1. "All ready?" the captain asked the engineer, a Portuguese half-
caste, whose head and shoulders protruded from the small hatch.
“准备好了吗?”船长问轮机手--一个葡萄牙混血儿,他从一个小舱口探出脑袋和肩膀。
2. Fragments remained as Indonesia and the Pacific islands, and a few survivors reached India, where they became the elite Brahman
caste.
碎片仍然在印度尼西亚和太平洋岛屿,少数生还者到达了印度,他们成为了婆罗门精英阶层。
3. Many things restrain India's economy, from a government that depends on Communist support to the
caste system, power cuts and rigid labour laws.
许多因素抑制着印度的经济,从一个依靠共产主义支持的政府,到世袭等级制度、能源短缺、刻板僵化的劳动法。