Now they rode this wild horse of a boat like circus men.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

For days I had dreamed about a huge, white boat floating on a vast body of water, but when my mother took me down to the levee on the day of leaving, I saw a tiny, dirty boat that was not at all like the boat I had imagined.

那些天我总是幻想着一艘,巨大的白船徜徉在宽阔的河上，但当出发那天,妈妈将我带到岸边时，我只看到一只又小又脏的船,完全不是我想的那样，“

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which is like a big party on a boat that went around San Francisco Bay.

就是在船上的一个大聚会，这个船绕着旧金山湾区行驶。

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Sitting in the boat was like sitting on a wild horse.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

The building looks like an artist's version of a wooden boat.

VOA: special.2009.05.06