英语听书《海底两万里》第447期 第27章 南极(6)

 Noon arrived without the orb¹ of day appearing for a single instant.  中午到了，日光仍是一瞬也没有现出。

You couldn't even find its hiding place behind the curtain of mist.  人们甚至不可能认出它在这雾幕后面所在的位置。

And soon this mist began to condense into snow. 不久，雾又溶为雪花了。

"Until tomorrow," the captain said simply; and we went back to the Nautilus, amid flurries in the air. “明天再来。”船长干脆对我说，同时我们看一下在那大气淋流中间的诺第留斯号。

During our absence the nets had been spread, and I observed with fascination² the fish just hauled on board.  当我们不在船上的时候，鱼网放下海中去了，我很感兴趣地观察人们刚拉上船来的鱼类。

The Antarctic seas serve as a refuge for an extremely large number of migratory³ fish that flee from storms in the subpolar zones, in truth only to slide down the gullets of porpoises⁴ and seals.  南极海水是大多数候鱼的藏身处，它们躲避纬度较低水层的风暴，转移到这边来。可是它们往往又掉到海豚和海豹的嘴里去了。

I noted⁵ some one-decimeter southern bullhead, a species of whitish cartilaginous fish overrun with bluish gray stripes and armed with stings, then some Antarctic rabbitfish three feet long,  我看见有些南极的刺鳍鱼，长十厘米，是一种灰白色的软骨鱼，身上有斜横的淡白条带，并且生有尖刺，其次，见有南冰洋的软骨奇鱼，

the body very slender, the skin a smooth silver white, the head rounded, the topside furnished with three fins⁶, the snout ending in a trunk that curved back toward the mouth.  长三英尺，身子拉得很长，银白色和光滑的表皮，圆突的头，脊背上有三支鳍，嘴脸最前端是一支向嘴边弯过去的喇叭管。

I sampled its flesh but found it tasteless, despite Conseil's views, which were largely approving. 我尝过这种鱼的肉，我觉得平淡无味，但康塞尔的意见不同，他很喜欢吃。

The blizzard⁷ lasted until the next day. It was impossible to stay on the platform.  暴风雪一直延长到第二天，站在平台上，简直不可能。

From the lounge, where I was writing up the incidents of this excursion to the polar continent, I could hear the calls of petrel and albatross cavorting⁸ in the midst of the turmoil⁹.  我在客厅中写我这次到南极大陆来旅行的事件，从厅中听到在大风雪中间飞翔上下的海燕和信天翁的号叫。

The Nautilus didn't stay idle, and cruising along the coast, it advanced some ten miles farther south amid the half light left by the sun as it skimmed the edge of the horizon. 诺第留斯号并不是停止不动，它沿着海岸驶去，在太阳掠过天际的时候所留下的曙光中间，再向南前进十海里左右。

1 orb   

n.太阳；星球；v.弄圆；成球形

参考例句：

• The blue heaven,holding its one golden orb,poured down a crystal wash of warm light.蓝蓝的天空托着金色的太阳，洒下一片水晶般明亮温暖的光辉。
• It is an emanation from the distant orb of immortal light.它是从远处那个发出不灭之光的天体上放射出来的。

2 fascination   

n.令人着迷的事物，魅力，迷恋

参考例句：

• He had a deep fascination with all forms of transport.他对所有的运输工具都很着迷。
• His letters have been a source of fascination to a wide audience.广大观众一直迷恋于他的来信。

3 migratory   

n.候鸟，迁移

参考例句：

• Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
• This does not negate the idea of migratory aptitude.这并没有否定迁移能力这一概念。

4 porpoises   

n.鼠海豚( porpoise的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A shoal of porpoises are well on the feed. 一群海豚正在吞食。 来自辞典例句
• In 1928 some porpoises were photographed working like beavers to push ashore a waterlogged mattress. 1928年有人把这些海豚象海狸那样把一床浸泡了水的褥垫推上岸时的情景拍摄了下来。 来自辞典例句

5 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

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 blizzard   

n.暴风雪

参考例句：

• The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain.我们还在山上的时候暴风雪就袭来了。
• You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off.你得等暴风雪停了再走。

8 cavorting   

v.跳跃( cavort的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The photos showed her cavorting on the beach with her new lover. 这些照片展现了她和新情人在海滩上放荡嬉戏的情景。
• If her heart would only stop bumping and drumming and cavorting. 要是她那颗心停止冲撞、轰鸣、急跳，那该多舒服啊！ 来自飘（部分）

9 turmoil   

n.骚乱，混乱，动乱

参考例句：

• His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
• The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。