英语听书《海底两万里》第425期 第26章 大头鲸和长须鲸(6)

 That's what I've been telling you, Ned. 我刚才对您说过了，尼德。

All the more reason to get to know them, Conseil answered. 那要认识它们就更有理由了。康塞尔回答。

Look! Look! the Canadian exclaimed, his voice full of excitement. It's approaching!  看！看！加拿大人喊，声音很激动，它走过来了！

It's coming toward us! It's thumbing its nose at me! It knows I can't do a blessed thing to it! 它向我们冲来了！它侮辱我、玩弄我！它知道我现在不可能惩治它！

Ned stamped his foot. Brandishing¹ an imaginary harpoon², his hands positively³ trembled. 尼德把脚乱跺，他的手挥动着一支空想的鱼叉，在那里颤抖。

These cetaceans, he asked, are they as big as the ones in the northernmost seas? 这里鲸鱼类动物是跟北极海中的一样大吗？他问。

Pretty nearly, Ned. 差不多一样，尼德。

Because I've seen big baleen⁴ whales, sir, whales measuring up to 100 feet long!  我看过的大鲸鱼，先生，是长到一百英尺的大鲸鱼！

I've even heard that those rorqual whales off the Aleutian Islands sometimes get over 150 feet. 我甚至要说，阿留申群岛的胡拉摩克岛和翁加里克岛的鲸鱼身长超过一百五十英尺。

That strikes me as exaggerated, I replied.  我觉得这有些过度夸张，我回答，

Those animals are only members of the genus Balaenoptera furnished with dorsal⁵ fins⁶, and like sperm⁷ whales, they're generally smaller than the bowhead whale. 这些东西不过是鲸科，有脊鳍的动物，大头鲸也一样。它们通常比普通白鲸小一些啊！

Oh! exclaimed the Canadian, whose eyes hadn't left the ocean.  加拿大人喊道，他的眼睛不离开海洋，

It's getting closer, it's coming into the Nautilus's waters! 它近前来了，它到诺第留斯号的水圈中来了！

1 brandishing   

v.挥舞( brandish的现在分词 )；炫耀

参考例句：

• The horseman came up to Robin Hood, brandishing his sword. 那个骑士挥舞着剑，来到罗宾汉面前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He appeared in the lounge brandishing a knife. 他挥舞着一把小刀，出现在休息室里。 来自辞典例句

2 harpoon   

n.鱼叉；vt.用鱼叉叉，用鱼叉捕获

参考例句：

• The harpoon drove deep into the body of the whale.渔叉深深地扎进鲸鱼体内。
• The fisherman transfixed the shark with a harpoon.渔夫用鱼叉刺住鲨鱼。

3 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。

4 baleen   

n.鲸须

参考例句：

• Other baleen whales have splash guards too,but not like this.一些须鲸物种头顶也有护住喷水孔的构造，但并不长成这样。
• Baleen whales often appear in this region. Be careful!这一带经常有须鲸出没，要注意安全啊。

5 dorsal   

adj.背部的，背脊的

参考例句：

• His dorsal fin was down and his huge pectorals were spread wide.它的脊鳍朝下耷拉着，巨大的胸鳍大张着。
• The shark's dorsal fin was cut off by the fisherman.鲨鱼的背鳍被渔夫割了下来。

6 fins   

[医]散热片；鱼鳍；飞边；鸭掌

参考例句：

• The level of TNF-α positively correlated with BMI,FPG,HbA1C,TG,FINS and IRI,but not with SBP and DBP. TNF-α水平与BMI、FPG、HbA1C、TG、FINS和IRI呈显著正相关，与SBP、DBP无相关。 来自互联网
• Fins are a feature specific to fish. 鱼鳍是鱼类特有的特征。 来自辞典例句

7 sperm   

n.精子，精液

参考例句：

• Only one sperm fertilises an egg.只有一个精子使卵子受精。
• In human reproduction,one female egg is usually fertilized by one sperm.在人体生殖过程中，一个精子使一个卵子受精。