英语听书《海底两万里》第456期 第27章 南极(15)

 It was an arduous¹ climb over sharp lava² and pumice stones in the midst of air often reeking³ with sulfurous fumes⁴ from the smoke holes. 我们是在充满喷火口所发出的流磺气体的大气中，沿着尖利的火石和浮石的石层，作艰苦的攀登。

For a man out of practice at treading land, the captain scaled the steepest slopes with a supple⁵ agility⁶ I couldn't equal, and which would have been envied by hunters of Pyrenees mountain goats. 船长是一个已经不惯踩踏陆地的人，走上这些最陡峭的斜坡，轻便灵活，不单我不能比，就是追赶羚羊的猎人心中也要欣羡。

It took us two hours to reach the summit of this half-crystal, half-basalt peak.  我们费了两个钟头，才到达这座云斑岩、玄武岩掺杂的尖峰上面。

From there our eyes scanned a vast sea, which scrawled⁷ its boundary line firmly against the background of the northern sky.  从上面看，我们的眼光望见一片广阔的海，海在北面天空中清楚现出它的最后界线来。

At our feet: dazzling tracts⁸ of white. Over our heads: a pale azure⁹, clear of mists.  我们脚下，是眩眼的光辉的白冰常我们头上，是从云雾中现出来的淡白的蔚蓝色。

North of us: the sun's disk, like a ball of fire already cut into by the edge of the horizon.  在北方，太阳的轮盘像一只火球一样，已经被水平线的锋刃削开一角了。

From the heart of the waters: jets of liquid rising like hundreds of magnificent bouquets¹⁰.  海水中间，有美丽好看的喷水花束成千成百地放出来。

Far off, like a sleeping cetacean: the Nautilus. Behind us to the south and east: an immense shore, a chaotic¹¹ heap of rocks and ice whose limits we couldn't see. 远远的所在，是那诺第留斯号，像酣睡着的鲸科动物一样。在我们后面，东方和南方，有一片广阔的陆地，是望不见边际的岩石和冰群的凌乱层台。

Arriving at the summit of this peak, Captain Nemo carefully determined¹² its elevation¹³ by means of his barometer¹⁴, since he had to take this factor into account in his noon sights. 尼摩船长走到峰顶上，拿晴雨表小心测量尖峰的高度，因为在他的观察中，峰高也要估计在内。

At 11:45 the sun, by then seen only by refraction, looked like a golden disk, dispersing¹⁵ its last rays over this deserted¹⁶ continent and down to these seas not yet plowed¹⁷ by the ships of man. 正午差一刻，单从折光作用看，太阳像金盘一样现出，它对这从没有人迹来过的海面，把它的最后光芒散在荒凉无人的大陆上。

Captain Nemo had brought a spyglass with a reticular eyepiece, which corrected the sun's refraction by means of a mirror, and he used it to observe the orb¹⁸ sinking little by little along a very extended diagonal that reached below the horizon.  尼摩船长戴上网形线望远镜，这镜利用一个镜面，可以改正折光作用，他观察那沿着一条拖拉得很长的对角线，渐渐沉入水平线下的太阳。

1 arduous   

adj.艰苦的，费力的，陡峭的

参考例句：

• We must have patience in doing arduous work.我们做艰苦的工作要有耐性。
• The task was more arduous than he had calculated.这项任务比他所估计的要艰巨得多。

2 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。

3 reeking   

v.发出浓烈的臭气( reek的现在分词 )；散发臭气；发出难闻的气味 (of sth)；明显带有（令人不快或生疑的跡象）

参考例句：

• I won't have you reeking with sweat in my bed! 我就不许你混身臭汗，臭烘烘的上我的炕！ 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
• This is a novel reeking with sentimentalism. 这是一本充满着感伤主义的小说。 来自辞典例句

