Methinks I am like a man, who having struck on many shoals, and having narrowly escap'd shipwreck in passing a small frith, has yet the temerity to put out to sea in the same leaky weather-beaten vessel, and even carries his ambition so far as to think of compassing the globe under these disadvantageous circumstances.
我想我就像一个人,袭击了许多浅滩,在经过一小块碎片时险些遭遇海难,但他仍然很鲁莽地乘坐这艘漏水的、饱经风霜的船只出海,甚至带着他的野心甚至想在这些不利的情况下绕过地球。