排和菠蘿甜品的女僕甚至被嚇得尖叫起來。在船上，他當一名理髮師來掙取船費，最後終於回到了家。至於這部小說的名字，他再也不能想到一個比“前進”更好的短語了。
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