【双语有声阅读】尼斯湖水怪 The Loch Ness Monster(上)

 The Loch Ness Monster

 

尼斯湖水怪

Loch Ness, the largest freshwater lake in the British Isles¹, is twenty four miles long and, at one point, one and a half miles wide.

尼斯湖是大不列颠群岛最大的淡水湖，有24英里长，一边有1.5英里宽。

It has an average depth of four hundred and fifty feet and at times drops close to a thousand.

湖的平均水深是450英尺，有时候高达1000英尺。

It is cold and murky², with dangerous currents. In short, it is the perfect place to hide a monster from even the sharpest eyes of science.

这里又冷又黑暗，还有危险的激流。总之，这里是隐藏怪物的绝佳之处，即使是最锐利的科学之眼也很难察觉到。

The Loch Ness Monster, also called Nessie, is supposedly living in this area.

尼斯湖水怪也叫尼西，据说在这个地区生活。

The earliest recorded sighting of the Loch Ness Monster was in the biography of St. Columba by Adamnan in the year 565 AD.

最早有关尼斯湖水怪的场景记录出现在公元565年，阿德曼写的圣鸽属的传记中。

The monster apparently³ attacked and killed a man who was swimming in the River Ness.

显然，怪物袭击和杀害了正在尼斯湖洗澡的人。

The monster didn't make headlines again until August 27, 1930 when 3 fishermen reported seeing a creature 20 feet long approaching their boat, throwing water in the air.

直到1930年8月27日，三个渔人看见一头20英里长的怪物正向他们的船游来，拍打着湖水，水花四溅，怪物又上了报纸的头条。

As it passes them, its wake caused their boat to rock violently.

当它经过渔船，引起渔船猛烈地震动。

In 1933, after a new road was built along the Loch, the number of reports soared.

1933年，建了沿湖新马路之后，相关的报道就大大增加了。

Early in 1934 there was a land sighting of the beast. Arthur Grant, a young vet⁴ student, was out on his motorcycle one evening when he almost ran into the monster as it crossed the road.

1934年早期，有人在路边看到了怪兽。一天晚上，阿瑟·格兰特，一个年轻的兽医学生，骑着摩托车经过湖边，遇见了那只怪物。

Grant's description of the thing, small head, long thin neck and tail with a big body, seemed to match the appearance of the Plesiosauru, an aquatic⁵ type of dinosaur⁶ that has been extinct for 65 million years.

格兰特描述怪物的头很小，脖子又细又长，身体很大。听上去它的样子和已经灭绝了6500万年的水生恐龙蛇颈龙相似。

In 1962 The Loch Ness Investigation⁷ Bureau was formed to act as a research organization for information about the creature.

1962年，尼斯湖调查局作为一个研究生物信息的组织成立了。

1 isles   

岛( isle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• the geology of the British Isles 不列颠群岛的地质
• The boat left for the isles. 小船驶向那些小岛。

2 murky   

adj.黑暗的，朦胧的；adv.阴暗地，混浊地；n.阴暗；昏暗

参考例句：

• She threw it into the river's murky depths.她把它扔进了混浊的河水深处。
• She had a decidedly murky past.她的历史背景令人捉摸不透。

3 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

4 vet   

n.兽医，退役军人；vt.检查

参考例句：

• I took my dog to the vet.我把狗带到兽医诊所看病。
• Someone should vet this report before it goes out.这篇报道发表之前应该有人对它进行详查。

5 aquatic   

adj.水生的，水栖的

参考例句：

• Aquatic sports include swimming and rowing.水上运动包括游泳和划船。
• We visited an aquatic city in Italy.我们在意大利访问过一个水上城市。

6 dinosaur   

n.恐龙

参考例句：

• Are you trying to tell me that David was attacked by a dinosaur?你是想要告诉我大卫被一支恐龙所攻击？
• He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.他凝视著精确的恐龙缩小模型。

7 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。