There's no sense in going by boat when the plane is just as cheap and much quicker.
既然乘飞机和坐船一样便宜而且还快得多,那么就没有理由去坐船。
The men of our family waded down through our flooded meadows with boathooks, in the hope of being able to grapple a corner of the raft and pull it out of the current towards our bank.
我家的男人们手拿船篙过被水淹没草场,希望能够钩住筏子一角,将它拽出激流,拖回岸边。