英语听书《海底两万里》第15期 第2章 正与反(4)

 　　After I arrived in New York, several people did me the honor of consulting me on the phenomenon in question.

　　当我到纽约的时候，有些人特地来问我对这件怪事的意见。

　　In France I had published a two-volume work, in quarto, entitled The Mysteries of the Great Ocean Depths.

　　我以前在法国出版过一部八开本的书，共两册，书名为：《海底的神秘》。

　　Well received in scholarly circles, this book had established me as a specialist in this pretty obscure field of natural history.

　　这部书特别受到学术界的赏识，使我成为自然科学中这一个相当奥秘的部门的专家。

　　My views were in demand. As long as I could deny the reality of the business, I confined myself to a flat "no comment."

　　因此人们才询问我的意见。但我只要能够否认这事的真实性，我总是作否定的答复。

　　But soon, pinned to the wall, I had to explain myself straight out.

　　但不久我被逼只得明确地表示我的意见。

　　And in this vein¹, the honorable Pierre Aronnax, Professor at the Paris Museum,was summoned by The New York Herald² to formulate³ his views no matter what.

　　况且《纽约先锋论坛报》已经约了巴黎自然科学博物馆教。授可敬的彼埃尔·阿龙纳斯先生，请他发表对这个问题砌意见。

　　I complied. Since I could no longer hold my tongue, I let it wag.

　　我发表了我的意见。我因为不能沉默，才不得不悦几句诸。

　　I discussed the question in its every aspect, both political and scientific, and this is an excerpt⁴ from the well-padded article I published in the issue of April 30.

　　我从政治上和学术上来讨论这个问题的各个方面。现在我将我发表在4月30日《论坛报》上的一篇材料很丰富的文章的结论：

1 vein   

n.血管，静脉；叶脉，纹理；情绪；vt.使成脉络

参考例句：

• The girl is not in the vein for singing today.那女孩今天没有心情唱歌。
• The doctor injects glucose into the patient's vein.医生把葡萄糖注射入病人的静脉。

2 herald   

vt.预示...的来临，预告，宣布，欢迎

参考例句：

• In England, the cuckoo is the herald of spring.在英国杜鹃鸟是报春的使者。
• Dawn is the herald of day.曙光是白昼的先驱。

3 formulate   

v.用公式表示；规划；设计；系统地阐述

参考例句：

• He took care to formulate his reply very clearly.他字斟句酌，清楚地做了回答。
• I was impressed by the way he could formulate his ideas.他陈述观点的方式让我印象深刻。

4 excerpt   

n.摘录，选录，节录

参考例句：

• This is an excerpt from a novel.这是一部小说的摘录。
• Can you excerpt something from the newspaper? 你能从报纸上选录些东西吗？