-
(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
I stood up, went, leaned on my elbows before the window, and I saw it. 我站起来,我时靠着玻璃,我看着。
In the broad electric daylight, an enormous black mass, quite motionless, hung suspended in the midst of the waters. 在电光照耀中,我看见一团巨大的黑东西,静止不动,悬在海水中间。
I observed it carefully, trying to find out the nature of this gigantic cetacean. 我很注意地观察它,想法辨认这条巨大晾鱼类动物的性质。
Then a sudden thought crossed my mind. 但心中忽然醒悟,喊道:
A ship! I exclaimed. 一只船!
Yes, the Canadian replied, a disabled craft that's sinking straight down! 是的,加拿大人回答,一只撞在暗礁上沉了的船!
Ned Land was not mistaken. We were in the presence of a ship whose severed1 shrouds2 still hung from their clasps. 尼德·兰并没有弄错。我们面前是一只船,上面弄断了的护桅索仍然挂在链上二船壳看来还很好,
Its hull3 looked in good condition, and it must have gone under only a few hours before. 船沉下来至多不过是几小时以前的事。
indicated a flooding ship that had been forced to sacrifice its masting. 表明这只遇难的船不得不把桅墙牺牲了。
But it had heeled sideways, filling completely, and it was listing to port even yet. 但船是侧躺着,内部装得很满,是向左舷倾斜的。
A sorry sight, this carcass lost under the waves, but sorrier still was the sight on its deck, where, 这种落在波涛中的残骸的景象,看来实在是凄惨;
lashed5 with ropes to prevent their being washed overboard, some human corpses6 still lay! 更为凄惨的,是看见甲板上还有躺着挂在绳索上的尸体!
then a woman, halfway8 out of a skylight on the afterdeck, holding a child in her arms. 还有一个妇人手中抱着一个小孩,在船尾眺板格子上站着。
This woman was young. 这妇人还年轻。
I could make out her features, which the water hadn't yet decomposed10. 我可以看出她那还没有被海水所腐蚀的面容。
and the poor little creature's arms were still twined around its mother's neck! 这可怜的小生命正把两只小手抱着妈妈的脖子呢!
The postures12 of the four seamen13 seemed ghastly to me, twisted from convulsive movements, 四个水手的姿态我觉得非常伯人,因为他们身躯抽搐得不成样子,
as if making a last effort to break loose from the ropes that bound them to their ship. 他们作最后的努力,摆脱那把他们缠在船上的绳索,然后才死去。
And the helmsman, standing alone, calmer, his face smooth and serious, 唯有那个看航路的舵手,比较镇定,面貌很清楚、很严肃,
his grizzled hair plastered to his brow, his hands clutching the wheel, 灰白的头发贴在前额,痉挛的手放在舵轮上,
seemed even yet to be guiding his wrecked14 three-master through the ocean depths! 他好像是还在深深的海底驾驶着他那只遇难的三桅船!
What a scene! We stood dumbstruck, hearts pounding, before this shipwreck15 caught in the act, 多么伯人的场面!我们沉默不能作声,在这真实的沉船事故面前,
as if it had been photographed in its final moments, so to speak! 可以说在这最后一刻掇下来的沉船景象面前,我们的心跳动得厉害!
And already I could see enormous sharks moving in, eyes ablaze16, drawn17 by the lure18 of human flesh! 我又看见了一些巨大的鲛鱼,眼睛冒火。被这人肉的饵物所引动,已经向前游来了!
Meanwhile, turning, the Nautilus made a circle around the sinking ship, 这时,诺第留斯号向前行驶,绕过沉没的船,
and for an instant I could read the board on its stern: 我因此可以看见写在船尾牌子上的船名:
The Florida Sunderland, England 佛罗利达号,山德兰港。
点击收听单词发音
1 severed | |
v.切断,断绝( sever的过去式和过去分词 );断,裂 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
2 shrouds | |
n.裹尸布( shroud的名词复数 );寿衣;遮蔽物;覆盖物v.隐瞒( shroud的第三人称单数 );保密 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
3 hull | |
n.船身;(果、实等的)外壳;vt.去(谷物等)壳 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
4 stumps | |
(被砍下的树的)树桩( stump的名词复数 ); 残肢; (板球三柱门的)柱; 残余部分 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
5 lashed | |
adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 );煽动;紧系;怒斥 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
6 corpses | |
n.死尸,尸体( corpse的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
7 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
8 halfway | |
adj.中途的,不彻底的,部分的;adv.半路地,在中途,在半途 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
9 lighting | |
n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
10 decomposed | |
已分解的,已腐烂的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
11 supreme | |
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
12 postures | |
姿势( posture的名词复数 ); 看法; 态度; 立场 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
13 seamen | |
n.海员 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
14 wrecked | |
adj.失事的,遇难的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
15 shipwreck | |
n.船舶失事,海难 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
16 ablaze | |
adj.着火的,燃烧的;闪耀的,灯火辉煌的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
17 drawn | |
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
18 lure | |
n.吸引人的东西,诱惑物;vt.引诱,吸引 | |
参考例句: |
|
|