1. They sailed the Pacific on a raft.
    他们乘木筏渡过太平洋。

2. The men of our family waded down through our flooded meadows with boathooks, in the hope of being able to grapple a corner of the raft and pull it out of the current towards our bank.
    我家的男人们手拿船篙过被水淹没草场，希望能够钩住筏子的一角，将它拽出激流，拖回岸边。他们终于成功了。

3. Suddenly a raft appeared, looking rather like Noah´s ark, carrying the whole family, a few hens, the dogs, a cat, and a bird in a cage.
    突然，出现了一只筏子，看起来很像诺亚方舟，上面载着他们全家老小，还有几只母鸡、几只狗，一只猫与一只鸟笼，那里头有一只小鸟。