英语听书《海底两万里》第428期 第26章 大头鲸和长须鲸(9)

 Guided by his skillful hands, the Nautilus passed by all these different masses of ice, which are classified by size and shape with a precision that enraptured¹ Conseil:  诺第留斯号由这只妙手指挥，就这样走过了所有这些大冰块：按照冰块的式样大小，康塞尔可以很高兴地正确把它们分类，那就是：

icebergs², or mountains; ice fields, or smooth, limitless tracts³; drift ice, or floating floes; packs, or broken tracts, called patches when they're circular and streams when they form long strips. 像山的冰山，冰田或无边际的平坦田场，浮冰或漂流的冰，层冰或碎裂的冰田，圆形环弯的称为冰圈，拉长一块一块的称为冰流。温度表放在外面，指着零下二度至三度。但我们穿着皮的衣服。

The temperature was fairly low.  温度相当的低，

Exposed to the outside air, the thermometer marked -2 degrees to-3 degrees centigrade.  温度表放在外面，指着零下二度至三度。

But we were warmly dressed in furs, for which seals and aquatic⁴ bears had paid the price.  但我们穿着皮的衣服。很暖和。这些皮是海豹和海熊供应我们的。

Evenly heated by all its electric equipment, the Nautilus's interior defied the most intense cold.  诺第留斯号内部经常有电气机发热，不怕严寒；

Moreover, to find a bearable temperature, the ship had only to sink just a few meters beneath the waves. 并且，要得到使人可以受得住的温度，到达不太寒不太热的所在，那它只需潜下水底几米深就成了。

Two months earlier we would have enjoyed perpetual daylight in this latitude⁵; but night already fell for three or four hours, and later it would cast six months of shadow over these circumpolar regions. 早两个月，在这纬度内，可能永远是白天，但现在已经有三至四小时的黑夜了，再迟一些，黑夜就要长到六个月。把它的阴影遮盖这些环极圈地方。

On March 15 we passed beyond the latitude of the South Shetland and South Orkney Islands.  3月15日，南设德兰群岛和南奥克内群岛的纬度走过了。

The captain told me that many tribes of seals used to inhabit these shores;  8月16日早晨八点，诺第留斯号沿着西经55度行驶。

but English and American whalers, in a frenzy⁶ of destruction, slaughtered⁷ all the adults, including pregnant females, and where life and activity once existed, those fishermen left behind only silence and death. 过南极圈驶去。这里处处都是冰块围绕着我们，四边封起，无路可通。

1 enraptured   

v.使狂喜( enrapture的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was enraptured that she had smiled at him. 她对他的微笑使他心荡神驰。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They were enraptured to meet the great singer. 他们和大名鼎鼎的歌手见面，欣喜若狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 icebergs   

n.冰山，流冰( iceberg的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The drift of the icebergs in the sea endangers the ships. 海上冰山的漂流危及船只的安全。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The icebergs towered above them. 冰山高耸于他们上方。 来自辞典例句

3 tracts   

大片土地( tract的名词复数 )； 地带； （体内的）道； （尤指宣扬宗教、伦理或政治的）短文

参考例句：

• vast tracts of forest 大片大片的森林
• There are tracts of desert in Australia. 澳大利亚有大片沙漠。

4 aquatic   

adj.水生的，水栖的

参考例句：

• Aquatic sports include swimming and rowing.水上运动包括游泳和划船。
• We visited an aquatic city in Italy.我们在意大利访问过一个水上城市。

5 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。

6 frenzy   

n.疯狂，狂热，极度的激动

参考例句：

• He was able to work the young students up into a frenzy.他能激起青年学生的狂热。
• They were singing in a frenzy of joy.他们欣喜若狂地高声歌唱。

7 slaughtered   

v.屠杀，杀戮，屠宰( slaughter的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The invading army slaughtered a lot of people. 侵略军杀了许多人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered. 数百名无辜平民遭残杀。 来自《简明英汉词典》