The ship grounded gently on a mud bank.

船只缓缓地在泥滩上搁浅了。

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Sam was not aboard, but his younger brother, Henry, was-serving as a "mud clerk," or boy who would go ashore, often at a mud bank, to receive or hand off freight.

山姆不在船上，但弟弟亨利在船上。亨利是这艘船的“排泥手”，就是常到泥泞的河岸边，为货船搬运货物的男孩。

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A bank of television cameras and a devoted crowd, tensof thousands strong, watch him intently, day and night, cheering and chantingin a sea of mud.

无数的摄像机，数万名忠实的群众，日夜不分的专心的看着他，在一片泥海中不时发出喝彩和颂扬之声。

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With all the cash in the bank, they can all keep throwing mud at the wall and buying companies.

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