想一想当船在疯狂似地左右摇晃、前后颠簸的时候，船员们却往桅杆高处攀登，相互竞争谁先爬到帆桁上去卷收结冰的船帆吧！

What a clambering aloft of men, vying with each other who shall lie out first upon the yards to furl the icy sails, while the ship rolls and pitches, like mad!

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Let the text be contradictory and inconsistent and difficult.

让这门课充满矛盾、前后不一致，充满困难吧。

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