Surfing Jaws 挑戰巨浪記
Mark was lying on the sofa enjoying an afternoon nap, when a knock on the door woke him up. He opened the door to see Kathleen looking very excited. She held up a piece of paper and read it out. “The first person to surf Jaws will win $1,000,000!”
“What’s Jaws?” Mark asked nervously. “It’s the biggest wave in the world,” Kathleen said. “It’s 30 meters high, and our plane to Bali leaves in an hour, so let’s go!”
When they arrived at the beach, Mark laid out his towel, covered his trunk with sunscreen, and got ready to do some serious sunbathing. Just then a helicopter landed. “That’s to take us out to the ocean. Jaws is two miles out to sea,” Kathleen said.
After a short flight, the helicopter dropped them in the ocean with their surfboards attached to their ankles. As they fell into the cold sea Kathleen shouted with excitement. Suddenly Jaws began to rise behind them, and soon they were surfing the giant wave.
“This is great!” Kathleen shouted. Mark just grinned nervously. As the wave crashed down, they both got dragged under the sea. “Help me!” shouted Mark. “I can’t swim!”
(JOHN PHILLIPS, STAFF WRITER)
某天下午,馬克躺在沙發上小睡時,一陣敲門聲把他吵醒。他打開門,看見凱薩琳興奮地站在門外,手裡拿著一張紙,宣讀著說:「第一個成功駕馭大顎的衝浪者可以贏得一百萬獎金耶!」
馬克緊張地問:「什麼是大顎?」凱薩琳說:「就是世界上最大的巨浪,浪高三十公尺。飛往峇里島的飛機一小時內就要起飛了,我們出發吧!」
他們抵達海灘後,馬克攤開毛巾,在象鼻子上塗上防曬油,準備好好做個日光浴。就在此時,一架直昇機降落了,凱薩琳說:「那是要帶我們出海的直昇機,大顎巨浪在兩英里外的海上。」
經過一段短暫的飛行後,直昇機把腳踝上繫著衝浪板的他們放到大海上。他們一落入冰冷的海水,凱薩琳就興奮地大叫。一瞬間,大浪開始在他們背後捲起,沒多久他們就衝上大顎巨浪了。
凱薩琳大喊:「這真是太棒了!」馬克只是緊張地微笑回應。當浪壁崩潰時,他們兩個都被捲入海裡。馬克大喊:「救命啊!我不會游泳!」
(翻譯:袁星塵)
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