You hear it from the trackers...

题目

You hear it from the trackers...
You hear it from the trackers,a more breathless chant,as they pull desperately against the current,half a dozen of them perhaps if they are,taking up a wupan,a couple of hundred if they are hauling a splendid junk,its square sail set,over a rapid.

答案

纤夫拼命拉纤逆流而上时,你就会听见他们唱着较急促的号子.拉五板木船时,或许五六人就行,但当拉着鼓着横帆的大船过急滩时,那就得要二三百人
参考,仔细往下看,第(13)句,原句翻译一模一样的