英语听书《海底两万里》第120期 第9章 尼德·兰的愤怒(5)

 　　Like a log, professor. But I must be imagining things, because it seems like I'm breathing a sea breeze!

　　十分甜美，教授。不过，我不知道我是不是弄错了，好像我现在呼吸的是海风！

　　A seaman¹ couldn't be wrong on this topic, and I told the Canadian what had gone on while he slept.

　　一个水手不可能弄错；我告诉加拿大人，当他睡熟的时候所发生的一切。

　　Good! he said. That explains perfectly² all that bellowing³ we heard, when our so-called narwhale lay in sight of the Abraham Lincoln.

　　对！他说，这就完全说明了我们在林肯号上看到这条所谓独角鲸的时候所听到的那种吼声了。

　　Perfectly, Mr. Land. It was catching⁴ its breath!

　　不错，足德·兰师傅，这是它的呼吸声!

　　Only I've no idea what time it is, Professor Aronnax, unless maybe it's dinnertime?

　　不过，阿龙纳斯先生，现在几点钟了，我完全不知道，恐怕至少也是晚餐时候了吧?

　　Dinnertime, my fine harpooner⁵? I'd say at least breakfast time, because we've certainly woken up to a new day.

　　老实的鱼叉手，晚餐时候吗？恐怕至少是午餐时候了，因为从昨天算起，我们现在是在过第二天了。

　　Which indicates, Conseil replied, that we've spent twenty-four hours in slumber⁶.

　　这么说，康塞尔说，我们是睡了二十四个小时了。

　　That's my assessment⁷, I replied.

　　我想是的。我答。

　　I won't argue with you, Ned Land answered. But dinner or breakfast, that steward⁸ will be plenty welcome whether he brings the one or the other.

　　我不反对你的意见，尼德·兰答，晚餐也好，午餐也好，不管侍者送来什么，都是欢迎的。

1 seaman   

n.海员，水手，水兵

参考例句：

• That young man is a experienced seaman.那个年轻人是一个经验丰富的水手。
• The Greek seaman went to the hospital five times.这位希腊海员到该医院去过五次。

2 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

3 bellowing   

v.发出吼叫声，咆哮（尤指因痛苦）( bellow的现在分词 )；（愤怒地）说出（某事），大叫

参考例句：

• We could hear he was bellowing commands to his troops. 我们听见他正向他的兵士大声发布命令。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He disguised these feelings under an enormous bellowing and hurraying. 他用大声吼叫和喝采掩饰着这些感情。 来自辞典例句

4 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

5 harpooner   

参考例句：

• When a boat got close enough to the whale, the harpooner threw his harpoon at it. 等船非常接近鲸鱼时，鱼叉手就以鱼叉向它投射。 来自互联网

6 slumber   

n.睡眠，沉睡状态

参考例句：

• All the people in the hotels were wrapped in deep slumber.住在各旅馆里的人都已进入梦乡。
• Don't wake him from his slumber because he needs the rest.不要把他从睡眠中唤醒，因为他需要休息。

7 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

8 steward   

n.乘务员，服务员；看管人；膳食管理员

参考例句：

• He's the steward of the club.他是这家俱乐部的管理员。
• He went around the world as a ship's steward.他当客船服务员，到过世界各地。