英语听书《海底两万里》第527期 第33章 北纬47.24度, 西经17.28度(2)

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at these trouble spots so prominent in the statistics: Cape² Race, St. Paul Island, the Strait of Belle³ Isle⁴, the St. Lawrence estuary⁵! 在统计表中标出来的危险地点，如拉斯角、圣一保罗岛、白令海峡和圣—劳伦斯河口等处葬身大海的！

And in only a few years, how many victims have been furnished to the obituary⁶ notices by the Royal Mail, Inman, and Montreal lines; 仅几年来，列进这本失事年谱的船只就有“皇家邮轮号”、“伊曼纳号”、“蒙特阿尔号”；

by vessels named the Solway, the Isis, the Paramatta, the Hungarian, the Canadian, the Anglo-Saxon, the Humboldt, and the United States, all run aground; “苏尔威号”、“伊斯号”、“巴拿马特号”、“匈牙利号”、“加拿大号”、“盎格鲁—撒克逊号”、“汉堡号”、“美利坚合众国号”，以上的船只全部是触礁沉没的；

by the Arctic and the Lyonnais, sunk in collisions; 而“北极号”、“里昂号”是被撞沉的；

by the President, the Pacific, and the City of Glasgow, lost for unknown reasons; “总统号”、“太平洋号”、“格拉斯城号”则失踪，原因不明；

in the midst of their gloomy rubble⁷, the Nautilus navigated⁸ as if passing the dead in review! “鹦鹉螺号”航行在这些阴暗的残骸中，犹如在翻阅一本死亡画册！

By May 15 we were off the southern tip of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. 5月15日，我们到达了纽芬兰岛暗礁脉的最南端。

These banks are the result of marine⁹ sedimentation¹⁰, an extensive accumulation of organic waste brought either from the equator by the Gulf¹¹ Stream's current, 这条暗礁是海水冲积而成的，堆积着大堆有机体的残骸，这些残骸可能是海湾暖流从赤道带来的，

or from the North Pole by the countercurrent of cold water that skirts the American coast. 也可能是沿着美洲海岸的逆向北极寒流带来的，

Here, too, erratically¹² drifting chunks¹³ collect from the ice breakup. 还堆积着一些由于雪崩而冲刷下来的岩石。

Here a huge boneyard forms from fish, mollusks, and zoophytes dying over it by the billions. 那里变成了一处亿万只死亡鱼类、软体动物或植虫动物的巨大的尸骸堆。

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