英语听书《海底两万里》第21期 第2章 正与反(10)

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　　事情往往就是这样，等人们决定要追赶这怪物的时候。怪物再也不出现了。

　　For two months nobody heard a word about it. Not a single ship encountered it.

　　在两个月的时间内，谁都没有得到怪物的消息，也没有海船碰见它。

　　Apparently¹ the unicorn² had gotten wise to these plots being woven around it.

　　好像这条海麒麟已经得到了人们准备进攻它的情报。

　　People were constantly babbling³ about the creature, even via the Atlantic Cable!

　　因为大家说得大多了，甚至于用大西洋的海底电线来说！

　　Accordingly, the wags claimed that this slippery rascal⁴ had waylaid⁵ some passing telegram and was making the most of it.

　　所以，喜欢说笑话的人说，这个精灵的东西一定在中途偷听了电报，现在它启己有了防备。

　　So the frigate⁶ was equipped for a far-off voyage and armed with fearsome fishing gear, but nobody knew where to steer⁷ it.

　　不再随便出来。因此，这艘用作远征而且装有强大打鱼机的二级战舰,现在不知道向哪里开才好。

　　And impatience⁸ grew until, on June 2, word came that the Tampico, a steamer on the San Francisco line sailing from California to Shanghai, had sighted the animal again, three weeks before in the northerly seas of the Pacific.

　　大家越来越不耐烦了，忽然，7月2日，旧金山轮船公司从加利福尼亚开往上海的一只汽船唐比葛号，三星期前在太平洋北部的海面上又看见了这个东西。

　　This news caused intense excitement. Not even a 24-hour breather was granted to Commander Farragut. His provisions were loaded on board.

　　这消息引起了极大的骚动。

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