The dreamer, the joyous oarsman, lay on his back at the bottom of the boat, his heels in the air.

那个梦中人，那个快乐的划手，仰面躺在船底，四脚朝天。

The oarsman found that the he had to pull against the tide.

划桨者发现他必须逆水划船。

Mark was an oarsman and had to spend all day below deck rowing.

马克是桨手，一整天都要在甲板下划船。

The man who knew their number and their order, who remembered each boat and what the oarsman looked like was the old river warden of the fifth district.

明白这数目，而且明白那秩序，记忆得出每一个船和摇船人样子，是五区一个老“水保”。