英语听书《海底两万里》第555期 第35章 尼摩船长的最后几句话(2)

 I could barely glimpse the swift passing of longnose sharks, hammerhead sharks, 这时，我勉强瞥见一些迅速掠过的长鼻角鲨，双髻鱼，

spotted¹ dogfish that frequent these waters, big eagle rays, 经常出没于这一带海域的猫鲨，大海鹰，

swarms² of seahorse looking like knights³ on a chessboard,  成群像国际象棋中的马的海马，

eels⁴ quivering like fireworks serpents,  行动像烟火蛇一样的海鳗，

armies of crab⁵ that fled obliquely⁶ by crossing their pincers over their carapaces,  大群交叉着蟹甲上的螯钳横行的海蟹，

finally schools of porpoise⁷ that held contests of speed with the Nautilus.  最后是一大群与“鹦鹉螺号”赛跑的鼠海豚。

But by this point observing, studying, and classifying were out of the question. 但此时已不再是进行观察、研究和分类的时候了。

By evening we had cleared 200 leagues up the Atlantic.  到了傍晚时分，我们横穿了大西洋200里。

Shadows gathered and gloom overran the sea until the moon came up. 不久，阴影出现了海面被黑暗侵吞了。等到月亮升起来，海面有了些光亮。

I repaired to my stateroom.  我回到房间里睡觉。

I couldn't sleep. I was assaulted by nightmares. That horrible scene of destruction kept repeating in my mind's eye. 但我一直被恶梦困扰着，那可怕的毁灭场面老是在我的脑海中重现，我一点也睡不着。

From that day forward, who knows where the Nautilus took us in the north Atlantic basin? 从这天起，谁能说出来在这北大西洋里，“鹦鹉螺号”船只要把我们带到哪里去呢？

Always at incalculable speed! 它总是以飞快的速度行驶！

Always amid the High Arctic mists! 它总是出现在那片北方的浓雾中！

Did it call at the capes⁸ of Spitzbergen or the shores of Novaya Zemlya? 它靠近了斯匹兹堡顶端，可它靠近了新赞布尔悬崖吗？

Did it visit such uncharted seas as the White Sea,  它走过了那些不为人知的海，像白海、

the Kara Sea, the Gulf⁹ of Ob, the Lyakhov Islands, or those unknown beaches on the Siberian coast? 克拉海、奥比湾、里亚洛夫群岛和亚细亚沿海那人类尚未知道的海岸吗？

I'm unable to say. I lost track of the passing hours.  我说不上来。这样白白流逝掉的时光，我是无法估量出来的。

1 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

2 swarms   

蜂群，一大群( swarm的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They came to town in swarms. 他们蜂拥来到城里。
• On June the first there were swarms of children playing in the park. 6月1日那一天，这个公园里有一群群的孩子玩耍。

3 knights   

骑士； （中古时代的）武士( knight的名词复数 )； 骑士； 爵士； （国际象棋中）马

参考例句：

• stories of knights and fair maidens 关于骑士和美女的故事
• He wove a fascinating tale of knights in shining armour. 他编了一个穿着明亮盔甲的骑士的迷人故事。

4 eels   

abbr. 电子发射器定位系统（=electronic emitter location system）

参考例句：

• Eels have been on the feed in the Lower Thames. 鳗鱼在泰晤士河下游寻食。
• She bought some eels for dinner. 她买回一些鳗鱼做晚餐。

5 crab   

n.螃蟹，偏航，脾气乖戾的人，酸苹果；vi.捕蟹，偏航，发牢骚；vt.使偏航，发脾气

参考例句：

• I can't remember when I last had crab.我不记得上次吃蟹是什么时候了。
• The skin on my face felt as hard as a crab's back.我脸上的皮仿佛僵硬了，就象螃蟹的壳似的。

6 obliquely   

adv.斜； 倾斜； 间接； 不光明正大

参考例句：

• From the gateway two paths led obliquely across the court. 从门口那儿，有两条小路斜越过院子。 来自辞典例句
• He was receding obliquely with a curious hurrying gait. 他歪着身子，古怪而急促地迈着步子，往后退去。 来自辞典例句

7 porpoise   

n.鼠海豚

参考例句：

• What is the difference between a dolphin and porpoise?海豚和和鼠海豚有什么区别？
• Mexico strives to save endangered porpoise.墨西哥努力拯救濒危的鼠海豚。

8 capes   

碎谷； 斗篷( cape的名词复数 )； 披肩； 海角； 岬

参考例句：

• It was cool and they were putting on their capes. 夜里阴冷，他们都穿上了披风。
• The pastor smiled to give son's two Capes five cents money. 牧师微笑着给了儿子二角五分钱。

9 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。