英语听书《海底两万里》第145期 第10章 水中人(16)

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　　那么，我说，所有的食品都是海产吗？

　　Yes, professor, the sea supplies all my needs. Sometimes I cast my nets in our wake, and I pull them up ready to burst.

　　是的，教授，大海供应我一切必需品。有时我抛下拖网，等网满得都要断了就把它拉上来。

　　Sometimes I go hunting right in the midst of this element that has long seemed so far out of man's reach, and I corner the game that dwells in my underwater forests.

　　有时我到那看来人没法去的大海中间打猎，我追逐那些居住在我的海底森林中的野味。

　　Like the flocks of old Proteus, King Neptune's shepherd, my herds¹ graze without fear on the ocean's immense prairies.

　　我的牛羊家畜，像尼普顿的老牧人的一样，无忧无虑地在那广阔的海底牧场上吃草。

　　There I own vast properties that I harvest myself, and which are forever sown by the hand of the Creator of All Things.

　　我在海底有一笔巨大的产业，这产业是由造物主亲手播种的。

　　I stared at Captain Nemo in definite astonishment², and I answered him:

　　我有点惊异，看着尼摩船长，我这样回答他：

　　Sir, I understand perfectly³ how your nets can furnish excellent fish for your table;

　　先生，我完全相信您的鱼网能供应这桌上的许多鱼类，

　　I understand less how you can chase aquatic⁴ game in your underwater forests;

　　我也了解您如何在您的海底森林中打猎，

　　but how a piece of red meat, no matter how small, can figure in your menu, that I don't understand at all.

　　但是我一点不明白在您的菜单上，如何能有肉类—尽管很少？

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