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　　1902年6月，我开始在捕鲸站里工作，那时我16岁。在此之前我曾经听说过虎鲸每年都帮助捕鲸人捕捉大鲸。当时我以为这只是个故事罢了，但是后来我亲眼见过多次。

　　有天下午我来到捕鲸站，正在整理住处的时候，听到从海湾那边传来一声巨响。我们及时赶到岸边，看到对面有一个庞大的动物猛力跃出水面，然后又坠落到水里。它黑白相间，样子像鱼，但我知道它并不是鱼。

　　"那是老汤姆，是虎鲸。"一位叫乔治的捕鲸人高声对我说，"它是在告诉我们那边有一头鲸，叫我们去捕猎。"

　　另外一位捕鲸人大声喊叫道："快走啊......走啊。"这是宣告捕鲸行动马上就要开始的呼声。

　　"Come on⑱， Clancy. To the boat，" George said as he ran ahead of⑲ me⑳. I had already heard that George didn't like being kept waiting\s\up1(21(21)， so \s\up1(22(22)even though I didn't have the right clothes on\s\up1(23(23)， I raced after him.

　　Without pausing\s\up1(24(24) we jumped into the boat with the other whalers and headed\s\up1(25(25) out into the bay. I looked down\s\up1(26(26) into the water and could see Old Tom swimming\s\up1(27(27) by the boat, showing us the way\s\up1(28(28). A few minutes later, there was no Tom, so George started beating\s\up1(29(29) the water with his oar\s\up1(30(30) and there was Tom, circling back to the boat, leading us to the hunt again\s\up1(31(31).

⑱come on 此处表示"快点"，还可表示"加油""得了吧"。

⑲ahead of 在......的前面

⑳as 引导时间状语从句。

\s\up1(21(21)being kept waiting 为动名词短语的被动形式，作 like 的宾语。

\s\up1(22(22)even though 引导让步状语从句。　\s\up1(23(23)have ... on 穿着

\s\up1(24(24)pause /pɔːz/ vi.& n．暂停；中止

\s\up1(25(25)head vi.朝(某方向)前进　\s\up1(26(26)look down 朝下看

\s\up1(27(27)see sb. doing sth. 看到某人正在做某事

\s\up1(28(28)现在分词短语 showing us ...在句中作伴随状语。

\s\up1(29(29)beat v．击打；连续敲打　\s\up1(30(30)oar /ɔː/ n．桨；橹

\s\up1(31(31)现在分词短语 circling back ... 在句中作状语。