码头故事英语听写——Fifty years at sea

Fifty years at sea — the harbor story

金属与远方:brass、copper、tin、hollow。一个在海上过完一生的老人替你把词磨亮。

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1. 1Sit down, boy — you see that white sail out in the distance?
2. 2Fifty years back, I was on a vessel twice that size.
3. 3We went by the stars — no maps, no machine giving you the direction.
4. 4In those days transport was slow — by ship, or by horse and carriage.
5. 5I started as a porter, taking boxes up that stone slope.
6. 6Rough seas for ten days once — waves like moving mountains.
7. 7She was solid wood — but the sea plays with anything, big or small.
8. 8You hold the rail and you never let go — first thing they teach you.
9. 9Every morning we'd polish the brass till it was gold-bright.
10. 10Copper under her, tin cups on the table, and lead down deep to keep her straight.
11. 11See this cork? From a bottle we opened the night I got married.
12. 12My fishing rod's my ship now — same water, smaller boat.
13. 13A hollow sound in the wood is bad news — solid is what you want.
14. 14These days? One flight and you're across the world by dinner.
15. 15But a guide can't give you the sea, boy — some things you get by going.