导读：美国佛罗里达州杰克逊维尔市一名7岁男孩在一次划船事故中救了他的家人，被誉为英雄。

 

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Chase Poust and his 4-year-old sister, Abigail, were swimming at the side of their father’s anchored boat on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida, on Friday night. But as the two children enjoyed their time in the water, Abigail lost hold of the boat when they were caught in a strong current (水流).

周五晚上，在佛罗里达州杰克逊维尔市的圣约翰河上，蔡斯·普鲁斯特（Chase Poust）和他4岁的妹妹阿比盖尔（Abigail）在他们父亲抛锚的船旁边游泳。但当两个孩子在水里玩得很开心的时候，阿比盖尔被一股湍急的水流困住了，失去了对船的控制。

Steven Proust, their father, jumped into the water to save them but they got overpowered (压制) by the strong current. “I told them both I loved them, because I wasn’t sure what was going to happen. And I tried to stick with her as long as I could and both of them, really. I wore myself out. And she drifted (漂流) away from me,” he said.

他们的父亲史蒂芬·普鲁斯特（Steven Proust）跳入水中救他们，但他们被强大的水流压制了。他说：“我告诉他们我爱他们，因为我不知道会发生什么。我尽我所能和她在一起，和他们两个人在一起，真的。我累坏了。然后她渐渐飘离了我。”

Steven told Chase to swim to shore. That’s when the 7-year-old began the long, 1-mile swim back to land, switching between floating on his back and dog paddling. Once he reached shore, Chase ran to the nearest home that he could find. Florida Fish and Wildlife finally found Steven and Abigail after an hour-long search.

史蒂文叫蔡斯游到岸边。就是在那时，这个7岁的孩子开始了一段长达1英里的游回陆地之旅，在仰面漂浮和狗爬式游泳之间切换。一上岸，蔡斯就跑向他能找到的最近的房子。佛罗里达州渔业和野生动物局（接报后）经一个小时搜索找到了史蒂芬和阿比盖尔。

难句解析

• anchor /ˈæŋkə(r)/ v. 抛锚
  例句：We anchored off the coast of Spain. 我们在西班牙沿海抛锚停泊。
• switch /swɪtʃ/ v. 转换；改变
  例句：The user can switch between different modes. 用户可以在不同的模式之间进行切换。
• float /fləʊt/ v. 漂浮；漂流
  例句：A group of swans floated by. 一群天鹅缓缓游过。
• paddle /ˈpædl/ v. 狗爬式游泳
  例句：I began to take to the most basic stroke of swimming—the dog paddle. 我做出了人类最原始的游泳动作——狗爬式游泳。
• And I tried to stick with her as long as I could and both of them, really.
  我尽我所能和她在一起，和他们两个人在一起，真的。stick with意为“和……待在一起”；as long as one can意为“尽量”。
• That’s when the 7-year-old began the long, 1-mile swim back to land, switching between floating on his back and dog paddling.
  就是在那时，这个7岁的孩子开始了一段长达1英里的游回陆地之旅，在仰面漂浮和狗爬式游泳之间切换。when引导表语从句；switching between现在分词短语作方式状语。
• Once he reached shore, Chase ran to the nearest home that he could find.
  一上岸，蔡斯就跑向他能找到的最近的房子。once引导时间状语从句，意为“一……就……”；that引导定语从句，修饰先行词the nearest home。

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