My eyes are fixed on a junk straining upstream. These shoals are thoroughly formidable, yet people have grasped the way to advance through the surging waves and .so have conquered nature. By noon we come to the Kongling Shoals.

• 这时我正注视着一只逆流而上的木船，看起来这青滩的声势十分吓人，但人从汹涌浪涛中掌握了一条前进途径，也就战胜了大自然了。