英语听书《海底两万里》第34期 第4章 尼德兰(3)

 　　Our frigate¹ would have had fivescore good reasons for renaming itself the Argus, after that mythological² beast with 100 eyes!

　　这只船真有许多理由可以称为“多眼号”，

　　The lone³ rebel among us was Conseil, who seemed utterly⁴ uninterested in the question exciting us and was out of step with the general enthusiasm on board.

　　全体人员中间，唯有康塞尔相反，他对于我们共同发生兴趣的问题表示很冷淡，给船上大家的热情浇上一盆冷水。

　　As I said, Commander Farragut had carefully equipped his ship with all the gear needed to fish for a gigantic cetacean.

　　我前面说过，法拉古舰长这人很细心，他把打巨大鲸鱼类用的各种装备都带在船上。

　　No whaling vessel⁵ could have been better armed.

　　就是一只捕鲸船也不会装备得更完备了。

　　We had every known mechanism⁶, from the hand-hurled harpoon⁷, to the blunderbuss firing barbed arrows, to the duck gun with exploding bullets.

　　我们船上的武器，应有尽有，从手投的鱼叉。一直到鸟枪的开花弹和用炮发射的铁箭。

　　On the forecastle was mounted the latest model breech-loading cannon⁸, very heavy of barrel and narrow of bore, a weapon that would figure in the Universal Exhibition of 1867.

　　在前甲板上装有一门十分完善的后膛炮，炮身很厚，炮口很窄，这种炮的模型曾在1867年的万国博览会中展览过。

　　Made in America, this valuable instrument could fire a four-kilogram conical projectile⁹ an average distance of sixteen kilometers without the least bother.

　　这门宝贵的大炮：是美国造的，可以发出重四公斤的锥形炮弹，射程是十六公里。

1 frigate   

n.护航舰，大型驱逐舰

参考例句：

• An enemy frigate bore down on the sloop.一艘敌驱逐舰向这只护航舰逼过来。
• I declare we could fight frigate.我敢说我们简直可以和一艘战舰交战。

2 mythological   

adj.神话的

参考例句：

• He is remembered for his historical and mythological works. 他以其带有历史感和神话色彩的作品而著称。
• But even so, the cumulative process had for most Americans a deep, almost mythological significance. 不过即使如此，移民渐增的过程，对于大部分美国人，还是意味深长的，几乎有不可思议的影响。

3 lone   

adj.孤寂的，单独的；唯一的

参考例句：

• A lone sea gull flew across the sky.一只孤独的海鸥在空中飞过。
• She could see a lone figure on the deserted beach.她在空旷的海滩上能看到一个孤独的身影。

4 utterly   

adv.完全地，绝对地

参考例句：

• Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民，把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
• I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。

5 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

6 mechanism   

n.机械装置；机构，结构

参考例句：

• The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
• The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。

7 harpoon   

n.鱼叉；vt.用鱼叉叉，用鱼叉捕获

参考例句：

• The harpoon drove deep into the body of the whale.渔叉深深地扎进鲸鱼体内。
• The fisherman transfixed the shark with a harpoon.渔夫用鱼叉刺住鲨鱼。

8 cannon   

n.大炮，火炮；飞机上的机关炮

参考例句：

• The soldiers fired the cannon.士兵们开炮。
• The cannon thundered in the hills.大炮在山间轰鸣。

9 projectile   

n.投射物，发射体；adj.向前开进的；推进的；抛掷的

参考例句：

• The vertical and horizontal motions of a projectile can be treated independently.抛射体的竖直方向和水平方向的运动能够分开来处理。
• Have you altered the plans of the projectile as the telegram suggests?你已经按照电报的要求修改炮弹图样了吗?