英语听书《海底两万里》第527期 第33章 北纬47.24度, 西经17.28度(2)

 Among these vessels¹, how many went down with all hands, with their crews and hosts of immigrants, 在这些船只中，有多少是和它们的船员旅客和财物一起，

at these trouble spots so prominent in the statistics: Cape² Race, St. Paul Island, the Strait of Belle³ Isle⁴, the St. Lawrence estuary⁵! 在统计表中标出来的危险地点，如拉斯角、圣一保罗岛、白令海峡和圣—劳伦斯河口等处葬身大海的！

And in only a few years, how many victims have been furnished to the obituary⁶ notices by the Royal Mail, Inman, and Montreal lines; 仅几年来，列进这本失事年谱的船只就有“皇家邮轮号”、“伊曼纳号”、“蒙特阿尔号”；

by vessels named the Solway, the Isis, the Paramatta, the Hungarian, the Canadian, the Anglo-Saxon, the Humboldt, and the United States, all run aground; “苏尔威号”、“伊斯号”、“巴拿马特号”、“匈牙利号”、“加拿大号”、“盎格鲁—撒克逊号”、“汉堡号”、“美利坚合众国号”，以上的船只全部是触礁沉没的；

by the Arctic and the Lyonnais, sunk in collisions; 而“北极号”、“里昂号”是被撞沉的；

by the President, the Pacific, and the City of Glasgow, lost for unknown reasons; “总统号”、“太平洋号”、“格拉斯城号”则失踪，原因不明；

in the midst of their gloomy rubble⁷, the Nautilus navigated⁸ as if passing the dead in review! “鹦鹉螺号”航行在这些阴暗的残骸中，犹如在翻阅一本死亡画册！

By May 15 we were off the southern tip of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. 5月15日，我们到达了纽芬兰岛暗礁脉的最南端。

These banks are the result of marine⁹ sedimentation¹⁰, an extensive accumulation of organic waste brought either from the equator by the Gulf¹¹ Stream's current, 这条暗礁是海水冲积而成的，堆积着大堆有机体的残骸，这些残骸可能是海湾暖流从赤道带来的，

or from the North Pole by the countercurrent of cold water that skirts the American coast. 也可能是沿着美洲海岸的逆向北极寒流带来的，

Here, too, erratically¹² drifting chunks¹³ collect from the ice breakup. 还堆积着一些由于雪崩而冲刷下来的岩石。

Here a huge boneyard forms from fish, mollusks, and zoophytes dying over it by the billions. 那里变成了一处亿万只死亡鱼类、软体动物或植虫动物的巨大的尸骸堆。

1 vessels   

n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人

参考例句：

• The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

3 belle   

n.靓女

参考例句：

• She was the belle of her Sunday School class.在主日学校她是她们班的班花。
• She was the belle of the ball.她是那个舞会中的美女。

4 isle   

n.小岛，岛

参考例句：

• He is from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea.他来自爱尔兰海的马恩岛。
• The boat left for the paradise isle of Bali.小船驶向天堂一般的巴厘岛。

5 estuary   

n.河口，江口

参考例句：

• We live near the Thames estuary.我们的住处靠近泰晤士河入海口。
• The ship has touched bottom.The estuary must be shallower than we thought.船搁浅了。这河口的水比我们想像的要浅。

6 obituary   

n.讣告，死亡公告；adj.死亡的

参考例句：

• The obituary records the whole life of the deceased.讣文记述了这位死者的生平。
• Five days after the letter came,he found Andersen s obituary in the morning paper.收到那封信五天后，他在早报上发现了安德森的讣告。

7 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

8 navigated   

v.给（船舶、飞机等）引航，导航( navigate的过去式和过去分词 )；（从海上、空中等）横越；横渡；飞跃

参考例句：

• He navigated the plane through the clouds. 他驾驶飞机穿越云层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The ship was navigated by the North Star. 那只船靠北极星来导航。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

10 sedimentation   

n.沉淀，沉积

参考例句：

• Sedimentation, the damage of a breach are problems, too. 而且沉积和决口的问题，也是存在的。 来自英语晨读30分（高二）
• Sedimentation and denudation play a role in exceptional cases. 沉积和剥蚀作用的影响只在特殊情况下起作用。

11 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

12 erratically   

adv.不规律地，不定地

参考例句：

• Police stopped him for driving erratically. 警察因其驾驶不循规则而把他拦下了。 来自辞典例句
• Magnetitite-bearing plugs are found erratically from the base of the Critical Zone. 含磁铁岩的岩栓不规则地分布于关键带的基底以上。 来自辞典例句

13 chunks   

厚厚的一块( chunk的名词复数 )； （某物）相当大的数量或部分

参考例句：

• a tin of pineapple chunks 一罐菠萝块
• Those chunks of meat are rather large—could you chop them up a bIt'smaller? 这些肉块相当大，还能再切小一点吗？