1. Ever since, people have had difficulty in deciding whether the craft should be ranged among ships, planes, or land vehicles----for it is something in between a boat and an aircraft.
    自那以后，人们很难决定是否应该将这种运载工具列为轮船、飞机，或是陆上交通工具，因为它是介于船和飞机之间。

2. Before long, the noise dropped completely and the boat began to drift gently across the water.
    没过多久，噪音便彻底消失，快艇开始在水面上慢悠悠地漂流。

3. We were rowing against the current.
    我们逆水划船.

4. We anchored (our boat) close to the shore.
    我们近岸抛锚停泊（船）.

5. When he woke up next morning, he discovered that the boat had, in the meantime, travelled to Calais.
    第二天一早醒来，他发现在这段时间里，船已经开到加莱。

6. We´ll see his boat and then we´ll say goodbye to him.
    我们将参观他的船，然后和他告别。

7. When he woke up next morning, he discovered that the boat had, in the meantime, travelled to Calais.
    第二天早上他醒来时，发现船在这段时间已经到了加莱。

8. Well, to meet this difficulty, I resolved to dig into the surface of the earth, so as to make it easier to launch the boat.
    好吧，为了克服这一困难，我决定把地面挖平。这样可以使小船下水时容易一些，

9. When the captain again boarded the boat, he found his crew had disappeared.
    当船长再次登上那艘船时，他发现自己的船员都失踪了。

10. The river was very broad , and it took the boat a long time to cross.
    河很宽，船走了很久才到对岸。