1. This is a moving spectacle, for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away until they can be seen no more.
    这是一个感人的场面，人们成群地伫立在海岸上，注视着灯笼远去，直到再也看不见为止。

2. As she emerged from her drifting cloud of gun smoke with the water churned to foam beneath her bow, her flags flying, pennants waving, sails filling in the breeze, and the red and gold of her superstructure ablaze with colour,
    当"瓦萨"号从弥漫的礼炮烟云中出现时，船头下浪花四溅，舰旗迎风招展，三角旗随风飘动，微风鼓起风帆，金碧辉煌的船楼闪耀着灿烂的色彩。

3. Some drifting and slow, others jerky and rapid.
    这些活动有的飘忽而缓慢，有的急剧而快速。

4. It was falling away from the plane, drifting down toward them.
    小白点从飞机上落下来，朝着她们飘去。