A sadder story of disaster at sea

最惨绝人寰的海难
was never told than that of the survivors of the yacht, Mignonette.

"木犀草号"幸存者的骇人经历
The ship floundered in the South Atlantic,

他们的船在南大西洋
1300 miles from the Cape.

距好望角1300英里处沉没了
There were four in the crew, Dudley was the captain,

全体船员一行四人达德利是船长
Stevens was the first mate, Brooks was a sailor,

斯蒂芬斯是大副布鲁克斯是水手
all men of excellent character or so the newspaper account tells us.

都是品德高尚的人至少报上是这么说的
The fourth crew member was the cabin boy,

第四名船员是船上的侍者
Richard Parker, 17 years old.

理查德·派克 17岁
He was an orphan, he had no family,

他是孤儿没有家人
and he was on his first long voyage at sea.

这是他首次出海远航
He went, the news account tells us, rather against the advice of his friends.

据报道他不顾朋友的反对