英语听书《海底两万里》第49期 第5章 冒险活动(4)

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　　战舰的甲板上马上就挤满了人，水手和军官像水流一般地从布棚下涌出来了。

　　The cowls over the companionways would vomit² a torrent³ of sailors and officers.With panting chests and anxious eyes, we each would observe the cetacean's movements.

　　人人都心头跳动，眼光闪烁，注视着鲸鱼的行动。

　　I stared; I stared until I nearly went blind from a worn-out retina, while Conseil, as stoic⁴ as ever, kept repeating to me in a calm tone:

　　我非常注意地看着，看得眼睛发黑，简直要变成瞎子了。但康塞尔总是若无其事的，用安静的语气一再对我说：

　　If master's eyes would kindly⁵ stop bulging⁶, master will see farther!

　　如果先生愿意少费些目力，眼睛不要睁得大大，先生也许能看得更清楚一些！

　　But what a waste of energy! The Abraham Lincoln would change course and race after the animal sighted,

　　但是，空欢喜了一场！林肯号转了方向，向发现的动物冲去，原来是一条平常的长须鲸，

　　only to find an ordinary baleen⁷ whale or a common sperm⁸ whale that soon disappeared amid a chorus of curses!

　　或一条普通的大头鲸，不多时就在大家的咒骂声中不见了！

　　However, the weather held good. Our voyage was proceeding⁹ under the most favorable conditions.

　　可是天气很好。船在良好的情况中航行，这正是南半球天气恶劣的季节，

　　By then it was the bad season in these southernmost regions, because July in this zone corresponds to our January in Europe;

　　而这一带的七月却和我们欧洲的一月差不多。

　　but the sea remained smooth and easily visible over a vast perimeter¹⁰.

　　不过海是平静的，人们一眼可以看得很远。

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