英语听书《海底两万里》第228期 第17章 海底森林(9)

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　　Often the seafloor rose to within two meters of the surface of the water.  平原时常升至距海面不及两米的深度。

　　I could then see our images clearly mirrored on the underside of the waves,  我当时看见我们的影子反映在水中，清楚地现出来，

　　but reflected upside down: above us there appeared an identical band that duplicated our every movement and gesture;  方向正相反：在我们上面，现出同样的一群人，表演我们的动作和姿势，

　　in short, a perfect likeness¹ of the quartet near which it walked, but with heads down and feet in the air. 一切都相同，就是脑袋垂在下面，两脚倒悬在空中。

　　Another unusual effect. Heavy clouds passed above us, forming and fading swiftly.  值得记下的还有另一种情况。一阵阵的浓云飞掠过去，这些云很快地形成，也很快地消失；

　　But after thinking it over, I realized that these so-called clouds were caused simply by the changing densities² of the long ground swells,  但仔细一想，我明白，这些所谓云只不过是海底厚薄不一的波浪所反映出来的。

　　and I even spotted³ the foaming⁴ white caps that their breaking crests⁵ were proliferating⁶ over the surface of the water.  我又看到浪头向下折落时演成无数泡沫飞溅的滚滚白祷，像羊群一样。

　　Lastly, I couldn't help seeing the actual shadows of large birds passing over our heads, swiftly skimming the surface of the sea. 我也见过那些在我们头上的巨大鸟类的阴影，它们从海面疾飞掠过。

　　On this occasion I witnessed one of the finest gunshots ever to thrill the marrow⁷ of a hunter.  这个时候，我亲眼看到一次射击，也许从来没有一个猎人曾经发射过这样准确、漂亮的枪。

　　A large bird with a wide wingspan, quite clearly visible, approached and hovered⁸ over us.  一只大鸟，可以看得很清楚，两翼张得很大的飞翔前来。

　　When it was just a few meters above the waves, Captain Nemo's companion took aim and fired.  尼摩船长的同伴看见大鸟在离水波仅仅几米的上面，尼摩就瞄准，射击。

　　The animal dropped, electrocuted, and its descent brought it within reach of our adroit⁹ hunter,who promptly¹⁰ took possession of it.  大鸟被击落下来，一直掉到这位敏捷的猎人的近旁，他立即把鸟捉住。

　　It was an albatross of the finest species, a wonderful specimen¹¹ of these open-sea fowl¹². 这是最美丽的一种海鹅，海鸟中最使人赞美的一个鸟类品种。

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