英语听书《海底两万里》第415期 第25章 地中海四十八小时(42)

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Then the propeller³ was brought to its maximum speed, and its four blades churned the waves with indescribable violence. 这样安排好后，推进器开到最大的速度，它的四重机叶猛烈搅打海水，这情景简直难以形容。

Under this powerful thrust the Nautilus's hull⁴ quivered like a resonating chord, and the ship sank steadily⁵ under the waters.  在这强大力量的推送下，诺第留斯号的船壳像一根咚咚震响的绳索一样，全部抖动，很规律地潜入水中。

Stationed in the lounge, the captain and I watched the needle swerving⁶ swiftly over the pressure gauge⁷.  船长和我在客厅中守候，我们眼盯着那移动得很快的压力表的指针。

Soon we had gone below the livable zone where most fish reside. Some of these animals can thrive only at the surface of seas or rivers, but a minority can dwell at fairly great depths.  不久就超过了那大部分鱼类可以生活居住的水层。有些鱼类只能生活在海水或河水的上层，其他数量较少的鱼类又时常住在相当深的水中。

Among the latter I observed a species of dogfish called the cow shark that's equipped with six respiratory slits⁸, the telescope fish with its enormous eyes,  在后一种鱼类中，我看到六孔海豚，有六个呼吸口，望远镜鱼，有望远镜一般的巨大眼睛，

the armored gurnard with gray thoracic fins plus black pectoral fins and a breastplate protected by pale red slabs⁹ of bone, then finally the grenadier, living at a depth of 1,200 meters, by that point tolerating a pressure of 120 atmospheres. 带甲刀板鱼，这鱼有灰色的前胸鳍和黑色的后胸鳍，有淡红色的骨片胸甲保护，最后，榴弹鱼，生活在一千二百米的深处，顶着一百二十度的大气压力。

I asked Captain Nemo if he had observed any fish at more considerable depths. 我问尼摩船长，他是不是曾在更深的水层观察过鱼类。

"Fish? Rarely!" he answered me. "But given the current state of marine¹⁰ science, who are we to presume, what do we really know of these depths?" 他回答我：鱼类吗？很少很少。但在目前这一阶段人们对于科学又推测到些什么？人们知道了什么？

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