英语听书《海底两万里》第148期 第10章 水中人(19)

 　　It's an immense wilderness¹ where a man is never lonely, because he feels life astir on every side.

　　在这汪洋浩瀚的大海中，人们不是孤独的，园为他们感到在自己周围处处都有生命在颤动；

　　The sea is simply the vehicle for a prodigious², unearthly mode of existence; it's simply movement and love;

　　海之为物是超越的、神妙的生存之乘舆；海是动，海是爱，

　　it's living infinity³, as one of your poets put it. And in essence, professor, nature is here made manifest by all three of her kingdoms, mineral, vegetable, and animal.

　　正像你们法国一位大诗人所说的，它是长存的生命。的确，教授，自然界在海中也同样有动物、植物、矿物三类。

　　The last of these is amply represented by the four zoophyte groups, three classes of articulates, five classes of mollusks, and three vertebrate classes:

　　动物在海中可以大量地繁殖，主要的有腔肠动物四类，节肢动物三类，软体动物五类，脊椎动物三类，

　　mammals, reptiles⁴, and those countless⁵ legions of fish, an infinite order of animals totaling more than 13,000 species, of which only one-tenth belong to fresh water.

　　即哺乳类，爬虫类和成群无数的鱼类。鱼类是动物中无穷无尽的一目…共有一万三千多种，其中只有十分之一是在淡水中。

　　The sea is a vast pool of nature. Our globe began with the sea, so to speak, and who can say we won't end with it! Here lies supreme⁶ tranquility.

　　海是大自然的仓库。可以说，地球是从海开始的，谁知道将来地球不是归给于海呢！海中有无比和平的环境。

　　The sea doesn't belong to tyrants⁷.

　　海不属于压迫者。

1 wilderness   

n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等，荒漠

参考例句：

• She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

2 prodigious   

adj.惊人的，奇妙的；异常的；巨大的；庞大的

参考例句：

• This business generates cash in prodigious amounts.这种业务收益丰厚。
• He impressed all who met him with his prodigious memory.他惊人的记忆力让所有见过他的人都印象深刻。

3 infinity   

n.无限，无穷，大量

参考例句：

• It is impossible to count up to infinity.不可能数到无穷大。
• Theoretically,a line can extend into infinity.从理论上来说直线可以无限地延伸。

4 reptiles   

n.爬行动物，爬虫( reptile的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Snakes and crocodiles are both reptiles. 蛇和鳄鱼都是爬行动物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Birds, reptiles and insects come from eggs. 鸟类、爬虫及昆虫是卵生的。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 countless   

adj.无数的，多得不计其数的

参考例句：

• In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
• I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。

6 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

7 tyrants   

专制统治者( tyrant的名词复数 )； 暴君似的人； （古希腊的）僭主； 严酷的事物

参考例句：

• The country was ruled by a succession of tyrants. 这个国家接连遭受暴君的统治。
• The people suffered under foreign tyrants. 人民在异族暴君的统治下受苦受难。