英语听书《海底两万里》第147期 第10章 水中人(18)

 　　But this sea, Professor Aronnax, he told me, this prodigious¹, inexhaustible wet nurse of a sea not only feeds me, she dresses me as well.

　　阿龙纳斯先生，这海, 这奇妙的、取之不尽的生命泉源，不仅仅给我吃的，并且还给我穿的。

　　That fabric² covering you was woven from the masses of filaments³ that anchor certain seashells;

　　现在您身上穿的衣料是由一种贝壳类的足丝织成的，

　　as the ancients were wont⁴ to do, it was dyed with purple ink from the murex snail⁵ and shaded with violet tints⁶ that I extract from a marine⁷ slug, the Mediterranean⁸ sea hare.

　　染上古人喜欢的绊红色。又调配上我从地中海海兔类中取出的紫色。

　　The perfumes you'll find on the washstand in your cabin were produced from the oozings of marine plants.

　　您在舱房中梳洗台上看到的香料，是从海产植物提炼出来的。

　　Your mattress⁹ was made from the ocean's softest eelgrass. Your quill¹⁰ pen will be whalebone, your ink a juice secreted¹¹ by cuttlefish¹² or squid.

　　您睡的床是侮中最软和的大叶海藻做的。您使的笔是鲸鱼的触须，墨水是墨鱼或乌贼分泌的汁。

　　Everything comes to me from the sea, just as someday everything will return to it!

　　现在海给我一切，正像将来一切都要归还它一样！

　　You love the sea, captain.

　　船长，您爱海吧？

　　Yes, I love it! The sea is the be all and end all! It covers seven-tenths of the planet earth. Its breath is clean and healthy.

　　是的，我爱海！海是包罗万象的！海占地球面积的十分之七。海的气息纯洁而卫生。

1 prodigious   

adj.惊人的，奇妙的；异常的；巨大的；庞大的

参考例句：

• This business generates cash in prodigious amounts.这种业务收益丰厚。
• He impressed all who met him with his prodigious memory.他惊人的记忆力让所有见过他的人都印象深刻。

2 fabric   

n.织物，织品，布；构造，结构，组织

参考例句：

• The fabric will spot easily.这种织品很容易玷污。
• I don't like the pattern on the fabric.我不喜欢那块布料上的图案。

3 filaments   

n.（电灯泡的）灯丝( filament的名词复数 )；丝极；细丝；丝状物

参考例句：

• Instead, sarcomere shortening occurs when the thin filaments'slide\" by the thick filaments. 此外，肌节的缩短发生于细肌丝沿粗肌丝“滑行”之际。 来自辞典例句
• Wetting-force data on filaments of any diameter and shape can easily obtained. 各种直径和形状的长丝的润湿力数据是易于测量的。 来自辞典例句

4 wont   

adj.习惯于；v.习惯；n.习惯

参考例句：

• He was wont to say that children are lazy.他常常说小孩子们懒惰。
• It is his wont to get up early.早起是他的习惯。

5 snail   

n.蜗牛

参考例句：

• Snail is a small plant-eating creature with a soft body.蜗牛是一种软体草食动物。
• Time moved at a snail's pace before the holidays.放假前的时间过得很慢。

6 tints   

色彩( tint的名词复数 )； 带白的颜色； （淡色）染发剂； 痕迹

参考例句：

• leaves with red and gold autumn tints 金秋时节略呈红黄色的树叶
• The whole countryside glowed with autumn tints. 乡间处处呈现出灿烂的秋色。

7 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

8 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

9 mattress   

n.床垫，床褥

参考例句：

• The straw mattress needs to be aired.草垫子该晾一晾了。
• The new mattress I bought sags in the middle.我买的新床垫中间陷了下去。

10 quill   

n.羽毛管；v.给（织物或衣服）作皱褶

参考例句：

• He wrote with a quill.他用羽毛笔写字。
• She dipped a quill in ink,and then began to write.她将羽毛笔在墨水里蘸了一下，随后开始书写。

11 secreted   

v.（尤指动物或植物器官）分泌( secrete的过去式和过去分词 )；隐匿，隐藏

参考例句：

• Insulin is secreted by the pancreas. 胰岛素是胰腺分泌的。
• He secreted his winnings in a drawer. 他把赢来的钱藏在抽届里。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 cuttlefish   

n.乌贼，墨鱼

参考例句：

• I have no idea about how to prepare those cuttlefish and lobsters.我对如何烹调那些乌贼和龙虾毫无概念。
• The cuttlefish spurts out dark ink when it is in danger.乌鲗遇到危险的时候会喷出黑色液体。