英语听书《海底两万里》第236期 第18章 太平洋下四千里(8)

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　　There our nets brought up some fine fish samples: dolphinfish with azure¹ fins,  在这一带海面上，鱼网打得了好些美丽的鱼类。比如哥利芬鱼，天蓝色的鳍，

　　gold tails, and flesh that's unrivaled in the entire world, wrasse from the genus Hologymnosus that were nearly denuded² of scales but exquisite³ in flavor,  金黄色的尾巴，肉味鲜美无比。赤裸鱼，差不多没有鳞甲，但也很好吃；

　　knifejaws with bony beaks⁴, yellowish albacore that were as tasty as bonito, all fish worth classifying in the ship's pantry. 带骨腮的骨眶鱼，黑黄的塔查鱼，比鲤鱼还好吃；所有这些鱼都值得放到船上餐厅中供人食用。

　　After leaving these delightful⁵ islands to the protection of the French flag, the Nautilus covered about 2,000 miles from December 4 to the 11th.  离开了由法国国旗保护的这些使人神往的美丽海岛后， 从12月4日至11日，诺第留斯号共走了四千里左右。

　　Its navigating⁶ was marked by an encounter with an immense school of squid, unusual mollusks that are near neighbors of the cuttlefish⁷.  这次航行碰见了一大群抢乌贼，这是很奇异的软体动物，跟墨鱼很相像。

　　French fishermen give them the name "cuckoldfish," and they belong to the class Cephalopoda, family Dibranchiata,  法国渔人称它们为水黄蜂，它们属于头足纲。

　　consisting of themselves together with cuttlefish and argonauts.  双鳃目，其中包括肛鱼和墨鱼。

　　The naturalists⁸ of antiquity⁹ made a special study of them,  这类鱼，古代生物学家特别加以研究，

　　and these animals furnished many ribald figures of speech for soapbox orators¹⁰ in the Greek marketplace,  它们给古代希腊公众会场的演说家提供了好些譬喻语，根

　　as well as excellent dishes for the tables of rich citizens,if we're to believe Athenaeus, a Greek physician predating Galen. 据生于嘉利安之前的希腊医生阿典尼所说的话，这类鱼在希腊的有钱公民的食桌上，也是一盘很美味的菜。

　　It was during the night of December 9-10 that the Nautilus encountered this army of distinctly nocturnal mollusks.  就是在12月9日和10 日夜间，诺第留斯号碰见一大群喜欢夜出的软体动物。

　　They numbered in the millions.  估计起来，它们的数目不止数千百万。

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