Some friends and I went hiking
今天我和一群朋友去徒步旅行

to a waterfall swimming hole today.
我們的目的地是一個瀑布戲水酒店

We get out there
我們?nèi)サ接斡境剡?/div>

and endure the initially very cold waters
忍受了乍然接觸到刺骨的冷水的不適感

and climbing boulders
爬到了瀑布頂上

to jump off of.
從那里跳下水去

We're having a great time
我們玩得很開心

and about an hour in
大約一小時(shí)過去了

I realize my watch has come off.
我才發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的手表不見了

I start scanning the river bottom
我開始在瀑布底部的河床四面搜索

through the intermittent rays of good sunlight
透過間或射過來的燦爛陽光

but after an another hour
經(jīng)過又一個小時(shí)的搜索

I'm starting to realize
我開始意識到

it's going to stay lost
怕是找不回來了

until I bring out some diving gear
我鼓起勇氣拿出了潛水的器具

(it's cold enough to
水里的溫度非常低

lose your breath very quickly
會讓你短時(shí)間內(nèi)無法呼吸

and hard see in shady spots).
陰暗的地方視野極差

A family overheard my buddies and I talking about it,
一家人無意間聽到了我和朋友們的對話

"that sucks man",
“真糟糕”

"we'll come back out", ect....
“你一定會找到的”云云

They offer me some goggles
他們借給我一副護(hù)目鏡

to make it easier to see down at the bottom.
這樣更方便我查找水底深處的地方

I look for a while
我下水找了一會兒

until the father calls his teenage son over,
這時(shí)這家人中的父親把他那個十多歲大的兒子翻了過來

"he's a great swimmer,
他是個游泳好手

he'll help you".
他會幫助你的

I'm like even more grateful at this point
聞?wù)f此話，我只能更加感激

because
因?yàn)槲抑?/div>

stay under in the cold water was getting rough.
呆在冰冷刺骨的水里可是個苦差事

He searches for 10 minutes
他找了10分鐘

and finds my watch!!!
果真找到了我的手表！

I thank him and his father
我向他和他的父親表達(dá)了感謝

several times
一次一次的重復(fù)

and relief like a wave rushes over me.
欣慰的感覺像潮水一樣襲來

I will be eternally grateful to that family.
我會永遠(yuǎn)對這家人心存感激