恩格斯很喜欢体育活动,他把骑马、游泳、击剑等活动看作是“生活中的最高境界”,其实,他更爱旅行,他在六十八岁高龄的时候,仍然进行了一次成功的横渡大西洋的航海旅行。十九世纪下半叶,德国反动的俾斯麦政府提出了反社会主义者的非常法令,恩格斯不能返回自己的祖国,只得旅居英国伦敦。由于长期积劳成疾,恩格斯患了视力衰弱和慢性结膜炎等疾病,医生劝说他进行长途海上旅行。经同德国大有机化学家肖莱马商议,恩格斯决定横渡大西洋,以“彻底改换一下空气”。 Engels loves sporting activities. He sees horse riding, swimming and fencing as the “highest level in life.” In fact, he loves traveling more. At the age of 68, he still had a successful cross-over Atlantic sailing trip. In the second half of the 19th century, the reactionary Bismarck government in Germany proposed a very anti-socialist decree. Engels could not return to his homeland and had to live in London, England. Engels, suffering from vision loss and chronic conjunctivitis, has persuaded him to travel long distances by sea because of chronic illness and poor health. After discussion with the German large organic chemist Xiao Laima, Engels decided to cross the Atlantic to “completely change the air.”