英语听书《海底两万里》第242期 第19章 万尼科罗群岛(4)

 　　When the Nautilus returned to the surface of the ocean, I could take in Reao Island over its whole flat, wooded expanse.  当诺第留斯号回到海面上来的时候，我可以望见这个低洼的和多树的克列蒙瑞尼岛发展的全部过程。

　　Obviously its madreporic rocks had been made fertile by tornadoes¹ and thunderstorms.  岛上的珊瑚石显然是由于旋风和风暴的冲刷，

　　One day, carried off by a hurricane from neighboring shores,  变成了肥饶的沃上。不知什么时候，一些谷粒果核被暴风带到邻近土地，

　　some seed fell onto these limestone² beds, mixing with decomposed³ particles of fish and marine⁴ plants to form vegetable humus.  落在石灰质的地上，地里夹杂了鱼类和海产植物分解出来的渣滓，成为很好的草木肥料。

　　Propelled by the waves, a coconut⁵ arrived on this new coast.  随后又有一些可可果核被波浪冲来，漂到了这边新开辟的海岸。

　　Its germ took root. Its tree grew tall, catching⁶ steam off the water. A brook⁷ was born. Little by little, vegetation spread.  不久种子发芽生根，渐渐长大，成树，成林，贮蓄了水蒸气。水流于是形成了。植物也就渐渐生长繁殖。

　　Tiny animals--worms, insects--rode ashore⁸ on tree trunks snatched from islands to windward. Turtles came to lay their eggs.  有些微生动物，爬虫，昆虫，附在被大风吹倒的其他海岛的树干上，输送到这边。龟鳖到这里来下蛋，

　　Birds nested in the young trees.  禽鸟在嫩枝上结巢。

　　In this way animal life developed, and drawn⁹ by the greenery and fertile soil, man appeared.  动物就这样在岛上活跃起来。不久，人类被岛上的青葱和肥饶的土地所吸引，也在岛上出现了。

　　And that's how these islands were formed, the immense achievement of microscopic¹⁰ animals. 这就是群岛—微生动物的惊人杰作的形成过程。

　　Near evening Reao Island melted into the distance, and the Nautilus noticeably changed course.  傍晚时候，克列蒙端尼岛在远处隐没不见了，

　　After touching¹¹ the Tropic of Capricorn at longitude¹² 135 degrees, it headed west-northwest, going back up the whole intertropical zone.  诺第留斯号的航路显然是改变了方向。 在西经135度上接触到南回归线的时候，船又上溯南北两回归线间的海水，向西北偏西驶去。

　　Although the summer sun lavished¹³ its rays on us, we never suffered from the heat,  虽然夏季的太阳光十分厉害，但我们一点不受炎热的影响，

　　because thirty or forty meters underwater, the temperature didn't go over 10 degrees to 12 degrees centigrade. 因为在水底三十至四十米的深度，温度总不超过十度到十二度。

　　By December 15 we had left the alluring¹⁴ Society Islands in the west, likewise elegant Tahiti, queen of the Pacific.  12月15日，我们在东边望到了使人留恋的社会群岛和作为太平洋玉后的啊娜多姿的塔希提岛。

　　In the morning I spotted¹⁵ this island's lofty summits a few miles to leeward¹⁶.  我早晨在距离几里的下方，望见了这岛上的高耸的山峰。

　　Its waters supplied excellent fish for the tables on board: mackerel, bonito, albacore, and a few varieties of that sea serpent named the moray eel¹⁷. 沿岛水产供应我们船上餐桌许多美味的鱼，鳍鱼、鲤鱼、乳白鱼，以及好几种属于鳗鱼类的海蛇。

1 tornadoes   

n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。 来自互联网
• Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。 来自互联网

2 limestone   

n.石灰石

参考例句：

• Limestone is often used in building construction.石灰岩常用于建筑。
• Cement is made from limestone.水泥是由石灰石制成的。

3 decomposed   

已分解的，已腐烂的

参考例句：

• A liquid is decomposed when an electric current passes through it. 当电流通过时，液体就分解。
• Water can be resolved [decomposed] into hydrogen and oxygen. 水可分解为氢和氧。

4 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。

5 coconut   

n.椰子

参考例句：

• The husk of this coconut is particularly strong.椰子的外壳很明显非常坚固。
• The falling coconut gave him a terrific bang on the head.那只掉下的椰子砰地击中他的脑袋。

6 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

7 brook   

n.小河，溪；v.忍受，容让

参考例句：

• In our room we could hear the murmur of a distant brook.在我们房间能听到远处小溪汩汩的流水声。
• The brook trickled through the valley.小溪涓涓流过峡谷。

8 ashore   

adv.在(向)岸上，上岸

参考例句：

• The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前，孩子们就上岸了。
• He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。

9 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

10 microscopic   

adj.微小的，细微的，极小的，显微的

参考例句：

• It's impossible to read his microscopic handwriting.不可能看清他那极小的书写字迹。
• A plant's lungs are the microscopic pores in its leaves.植物的肺就是其叶片上微细的气孔。

11 touching   

adj.动人的，使人感伤的

参考例句：

• It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
• His letter was touching.他的信很感人。

12 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。

13 lavished   

v.过分给予，滥施( lavish的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I lavished all the warmth of my pent-up passion. 我把憋在心里那一股热烈的情感尽量地倾吐出来。 来自辞典例句
• An enormous amount of attention has been lavished on these problems. 在这些问题上，我们已经花费了大量的注意力。 来自辞典例句

14 alluring   

adj.吸引人的，迷人的

参考例句：

• The life in a big city is alluring for the young people. 大都市的生活对年轻人颇具诱惑力。
• Lisette's large red mouth broke into a most alluring smile. 莉莎特的鲜红的大嘴露出了一副极为诱人的微笑。

15 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

16 leeward   

adj.背风的；下风的

参考例句：

• The trees all listed to leeward.树木统统向下风方向倾。
• We steered a course to leeward.我们向下风航驶。

17 eel   

n.鳗鲡

参考例句：

• He used an eel spear to catch an eel.他用一只捕鳗叉捕鳗鱼。
• In Suzhou,there was a restaurant that specialized in eel noodles.苏州有一家饭馆，他们那里的招牌菜是鳗鱼面。