They arethe wave-shattered remnants of items such as rubbish, abandoned fishinggear and floats from fishing nets and scientific instruments.

它们都是被巨浪冲走的残余物，比如垃圾、丢弃的渔具、渔网以及科学仪器。

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We buy some hooks, some floats, some worms, and some fishing line, too.

我们买了一些鱼钩，浮漂和虫子，还有一些钓鱼线。

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In a moment the floats swang again and then sank abruptly, Just at that moment I lifted my fishing rod.

一会儿，浮子又动了，接着突然下沉，就在那一刻我举起钓竿。

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His fishing methods were different: he used aluminium beer barrels as floats because wooden ones would break up in a minute, and rather than harpoons, with their stainless-steel darts that folded back and slipped right out of the fish, he preferred hand-held gaffs with a three-inch hook that went in and stayed there.

ECONOMIST: Frank Mundus