"Usually at this time we are fishing or getting ready to fish, but this year we can't even put out a boat to fish," Hong told CNN.

“往年的这个时候我们不是在捕鱼，就是在准备捕鱼，但是今年连渔船都没法开了，”洪告诉CNN。

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I jumped to attention, fly rod and fly in hand, ready to cast when the moment was right — when the sailfish came within about 10 meters of the stern of the boat.

我也赶紧预备好，手握飞杆和假饵，只待时机一到——旗鱼一靠近船尾10米以内时——就动手甩杆。

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It is tough work for the multinational crew of 30 in this rough-and-ready little boat, prettified below deck with posters of orang-utans and sunflowers painted in the toilets.

在这样的小船上工作对三十名多种国籍工作人员来说很艰难。他们在甲板下贴上红毛猩猩的海报，在厕所内刷了向日葵。

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The problem was that after successfully floating over one wave you find that there is another one behind it just as strong and ready to flood your boat.

VOA: special.2011.04.09

The image of a man on a boat, white mane tousled, smiling broadly as he sails into the wind, ready for what storms may come, carrying on toward some new and wondrous place just beyond the horizon."

VOA: special.2009.09.13

He'll get $10 per kilo. He'll buy more bait,clean the boat and get everything ready to go out again tomorrow.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Dale Connone was getting ready to disembark from the boat's side exit when the ferry crashed.

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For the worst case scenario, there is a modern boat trailing them, ready to pick them up if disaster strikes.

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After making eight runs without hitting an ice spot or heavy snow section, and two dig-outs from face plants, I am ready to return to our womb-like boat, where sheepskin booties await.

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