英语听书《海底两万里》第1期 第1章 飞走的暗礁(1)

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　　第一章 飞走的暗礁

　　THE YEAR 1866 was marked by a bizarre development, an unexplained and downright inexplicable² phenomenon that surely no one has forgotten.

　　人们一定还记得1866年海上发生的一件离奇的、神秘的、无法解释的怪事。

　　Without getting into those rumors³ that upset civilians⁴ in the seaports⁵ and deranged⁶ the public mind even far inland,

　　且不说当时哄动沿海居民和世界舆论的各种传闻，

　　it must be said that professional seamen⁷ were especially alarmed.

　　这里只说一般航海人员特别激动的心情。

　　Traders, shipowners, captains of vessels⁸, skippers, and master mariners⁹ from Europe and America, naval¹⁰ officers from every country, and at their heels the various national governments on these two continents, were all extremely disturbed by the business.

　　欧美的进出口商人、船长和船主、各国的海军官佐以及这两大洲的各国政府都非常注意这件事。

　　In essence, over a period of time several ships had encountered "an enormous thing" at sea, a long spindle-shaped object, sometimes giving off a phosphorescent glow, infinitely¹¹ bigger and faster than any whale.

　　这事大体是这样：不久以前，好些大船在海上碰见了一一个“庞然大物”，一个很长的物体，形状很像纺锤，有时发出磷光，它的体积比鲸鱼大得多，行动起来也比鲸鱼快得多。

　　The relevant data on this apparition¹², as recorded in various logbooks, agreed pretty closely as to the structure of the object or creature in question, its unprecedented¹³ speed of movement, its startling locomotive power, and the unique vitality¹⁴ with which it seemed to be gifted.

　　关于这个东西的出现，许多航海日志所记下的事实，大致是相同的。如果这东西是鲸鱼类动物，那么它的体积：是大大超过了生物学家曾经加以分类的鲸鱼。

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