英语听书《海底两万里》第444期 第27章 南极(3)

 Whenever you're ready, sir,he called to me. 对我喊：先生，您高兴就清上来。

I got out, Conseil at my heels, leaving the two men in the skiff. 我跳下小艇，后面跟着康塞尔，那两个人留在艇中。

Over an extensive area, the soil consisted of that igneous¹ gravel² called tuff, reddish in color as if made from crushed bricks.  土质在很长的空间上现出锗红色的凝灰岩，就像一层层的砖石构成的一样。

The ground was covered with slag³, lava⁴ flows, and pumice stones.  火山的烧石，喷出的火石，浮石的石屑遍布地上。

Its volcanic⁵ origin was unmistakable.  人们不可能不认识这陆地的构成是火山的来源。

In certain localities thin smoke holes gave off a sulfurous odor, showing that the inner fires still kept their wide-ranging power.  在某些地方还有轻微的喷烟，发出硫磺气味，证明内部的火仍然保持着它伸张发展的力量。

Nevertheless, when I scaled a high escarpment, I could see no volcanoes within a radius⁶ of several miles.  可是，我攀上一座高耸的悬崖，半径几海里的圆周内望不见火山。

In these Antarctic districts, as is well known, Sir James Clark Ross had found the craters⁷ of Mt.Erebus and Mt.Terror in fully⁸ active condition on the 167th meridian⁹ at latitude¹⁰ 77 degrees 32. 大家知道，在南极地带内，，詹姆斯·罗斯在东经160度，纬度77度32分上，找到了还在活动的爱列贝斯和铁罗尔火山喷口。

The vegetation on this desolate¹¹ continent struck me as quite limited.  这个荒凉大陆的植物看来是极端有限。

A few lichens¹² of the species Usnea melanoxanthra sprawled¹³ over the black rocks.  一些单条黑色的苔藓品种丛生，铺在黑色岩石上。

The whole meager¹⁴ flora¹⁵ of this region consisted of certain microscopic¹⁶ buds, rudimentary diatoms made up of a type of cell positioned between two quartz-rich shells, plus long purple and crimson¹⁷ fucus plants, buoyed¹⁸ by small air bladders and washed up on the coast by the surf. 某种微生草木，原始硅藻，在两片介壳中间聚起来的石英质的细胞植物，真红和猩红的黑角菜，紧贴在退潮送到岸上来的鱼类上面，以上就是组成这个地方的整个植物界。

The beach was strewn with mollusks: small mussels, limpets, smooth heart-shaped cockles, and especially some sea butterflies with oblong, membrane-filled bodies whose heads are formed from two rounded lobes¹⁹.  沿岸有一些软体动物，小砚、蛇类，心脏形的光滑贝，特别有那些长方形、膜质、头由两个圆突的耳叶形成的触须贝。

1 igneous   

adj.火的，火绒的

参考例句：

• Igneous rocks do not contain fossils.火成岩不含化石。
• The rocks here are igneous and do not fracture along predictable lines.这儿的石头都是火成岩，石头的裂缝极不规则。

2 gravel   

n.砂跞；砂砾层；结石

参考例句：

• We bought six bags of gravel for the garden path.我们购买了六袋碎石用来铺花园的小路。
• More gravel is needed to fill the hollow in the drive.需要更多的砾石来填平车道上的坑洼。

3 slag   

n.熔渣，铁屑，矿渣；v.使变成熔渣，变熔渣

参考例句：

• Millions of tons of slag now go into building roads each year.每年有数百万吨炉渣用于铺路。
• The slag powder had been widely used as the additive in the cement and concrete.矿渣微粉作为水泥混凝土的掺和料已得到广泛应用。

4 lava   

n.熔岩，火山岩

参考例句：

• The lava flowed down the sides of the volcano.熔岩沿火山坡面涌流而下。
• His anger spilled out like lava.他的愤怒像火山爆发似的迸发出来。

