国家地理 追逐抹香鲸的水下摄影师(1)

For underwater photographer Brian Skerry, there are good days. The sun shines, the water's clear, the surface is calm, the whales come, and Skerry can slip into the ocean fast enough to photograph them as his mask stays unfogged and his camera doesn't malfunction¹.

对于水下摄影师布莱恩·斯科利来说，总是会有些好的日子。阳光明媚，海水清澈，风平浪静，鲸鱼遨游，斯科利便可以快速地潜入海里拍摄它们，趁着他的面罩没有被雾化，他的摄像机也没有故障的时候。

But most days aren't like that. The whales don't show up, or there are particles in the water, or wind roils² the waves, or the sun dips behind a cloud at the worst moment. Or, as soon as Skerry gets in the water, the whales dive several thousand feet to feed, and he can chase them only as far as one breath will take him.

但是大多数日子都不是这样的。鲸鱼没有出现，或者海水浑浊，或者风起浪涌，或者太阳躲在云层后面这一最糟糕的情况。又或者，斯科利刚潜入水中，鲸鱼就潜到几千英尺深的地方觅食去了，而这时，他只能靠着一口气游到极限去追。

A National Geographic³ photography fellow and the 2017 Rolex National Geographic Explorer of the Year, Skerry free dives-- which means no scuba⁴ tanks, no buoyancy device, no equipment except his fins⁵, mask, and camera. Over the past two years he's spent nine weeks off the eastern Caribbean island of Dominica in a 30-foot boat chasing sperm⁶ whales around their warm-water habitat.

斯科利是一名《国家地理》拍摄团队的一名成员、2017年劳力士国家地理探险者，他可以做到自由潜水--这意味着除了他的潜水鳍、面罩和摄像机之外，他没有携带氧气罐、浮力装置和相关设备。在过去的两年里，他在东加勒比岛国多米尼克附近的一艘30英尺长的船上度过了9周，在温水栖息地周围追逐抹香鲸的身影。

1 malfunction   

vi.发生功能故障，发生故障，显示机能失常

参考例句：

• There must have been a computer malfunction.一定是出了电脑故障。
• Results have been delayed owing to a malfunction in the computer.由于电脑发生故障，计算结果推迟了。

2 roils   

v.搅混（液体）( roil的第三人称单数 )；使烦恼；使不安；使生气

参考例句：

• The sea roils again, waves surging high, crash! 海又动荡，波浪跳起来，轰！ 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
• The national turmoil generally roils a country's financial markets. 国家的混乱广泛的搅乱一国的财金市场。 来自互联网

3 geographic   

adj.地理学的，地理的

参考例句：

• The city's success owes much to its geographic position. 这座城市的成功很大程度上归功于它的地理位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Environmental problems pay no heed to these geographic lines. 环境问题并不理会这些地理界限。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

4 scuba   

n.水中呼吸器

参考例句：

• I first got hooked on scuba diving when I was twelve.12岁时我开始迷上了带水中呼吸器潜水。
• While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。

5 fins   

[医]散热片；鱼鳍；飞边；鸭掌

参考例句：

• The level of TNF-α positively correlated with BMI,FPG,HbA1C,TG,FINS and IRI,but not with SBP and DBP. TNF-α水平与BMI、FPG、HbA1C、TG、FINS和IRI呈显著正相关，与SBP、DBP无相关。 来自互联网
• Fins are a feature specific to fish. 鱼鳍是鱼类特有的特征。 来自辞典例句

6 sperm   

n.精子，精液

参考例句：

• Only one sperm fertilises an egg.只有一个精子使卵子受精。
• In human reproduction,one female egg is usually fertilized by one sperm.在人体生殖过程中，一个精子使一个卵子受精。