adverse wind 逆风； adverse environment = adversity n. 逆境
Adversity makes a man. 逆境出人才。
adversary n.: 对手
I went Home with adverse wind.
favorable wind 顺风 unfavorable wind
creed n. :信仰
Notes on the text 课文注释
No two…
No two sorts of birds practise quite the same sort of flight；= There are no two sorts of birds
practise quite the same sort of flight
practise /flight the same way
practise flight 飞行；practise law 当律师；practise Medicine 当医生
No two birds fly in the same way.
No two man are the same.
varieties：kinds
passive
two classes may be roughly seen = we can see roughly two kinds
Any ship...
accompanied ：followed
keep company 与……为伴 I keep company with him.
vessel ：big ship/sth. to hold water
without more than occasional = occasional
The currents…
The currents … of its course
整个句子做主语
currents :气流
walls of the ship : 船舷
direct: 导向
as well as 与 upwards 并列
in the line 沿着某条线走
course 航程
great bird ：albatross
The albatross…
Lion is the king of beast.
同位语从句：the class of fliers…
yield to : 屈服
opposition : 逆风
No two sorts of birds practise quite the same sort of flight; the varieties are infinite, but two classes may be roughly seen. Any ship that crosses the pacific is accompanied for many days by the smaller albatross, which may keep company with the vessel for an hour without visible or more than occasional movement of wing. The currents of air that the walls of the ship direct upwards, as well as in the line of its course are enough to give the great bird with its immense wings sufficient
sustenance and progress. The albatross is the king of the gliders, the class of fliers which harness the air to their purpose, but must yield to its opposition. In the contrary school the duck is supreme....