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THIS DREADFUL SIGHT was the first of a whole series of maritime1 catastrophes2 that the Nautilus would encounter on its run. 上面看到的可怕景象,是诺第留斯号在航程中碰到的一连串海中灾祸的开始,
When it plied3 more heavily traveled seas, we often saw wrecked4 hulls5 rotting in midwater, and farther down, cannons6, shells, anchors, chains, 自从它到了船只往来比较多的海中,我们时常看见遇难的船只在海水中腐烂了,在更深的地方,海底下面,看到上了锈的大炮、子弹、锚、链
Meanwhile, continuously swept along by the Nautilus, where we lived in near isolation, 不过,诺第留斯号总是带着我们前进。我们在船上很孤独地生活。
we raised the Tuamotu Islands on December 11, that old dangerous group associated with the French global navigator Commander Bougainville; 12月11日,我们望见了帕摩图群岛,
it stretches from Ducie Island to Lazareff Island over an area of 500 leagues from the east-southeast to the west-northwest, 从度西岛直至拉查列岛,由东南偏东至西北偏西,
between latitude8 13 degrees 30'and 23 degrees 50'south, and between longitude9 125 degrees 30' and 151 degrees 30' west. 这群岛位于南纬13度30分和23度50分之间,西经125度30分和151度30分之间,
This island group covers a surface area of 370 square leagues, and it's made up of some sixty subgroups, among which we noted10 the Gambier group, which is a French protectorate. 我看到了法国占领的作为它的保护地的甘比尔群岛。在长五百里的海面上罗列起来。群岛的面积共三百七十平方里,由约莫六十个小群岛组成,在这些小群岛中间,
These islands are coral formations. 这些小群岛全是珊瑚岛。
Thanks to the work of polyps, a slow but steady upheaval11 will someday connect these islands to each other. 由于珊瑚这种腔肠动物所起的作用,造成地面缓慢地,但连续地上升,因此,将来一定有一天会把这些小岛连接起来。
Later on, this new island will be fused to its neighboring island groups, and a fifth continent will stretch from New Zealand and New Caledonia as far as the Marquesas Islands. 以后,连接起来的新岛又跟邻近的群岛衔接,久而久之,从新西兰和新喀里多尼亚岛起,至马贵斯群岛止,便要出现一个新大陆,那就是未来的第五大洲。
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1 maritime | |
adj.海的,海事的,航海的,近海的,沿海的 | |
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2 catastrophes | |
n.灾祸( catastrophe的名词复数 );灾难;不幸事件;困难 | |
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3 plied | |
v.使用(工具)( ply的过去式和过去分词 );经常供应(食物、饮料);固定往来;经营生意 | |
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4 wrecked | |
adj.失事的,遇难的 | |
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5 hulls | |
船体( hull的名词复数 ); 船身; 外壳; 豆荚 | |
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6 cannons | |
n.加农炮,大炮,火炮( cannon的名词复数 ) | |
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7 rusting | |
n.生锈v.(使)生锈( rust的现在分词 ) | |
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8 latitude | |
n.纬度,行动或言论的自由(范围),(pl.)地区 | |
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9 longitude | |
n.经线,经度 | |
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10 noted | |
adj.著名的,知名的 | |
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11 upheaval | |
n.胀起,(地壳)的隆起;剧变,动乱 | |
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