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OnewetNovembereveninginthelate1960s,amarriedcouplenamedMauriceandMaralynBailey—heahot-metal

typesetter,sheataxofficer—hitontheideaofescapingtheirdull,suburbanlivesbysailingtoNewZealand.Withthe

proceedsfromthesaleoftheirDerbybungalow,theyboughta31-footBermudaboat,whichtheynamedAuralyn(a

combinationoftheirnames).TheyfinallysetsailacrosstheAtlanticinJune1972—havingdecidedagainstbuyingaradio

transmitter(信号发射机),asMauricewantedtosail“byhiswitsandthestars”.

Allwentwellforthefirstninemonths,butthenonemorning,300mileseastoftheGalápagos,a40-footwhaleroseup

undertheirboatandcrackedaholeinitshull.AsSophieElmhirstrelatesinher“superb”debut,MauriceandMaralyn,the

couplegrabbedafewessentialsandclimbedontoaninflatableraft(充气筏)fromwhichtheywatchedAuralynbeing

“silentlyswallowed”.Onthisinadequatevessel—toosmallforeitherofthemtoliedownin—theywouldspendthenext

117days.

AttheheartofMauriceandMaralynisan“astonishing”taleofendurance.Oncethecouple’sfoodranout,theysurvived

intheraftbyeatingrawseaturtlesandsmallsharks,caughtwithafishingrodmadefromsafetypinsandcord.Dysentery(痢

疾),dehydration,andnear-starvationfollowed.WhileMaurice,a“glass-half-emptytypeofman”,quietlyresignedhimselfto

dying,Maralynremainedoptimistic,whichsparkedMaurice’swilltolive.Thecouplewereeventuallypickedupbyaship

passingby.

Alongwithits“man-versus-the-elementssurvivalaspect”,Elmhirst’sbookis“alsoalovestory”,saidFrancesca

AngeliniinTheSundayTimes.Shetracesthecouple’smarriage—bothhowitledthemintotheirPacificadventure,andhow

itwaschangedbywhattheywentthrough.It’saremarkablestorythathasbeenallbutforgotten.

1.What’sthemeaningoftheunderlinedword“proceeds”inparagraph1?

A.Purchases.