英语听书《海底两万里》第59期 第6章 开足马力(1)

 　　AT THIS SHOUT the entire crew rushed toward the harpooner-commander, officers, mates,

　　一听到这喊声，全体船员，从舰长、军官、水手长,

　　sailors, cabin boys, down to engineers leaving their machinery¹ and stokers neglecting their furnaces. The order was given to stop, and the frigate² merely coasted.

　　直到水手、练习生，甚至工程师也丢下机器，火夫也离开锅炉，大家都向鱼叉手这边跑来。

　　By then the darkness was profound, and as good as the Canadian's eyes were, I still wondered how he could see--and what he had seen.

　　停船的命令发出了，船只凭本身余下的动力走着。那时天色非常黑暗，不管这位加拿大人的眼力怎么好，我也要想想他怎能看见和他能够看见什么。

　　My heart was pounding fit to burst.

　　我的心跳得非常厉害，简直要炸了。

　　But Ned Land was not mistaken, and we all spotted⁴ the object his hand was indicating.

　　可是尼德·兰并没有弄错，我们大家都看到了他的手所指的那个东西。

　　Two cable lengths off the Abraham Lincoln's starboard quarter, the sea seemed to be lit up from underneath⁵.

　　离林肯号右舷约三百七十米左右，海面好像是被水底发出的光照亮了。

　　This was no mere³ phosphorescent phenomenon, that much was unmistakable.

　　这光并不是一般的磷光，这谁也不会弄错。

　　Submerged some fathoms⁶ below the surface of the water, the monster gave off that very intense but inexplicable⁷ glow that several captains had mentioned in their reports.

　　这个怪物潜在水面下几米深，放出十分强烈而神秘的光，就像有些船长的报告中所指出的那样。

1 machinery   

n.(总称)机械，机器；机构

参考例句：

• Has the machinery been put up ready for the broadcast?广播器材安装完毕了吗？
• Machinery ought to be well maintained all the time.机器应该随时注意维护。

2 frigate   

n.护航舰，大型驱逐舰

参考例句：

• An enemy frigate bore down on the sloop.一艘敌驱逐舰向这只护航舰逼过来。
• I declare we could fight frigate.我敢说我们简直可以和一艘战舰交战。

3 mere   

adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过

参考例句：

• That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
• It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。

4 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。

5 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。

6 fathoms   

英寻( fathom的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The harbour is four fathoms deep. 港深为四英寻。
• One bait was down forty fathoms. 有个鱼饵下沉到四十英寻的深处。

7 inexplicable   

adj.无法解释的，难理解的

参考例句：

• It is now inexplicable how that development was misinterpreted.当时对这一事态发展的错误理解究竟是怎么产生的，现在已经无法说清楚了。
• There are many things which are inexplicable by science.有很多事科学还无法解释。