XX found himself in an unknown land, from which he eventually reached to GL.
他意识到自己正处于一个陌生的陆地上，从那里他终于到达了GL。The invention of the steam engine changed ships just as it had changed land transport.
蒸汽机的发明使船舶发生了变化，正如其已经改变了陆地运输一样。The air pressure over the ocean is now lower, and a breeze blows from the land to the water.
这时，海上的气压变低，风从陆地吹向海洋。And ground explosions would use water detonations for a while, so it felt like you were fighting on a giant sponge.
陆地上产生的爆炸能产生类似水纹荡漾的效果，看上去似乎是在一块巨大的海绵上作战一般。China has never been a sea power, because nothing has ever induced her people to be other than landmen .
中国从来不是海上强权，因为没有什么曾经诱使她的人民不做生活在陆地上的人，而成为其它的类型。He smelled the tar and oakum of the deck as he slept and he smelled the smell of Africa that the land breeze brought at morning.
睡着的时候，他闻到甲板上柏油和填絮的味道，还闻到早晨陆地上风送来的非洲气息。Five weeks later, after almost being thrown overboard by his own crew, the long voyage would come to an end when land was sighted.
五个星期后，他去几乎被自己的船员抛弃，在他们看到陆地时才结束了他们漫长的旅途。The fourth sister was more timid; she remained in the midst of the sea, but she said it was quite as beautiful there as nearer the land.
四姐比较胆小，她留在大海的中央，但是她说，那里就像靠近陆地一样美丽。A small fraction of that sea area would be enough to fully substitute for biofuel production on land.
而在这3%海域当中，只要一小部分海洋区域就足以全面替代陆地生物燃料生产。