英语听书《海底两万里》第495期 第31章 章鱼(3)

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For my part, I didn't want my new and unusual research to be buried with my bones. 至于我，我不愿意把我如此奇特新颖的研究和我一起埋葬掉。

I had now earned the right to pen the definitive² book on the sea, and sooner or later I wanted that book to see the light of day. 我现在有权利写一部关于真正的海洋的书，而且这本书，我更愿意让它早些问世。

There once more, through the panels opening into these Caribbean waters ten meters below the surface of the waves, 目前我们还是在老地方，在安第列斯群岛的水波下10米处。透过打开的嵌板，

I found so many fascinating exhibits to describe in my daily notes! 我看到了多少我应该记入我的日记的有趣海产啊！

Among other zoophytes there were Portuguese⁴ men-of-war known by the name Physalia pelagica, 在植虫动物中，有一些名叫海扁筒的船形腔肠类动物，

like big, oblong bladders with a pearly sheen, spreading their membranes⁵ to the wind, letting their blue tentacles⁶ drift like silken threads; 这是一种肥大的长方形囊袋状动物闪着螺细质光泽，在风中展开它们的膜蓝色的触须像丝线一般浮在水面上，

to the eye delightful⁷ jellyfish, to the touch actual nettles⁸ that ooze⁹ a corrosive¹⁰ liquid. 用眼看是迷人的水母，用手摸却是分泌着腐蚀性汁液的真正荨麻。

Among the articulates there were annelid worms one and a half meters long, furnished with a pink proboscis¹¹, equipped with 1,700 organs of locomotion¹², 在节肢动物中，有一些长1米半，有一条玫瑰色的鼻子和1700个运动器官的环节动物，

snaking through the waters, and as they went, throwing off every gleam in the solar spectrum¹³. 它们在水中蛇行着，经过时闪着像阳光般的微光。

From the fish branch there were manta rays, enormous cartilaginous fish ten feet long and weighing 600 pounds, their pectoral fin³ triangular¹⁴, 在鱼类动物中，有一些蝠鲼，这是一种长10英尺，重600磅的巨型软骨鱼，它的胸鳍是三角形的，

their midback slightly arched, their eyes attached to the edges of the face at the front of the head;  背部中间有点驼，眼睛挤在脸部的前顶端上；

they floated like wreckage¹⁵ from a ship, sometimes fastening onto our windows like opaque¹⁶ shutters¹⁷.  它们像一条船骸一样浮在水面上，有时又像一块不透明的窗板一样，挡在我们的玻璃窗前。

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