英语听书《海底两万里》第53期 第5章 冒险活动(8)

 　　For three months, during which each day seemed like a century, the Abraham Lincoln plowed¹ all the northerly seas of the Pacific,

　　三个月来，林肯号跑遍了太平洋北部所有的海面，

　　racing² after whales sighted, abruptly³ veering⁴ off course, swerving⁵ sharply from one tack⁶ to another, stopping suddenly,

　　有时向着看到的鲸鱼冲去，有时忽然离开航线，有时突然掉转船头，有时一下子停住…

　　putting on steam and reversing engines in quick succession, at the risk of stripping its gears,

　　它不惜弄坏机器，不惜浪费动力，

　　and it didn't leave a single point unexplored from the beaches of Japan to the coasts of America.

　　从日本海岸到美洲海岸，没有一处不曾搜索过。

　　And we found nothing! Nothing except an immenseness of deserted⁷ waves!

　　但是，什么也没有看见！看见的只是那浩瀚无边的大海！

　　Nothing remotely resembling a gigantic narwhale, or an underwater islet, or a derelict shipwreck⁸, or a runaway⁹ reef, or anything the least bit unearthly!

　　至于什么巨大的独角鲸、潜在水中的海岛，沉没的破船、飞走的暗礁，以及什么神秘的东西，却都没有看见！

　　So the reaction set in.

　　因此，反响发生了。

　　At first, discouragement took hold of people's minds, opening the door to disbelief.

　　首先是人心失望，给怀疑的心理打开一个缺口。

　　A new feeling appeared on board, made up of three-tenths shame and seven-tenths fury.

　　船上产生了另一种情绪，造成这情绪的因素是三分羞愧，七分恼怒。

　　The crew called themselves out-and-out fools for being hoodwinked by a fairy tale, then grew steadily¹⁰ more furious!

　　死盯住一个空想，自然是愚蠢,但更多的是恼怒！

1 plowed   

v.耕( plow的过去式和过去分词 )；犁耕；费力穿过

参考例句：

• They plowed nearly 100,000 acres of virgin moorland. 他们犁了将近10万英亩未开垦的高沼地。 来自辞典例句
• He plowed the land and then sowed the seeds. 他先翻土，然后播种。 来自辞典例句

2 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

3 abruptly   

adv.突然地，出其不意地

参考例句：

• He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
• I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。

4 veering   

n.改变的；犹豫的；顺时针方向转向；特指使船尾转向上风来改变航向v.（尤指交通工具）改变方向或路线( veer的现在分词 )；（指谈话内容、人的行为或观点）突然改变；（指风） （在北半球按顺时针方向、在南半球按逆时针方向）逐渐转向；风向顺时针转

参考例句：

• Anyone veering too close to the convoys risks being shot. 任何人改变方向，过于接近车队就有遭枪击的风险。 来自互联网
• The little boat kept veering from its course in such a turbulent river. 小船在这湍急的河中总是改变方向。 来自互联网

5 swerving   

v.（使）改变方向，改变目的( swerve的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• It may stand as an example of the fitful swerving of his passion. 这是一个例子，说明他的情绪往往变化不定，忽冷忽热。 来自辞典例句
• Mrs Merkel would be foolish to placate her base by swerving right. 默克尔夫人如果为了安抚她的根基所在而转到右翼就太愚蠢了。 来自互联网

6 tack   

n.大头钉；假缝，粗缝

参考例句：

• He is hammering a tack into the wall to hang a picture.他正往墙上钉一枚平头钉用来挂画。
• We are going to tack the map on the wall.我们打算把这张地图钉在墙上。

7 deserted   

adj.荒芜的，荒废的，无人的，被遗弃的

参考例句：

• The deserted village was filled with a deathly silence.这个荒废的村庄死一般的寂静。
• The enemy chieftain was opposed and deserted by his followers.敌人头目众叛亲离。

8 shipwreck   

n.船舶失事，海难

参考例句：

• He walked away from the shipwreck.他船难中平安地脱险了。
• The shipwreck was a harrowing experience.那次船难是一个惨痛的经历。

9 runaway   

n.逃走的人，逃亡，亡命者；adj.逃亡的，逃走的

参考例句：

• The police have not found the runaway to date.警察迄今没抓到逃犯。
• He was praised for bringing up the runaway horse.他勒住了脱缰之马受到了表扬。

10 steadily   

adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地

参考例句：

• The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
• Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。