5 volcanic   

adj.火山的；象火山的；由火山引起的

参考例句：

• There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
• Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。

6 radius   

n.半径，半径范围；有效航程，范围，界限

参考例句：

• He has visited every shop within a radius of two miles.周围两英里以内的店铺他都去过。
• We are measuring the radius of the circle.我们正在测量圆的半径。

7 craters   

n.火山口( crater的名词复数 )；弹坑等

参考例句：

• Small meteorites have left impact craters all over the planet's surface. 这个行星的表面布满了小块陨石留下的撞击坑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The battlefield was full of craters made by exploding shells. 战场上布满弹坑。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

8 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

9 meridian   

adj.子午线的；全盛期的

参考例句：

• All places on the same meridian have the same longitude.在同一子午线上的地方都有相同的经度。
• He is now at the meridian of his intellectual power.他现在正值智力全盛期。

10 latitude   

n.纬度，行动或言论的自由(范围)，(pl.)地区

参考例句：

• The latitude of the island is 20 degrees south.该岛的纬度是南纬20度。
• The two cities are at approximately the same latitude.这两个城市差不多位于同一纬度上。

11 desolate   

adj.荒凉的，荒芜的；孤独的，凄凉的；v.使荒芜，使孤寂

参考例句：

• The city was burned into a desolate waste.那座城市被烧成一片废墟。
• We all felt absolutely desolate when she left.她走后，我们都觉得万分孤寂。

12 lichens   

n.地衣( lichen的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The only plants to be found in Antarctica are algae, mosses, and lichens. 在南极洲所发现的植物只有藻类、苔藓和地衣。 来自辞典例句
• Litmus: Mixture of coloured organic compounds obtained from several species of lichens. 石蕊：从几种地衣类植物中获取的带色有机化合物的混合物。 来自互联网

13 sprawled   

v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的过去式和过去分词)；蔓延；杂乱无序地拓展；四肢伸展坐着（或躺着）

参考例句：

• He was sprawled full-length across the bed. 他手脚摊开横躺在床上。
• He was lying sprawled in an armchair, watching TV. 他四肢伸开正懒散地靠在扶手椅上看电视。

14 meager   

adj.缺乏的，不足的，瘦的

参考例句：

• He could not support his family on his meager salary.他靠微薄的工资无法养家。
• The two men and the woman grouped about the fire and began their meager meal.两个男人同一个女人围着火，开始吃起少得可怜的午饭。

15 flora   

n.(某一地区的)植物群

参考例句：

• The subtropical island has a remarkably rich native flora.这个亚热带岛屿有相当丰富的乡土植物种类。
• All flora need water and light.一切草木都需要水和阳光。

16 microscopic   

adj.微小的，细微的，极小的，显微的

参考例句：

• It's impossible to read his microscopic handwriting.不可能看清他那极小的书写字迹。
• A plant's lungs are the microscopic pores in its leaves.植物的肺就是其叶片上微细的气孔。

17 crimson   

n./adj.深(绯)红色(的)；vi.脸变绯红色

参考例句：

• She went crimson with embarrassment.她羞得满脸通红。
• Maple leaves have turned crimson.枫叶已经红了。

18 buoyed   

v.使浮起( buoy的过去式和过去分词 )；支持；为…设浮标；振奋…的精神

参考例句：

• Buoyed by their win yesterday the team feel confident of further success. 在昨天胜利的鼓舞下，该队有信心再次获胜。
• His encouragement buoyed her up during that difficult period. 他的鼓励使她在那段困难时期恢复了乐观的情绪。 来自《简明英汉词典》

19 lobes   

n.耳垂( lobe的名词复数 )；（器官的）叶；肺叶；脑叶

参考例句：

• The rotor has recesses in its three faces between the lobes. 转子在其凸角之间的三个面上有凹槽。 来自辞典例句
• The chalazal parts of the endosperm containing free nuclei forms several lobes. 包含游离核的合点端胚乳部分形成几个裂片。 来自辞典例句