Still, he could not help thinking that if anything should happen , the nearest person he could contact by radio , unless there was a ship nearby, would be on an island 885 miles away.

• 然而，他仍禁不住想到，要是果真有什么意外，除非附近哪儿有条轮船，否则他能靠无线电联系上的最近的人也在885英里以外的岛上。