英语听书《海底两万里》第216期 第16章 在海底平原散步(7)

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　　Obviously, in the presence of these zoophyte and mollusk¹ specimens², the fine lad was classifying his head off.  显然，这个守本分的人，要把眼前这些形形色色的植虫动物和软体动物分类，不停地分类。

　　Polyps and echinoderms abounded³ on the seafloor: various isis coral, cornularian coral living in isolation,  满地都是腔肠动物和棘皮动物。变化不一的叉形虫，孤独生活的角形虫，

　　tufts of virginal genus Oculina formerly⁴ known by the name white coral, 纯洁的眼球丛，被人叫作雪白珊瑚的耸起作蘑菇形的菌生虫，

　　prickly fungus⁵ coral in the shape of mushrooms, sea anemone⁶ holding on by their muscular disks,  肌肉盘贴在地上的白头翁…布置成一片花地；

　　providing a literal flowerbed adorned⁷ by jellyfish from the genus Porpita wearing collars of azure⁸ tentacles⁹,  再镶上结了天蓝丝绦领子的红花石疣，散在沙间象星宿一般的海星，

　　and starfish that spangled the sand, including veinlike feather stars from the genus Asterophyton that were like fine lace embroidered¹⁰ by the hands of water nymphs,  满是小虫伪海盘车，这一切真像水中仙女手绣的精美花边。

　　their festoons swaying to the faint undulations caused by our walking.  朵朵的、花彩因我们走路时所引起的最轻微的波动而摆动起来。

　　It filled me with real chagrin¹¹ to crush underfoot the gleaming mollusk samples that littered the seafloor by the thousands:  把成千成万散布在地上的软体动物的美丽品种，

　　concentric comb shells, hammer shells, coquina (seashells that actually hop¹² around), top-shell snails¹³, red helmet shells, angel-wing conchs, sea hares,  环纹海扇，海糙鱼，当那贝—真正会跳跃的贝，洼形贝，朱红胄，像天使翅膀一般的袖形贝，叶纹贝，

　　and so many other exhibits from this inexhaustible ocean.  以及其他许许多多的无穷无尽的海洋生物, 践踏在我的脚底下，我心中实在难受，实在愧惜。

　　But we had to keep walking, and we went forward while overhead there scudded¹⁴ schools of Portuguese¹⁵ men-of-war that let their ultramarine tentacles drift in their wakes,  但是我们不得不走，我们继续前进，在我们头上是成群结队的管状水母，它们伸出它们的天蓝色触须，一连串地飘在水中。

　　medusas whose milky¹⁶ white or dainty pink parasols were festooned with azure tassels¹⁷ and shaded us from the sun's rays, plus jellyfish of the species Pelagia panopyra that,  还有月形水母，它那带乳白色或淡玫瑰红的伞，套了天蓝色框子，给我们遮住了阳光。

　　in the dark, would have strewn our path with phosphorescent glimmers¹⁸! 在黑暗中，更有发亮的i半球形水母，为我们发出磷光，照亮了我们前进的道路！

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