英语听书《海底两万里》第189期 第14章 黑潮暖流(3)

 　　Captain Nemo bowed. I was left to myself, lost in my thoughts. They all centered on the Nautilus's commander. Would I ever learn the nationality of this eccentric man who had boasted of having none? His sworn hate for humanity, a hate that perhaps was bent¹ on some dreadful revenge-what had provoked it? Was he one of those unappreciated scholars, one of those geniuses "embittered² by the world," as Conseil expressed it, a latter-day Galileo, or maybe one of those men of science, like America's Commander Maury, whose careers were ruined by political revolutions? I couldn't say yet. As for me, whom fate had just brought aboard his vessel³, whose life he had held in the balance: he had received me coolly but hospitably⁴. Only, he never took the hand I extended to him. He never extended his own.

　　尼摩船长对我行个礼，出去了。我一人留下，默默地沉思。所想的都是关于这位诺第留斯号的船长。这个古怪的人，自以为不属于任何国籍，我将永远不知道他是哪一国的人吗？他对于人类的那种仇恨，或者他对于使他有那种仇恨的人，要想法作可怕的报复吗？他是不是像康塞尔说的，“有人给他受过痛苦的”一位被人轻视的学者，一位天才，一位近代的伽利略呢？或者他是一位科学家，像美国人莫利一般）学术研究事业因为政治上的变动受到挫折呢？这我都还不能说。我是由于偶然的机会被抛在他船上的人，我的生命操在他手中，他冷淡地，但客气地收留了我。不过他从不握我伸出去的手，他也从不将他的手伸出来。

　　For an entire hour I was deep in these musings, trying to probe this mystery that fascinated me so. Then my eyes focused on a huge world map displayed on the table, and I put my finger on the very spot where our just-determined longitude⁵ and latitude⁶ intersected.

　　整整一个小时，我浸沉在深深的思虑中，总想明了这使我十分感兴味的秘密。后来我的眼光盯着摆在桌上的平面大地图，我就把手指放在上面所指出的经纬度相交的那点。

　　Like the continents, the sea has its rivers. These are exclusive currents that can be identified by their temperature and color, the most remarkable⁷ being the one called the Gulf⁸ Stream. Science has defined the global paths of five chief currents: one in the north Atlantic, a second in the south Atlantic, a third in the north Pacific, a fourth in the south Pacific, and a fifth in the southern Indian Ocean. Also it's likely that a sixth current used to exist in the northern Indian Ocean, when the Caspian and Aral Seas joined up with certain large Asian lakes to form a single uniform expanse of water.

　　海洋跟大陆一样，也有江河。这些江河是特殊的水流，从它们的温度、它们的颜色，可以辨认出来，其中最显著的是大家所知道的“暖流”。科学决定了在地球上有下面的五条主要水流路线：第一条在大西洋北部，第二条在大西洋南部，第三条在太平洋北部，第四条在太平洋南部，第五条在印度洋南部。很可能在印度洋北部从前有第六条水流存在，那个时候，里海和阿拉伯海还跟亚洲的各大湖连起来，成为一片大海。

1 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

2 embittered   

v.使怨恨，激怒( embitter的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• These injustices embittered her even more. 不公平使她更加受苦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The artist was embittered by public neglect. 大众的忽视于那位艺术家更加难受。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 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。

4 hospitably   

亲切地，招待周到地，善于款待地

参考例句：

• At Peking was the Great Khan, and they were hospitably entertained. 忽必烈汗在北京，他们受到了盛情款待。
• She was received hospitably by her new family. 她的新家人热情地接待了她。

5 longitude   

n.经线，经度

参考例句：

• The city is at longitude 21°east.这个城市位于东经21度。
• He noted the latitude and longitude,then made a mark on the admiralty chart.他记下纬度和经度，然后在航海图上做了个标记。

6 latitude   

n.纬度，行动或言论的自由(范围)，(pl.)地区

参考例句：

• The latitude of the island is 20 degrees south.该岛的纬度是南纬20度。
• The two cities are at approximately the same latitude.这两个城市差不多位于同一纬度上。

7 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

8 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。