4 fumes   

n.(强烈而刺激的)气味，气体

参考例句：

• The health of our children is being endangered by exhaust fumes. 我们孩子们的健康正受到排放出的废气的损害。
• Exhaust fumes are bad for your health. 废气对健康有害。

5 supple   

adj.柔软的，易弯的，逢迎的，顺从的，灵活的；vt.使柔软，使柔顺，使顺从；vi.变柔软，变柔顺

参考例句：

• She gets along well with people because of her supple nature.她与大家相处很好，因为她的天性柔和。
• He admired the graceful and supple movements of the dancers.他赞扬了舞蹈演员优雅灵巧的舞姿。

6 agility   

n.敏捷，活泼

参考例句：

• The boy came upstairs with agility.那男孩敏捷地走上楼来。
• His intellect and mental agility have never been in doubt.他的才智和机敏从未受到怀疑。

7 scrawled   

乱涂，潦草地写( scrawl的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I tried to read his directions, scrawled on a piece of paper. 我尽量弄明白他草草写在一片纸上的指示。
• Tom scrawled on his slate, "Please take it -- I got more." 汤姆在他的写字板上写了几个字：“请你收下吧，我多得是哩。”

8 tracts   

大片土地( tract的名词复数 )； 地带； （体内的）道； （尤指宣扬宗教、伦理或政治的）短文

参考例句：

• vast tracts of forest 大片大片的森林
• There are tracts of desert in Australia. 澳大利亚有大片沙漠。

9 azure   

adj.天蓝色的，蔚蓝色的

参考例句：

• His eyes are azure.他的眼睛是天蓝色的。
• The sun shone out of a clear azure sky.清朗蔚蓝的天空中阳光明媚。

10 bouquets   

n.花束( bouquet的名词复数 )；（酒的）芳香

参考例句：

• The welcoming crowd waved their bouquets. 欢迎的群众摇动着花束。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• As the hero stepped off the platform, he was surrounded by several children with bouquets. 当英雄走下讲台时，已被几名手持花束的儿童围住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 chaotic   

adj.混沌的，一片混乱的，一团糟的

参考例句：

• Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
• The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。

12 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

13 elevation   

n.高度；海拔；高地；上升；提高

参考例句：

• The house is at an elevation of 2,000 metres.那幢房子位于海拔两千米的高处。
• His elevation to the position of General Manager was announced yesterday.昨天宣布他晋升总经理职位。

14 barometer   

n.气压表，睛雨表，反应指标

参考例句：

• The barometer marked a continuing fall in atmospheric pressure.气压表表明气压在继续下降。
• The arrow on the barometer was pointing to"stormy".气压计上的箭头指向“有暴风雨”。

15 dispersing   

adj. 分散的 动词disperse的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• Whereas gasoline fumes linger close to the ground before dispersing. 而汽油烟气却靠近地面迟迟不散。
• Earthworms may be instrumental in dispersing fungi or bacteria. 蚯蚓可能是散布真菌及细菌的工具。

16 deserted   

adj.荒芜的，荒废的，无人的，被遗弃的

参考例句：

• The deserted village was filled with a deathly silence.这个荒废的村庄死一般的寂静。
• The enemy chieftain was opposed and deserted by his followers.敌人头目众叛亲离。

17 plowed   

v.耕( plow的过去式和过去分词 )；犁耕；费力穿过

参考例句：

• They plowed nearly 100,000 acres of virgin moorland. 他们犁了将近10万英亩未开垦的高沼地。 来自辞典例句
• He plowed the land and then sowed the seeds. 他先翻土，然后播种。 来自辞典例句

18 orb   

n.太阳；星球；v.弄圆；成球形

参考例句：

• The blue heaven,holding its one golden orb,poured down a crystal wash of warm light.蓝蓝的天空托着金色的太阳，洒下一片水晶般明亮温暖的光辉。
• It is an emanation from the distant orb of immortal light.它是从远处那个发出不灭之光的天体上放射出来的。