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My grandfather spent forty years on the ocean.我爷爷在「海洋」上待了四十年。 He was a cook on a small boat, not a sailor.他在一条小船上当厨子，不是水手。 His one rule was simple and obvious to everyone.他只有一条规矩，简单又「明显」。 A good meal can hold a crew together.一顿好饭能把一船人聚在一起。

He used an onion in almost every dish.他几乎每道菜都放一个「洋葱」。 The smell would occupy the whole cabin for hours.那股味道会「占据」整个船舱好几个小时。 He made soup on most days and a hot pie occasionally.他大多日子做汤，「偶尔」做个热馅饼。 The men ate with an occasional joke about his onions.大家吃着，也会「偶尔」拿他的洋葱开个玩笑。

He once told me an observation from those years.他跟我说过那些年里的一条「观察」。 On land people care a lot about a small offence, he said.他说，在陆地上人们很在意一个小小的「过错」。 At sea the odds of survival change your view of a fault.在海上，「胜算」会改变你对一个错误的看法。 The same offence looks tiny when a storm is near.暴风雨临近时，同样的过错显得很小。

He wrote both spellings in his notebook.他在本子上记下了这个词的两种拼法。 In British English we write offence, he said.他说，英国那边写成表示「冒犯」的那个词。 In American English the same word is offense.美国那边写法不同，说的还是「冒犯」。 He kept the page open for forty years.那一页他留了四十年。