It completely cut off land access to West Berlin from surrounding East Germany.

它完全切断了从东德周边地区到西柏林的路径。

Change also needs to come from regional governments. Some governments in the region are selling off land to developers.

地方政府也要改变。一些地方政府正将土地卖给发开商。

The sea was less boisterous, since the wind came off land—a fortunate circumstance for the boat, which would suffer, owing to its small tonnage, by a heavy surge on the sea.

即使风从大陆上吹来，海面仍然相当平静，这对于唐卡德尔号是一个有利的条件，因为吨位很小的船只特别害怕大浪。大浪会减低船的航行速度，用一句航海术语来说，会" 煞船" 。