英语听书《海底两万里》第61期 第6章 开足马力(3)

 　　Right your helm! Engines forward! Commander Farragut called.

　　法拉古舰长喊:舵向右，向前开!

　　These orders were executed, and the frigate¹ swiftly retreated from this core of light.

　　以上命令执行了，战舰很快离开了发光的中心。

　　My mistake. It wanted to retreat, but the unearthly animal came at us with a speed double our own.

　　我弄错了。我们船要走开，但那神秘的动物却以加借的速度逼近来。

　　We gasped². More stunned³ than afraid, we stood mute and motionless. The animal caught up with us, played with us.

　　我们气都喘不过来。当时，惊呆更甚于恐惧，弄得我们静默不动。

　　It made a full circle around the frigate--then doing fourteen knots-and wrapped us in sheets of electricity that were like luminous⁴ dust.

　　这个动物好像开玩笑似的在海面上向我们冲来。它绕着战舰，并且把船罩在像光尘一样的电光网中。

　　Then it retreated two or three miles, leaving a phosphorescent trail comparable to those swirls⁵ of steam that shoot behind the locomotive of an express train.

　　然后它走出两三海里远，后面拖着一条磷光的尾巴，好像快车的机车留在后面的一团团烟雾般的气体。

　　Suddenly, all the way from the dark horizon where it had gone to gather momentum⁶, the monster abruptly⁷ dashed toward the Abraham Lincoln with frightening speed,

　　忽然间，这个怪物从天边的尽头。以惊人的速度突然向林肯号冲来，在离船身二十英尺的海而上又突然停住，

　　stopped sharply twenty feet from our side plates, and died out-not by diving under the water,

　　光全灭了—不是潜入水中，因为它的光不是慢慢地消散，

　　since its glow did not recede⁸ gradually-but all at once, as if the source of this brilliant emanation had suddenly dried up.

　　而是猝然地，像光的来源陡然断了一般！

1 frigate   

n.护航舰，大型驱逐舰

参考例句：

• An enemy frigate bore down on the sloop.一艘敌驱逐舰向这只护航舰逼过来。
• I declare we could fight frigate.我敢说我们简直可以和一艘战舰交战。

2 gasped   

v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 )；喘息；倒抽气；很想要

参考例句：

• She gasped at the wonderful view. 如此美景使她惊讶得屏住了呼吸。
• People gasped with admiration at the superb skill of the gymnasts. 体操运动员的高超技艺令人赞叹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 stunned   

adj. 震惊的，惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The fall stunned me for a moment. 那一下摔得我昏迷了片刻。
• The leaders of the Kopper Company were then stunned speechless. 科伯公司的领导们当时被惊得目瞪口呆。

4 luminous   

adj.发光的，发亮的；光明的；明白易懂的；有启发的

参考例句：

• There are luminous knobs on all the doors in my house.我家所有门上都安有夜光把手。
• Most clocks and watches in this shop are in luminous paint.这家商店出售的大多数钟表都涂了发光漆。

5 swirls   

n.旋转( swirl的名词复数 )；卷状物；漩涡；尘旋v.旋转，打旋( swirl的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Swirls of smoke rose through the trees. 树林中升起盘旋的青烟。 来自辞典例句
• On reaching the southeast corner of Himalaya-Tibet, It'swirls cyclonically across the Yunnan Plateau. 在到达喜马拉雅--西藏高原东南角处，它作气旋性转向越过云南高原。 来自辞典例句

6 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

7 abruptly   

adv.突然地，出其不意地

参考例句：

• He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
• I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。

8 recede   

vi.退(去)，渐渐远去；向后倾斜，缩进

参考例句：

• The colleges would recede in importance.大学的重要性会降低。
• He saw that the dirty water had begun to recede.他发现那污浊的水开始往下退了。