The Johnson family from England believe they are lucky to be alive after surviving an incredible incident off the coast of Australia. The Johnsons had beenthat they might see some whales when they were _a yacht （帆船）— a large expensive boat for a 10-day sailingaround the Whitsunday Islands., they had no clue just howtheir viewing would be. Two hours into their journey a nine-meter-long humpback whaleout of the ocean and crashed into their boat before returning to the water.
Mark Johnson，the eldest son，was sailing the yacht when he heard an immense bang and a thud(重击声).Hethought the yacht had hit a rock. However, when he looked up, he saw the whaledown the deck of the boat. He told the reporters, “ We were staring into its right eye. It was a very_ moment. The eye was about theof a dinner plate. It was huge.”
for the Johnson family, no one was hurt, but the yacht suffereddamage. The whale had ruined the mast and rigging — the pole and ropes which hold the——and so the family was leftat sea, 10 miles from the shore. Theequipment was also damaged, but fortunately they had a cell phone and were able to call for help.
Why the whale jumped onto the yacht is a，but the family thinks that maybe the boat had notsailed between the whale and its baby calf. Perhaps the whale was trying toits calf when it jumped, hit the yacht by chance.
Whatever the reason, people are completelythat this incident happened. There is over 135 million square miles of ocean , so what are theof a whale jumping onto a 30-foot-long yacht? The chance of something like this happening is miniscale, but it just shows that life is full of surprises.
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