They were migrating from the temperate zones toward zones still warmer, following the itineraries of herring and sardines. 它们遵循着槽白鱼和沙丁鱼所走的路线，从温带地方转移到较暖的水域去。 We stared at them through o...
I could make out only its wooded mountains on the horizon, because Captain Nemo hated to hug shore. 我只看到天边满是丛林密布的山岭，因为尼摩船长不喜欢接近陆地，所以我没看见别的。 There our nets brought up some f...
The Nautilus's general heading was southeast, and it stayed at a depth between 100 and 150 meters. 诺第留斯号所走的大方向是东南方，它所在的深度总是保持在一百米和一百五十米之间。 However, from lord-knows-what whi...
The most remarkable soundings were taken in the south Atlantic near the 35th parallel, 在南大西洋，南纬35度的地方，做了成绩优良的探测， and they gave 12,000 meters, 14,091 meters, and 15,149 meters. 结果有的是一万二千米...
They absorb the marine salts, they assimilate the solid elements in the water, 它们吸收了海中的盐，消化了水中的固体物质， and since they create coral and madrepores, they're the true builders of limestone continents! 它们是真正...
What's more, I've detected those falling and rising currents that make up the ocean's true breathing. 此外，我又注意过那些由上而下和由下而上的水流，形成真正的海洋呼吸作用。 I've seen a molecule of salt water heat up...
After its fishing was finished and its air supply renewed, 鱼捕完了，空气调换了， I thought the Nautilus would resume its underwater excursion, 我想诺第留斯号又要作海底旅行了； and I was getting ready to return to my stater...
The nets were hauled on board. 鱼网被拉上船来。 They were a breed of trawl resembling those used off the Normandy coast, h 网是袋形的，跟诺曼底沿海使用的很相似， uge pouches held half open by a floating pole and a chain lac...
BY THE NEXT MORNING, November 18, I was fully recovered from my exhaustion of the day before, 第二天，11月18日，昨日的疲劳，完全歇过来了， and I climbed onto the platform just as the Nautilus's chief officer was pronouncing his da...
For an hour plains of sand unrolled before our steps. 在一小时内，一片细沙的平原在我们脚下摆开。 Often the seafloor rose to within two meters of the surface of the water. 平原时常升至距海面不及两米的深度。 I coul...
At a depth of ten meters, we walked amid a swarm of small fish from every species, more numerous than birds in the air, more agile too; 在十米深的地方，我们就走在一大群各种各类的小鱼中间，比空中飞乌的数量还多，也更...
Finally, at around four o'clock, this marvelous excursion came to an end. 后来，大约四点钟左右的时候，新奇惊人的旅行结束了。 A wall of superb rocks stood before us, imposing in its sheer mass: 一道高大的岩石墙和一大堆...
I say 150 meters, although I had no instruments for estimating this distance. 我说我们是在一百五十米的深度；虽然没有什么器械可以让我测量， But I knew that the sun's rays, even in the clearest seas, could reach no deeper....
A few paces away, a monstrous, meter-high sea spider was staring at me with beady eyes, poised to spring at me. 离我们几步远的地方，有一只高一米的梅蜘蛛，斜着眼注视我，就要向我身上扑来。 Although my diving suit wa...
Near one o'clock, Captain Nemo gave the signal to halt. 到一点钟左右，尼摩船长发出暂时休息的信号。 Speaking for myself, I was glad to oblige, and we stretched out beneath an arbor of winged kelp, whose long thin tendrils stood up...
