纪录片《南太平洋》 第86期 无尽深蓝（20）

To dive so deep and remain there for over an hour,

为了潜入深海并停留超过一小时

whales must spend around ten minutes, filling their lungs and blood with oxygen...

鲸鱼需要花约十分钟，使其肺部和血液中充满氧气

much to the interest of a passing fur seal.

路过的海狗似乎饶有兴趣

These young bulls will now spend another 15 years bulking up in the nutrient-rich seas.

年轻的雄鲸将在这片食物丰富的海域中生长十五年

Only when they have become 30-tonne giants

只有成长为重达三十吨的庞然大物

will the largest predators¹ on Earth finally return to the tropics to compete for a mate.

这种地球上最大的食肉动物才会回到热带争夺配偶

200 years ago, on the other side of the South Pacific,

两百年前，在南太平洋的另一边

the journey of our whalemen was coming to an end.

捕鲸人的旅程也即将结束

94 days after the ship was scuttled² by a sperm³ whale,

在船只被抹香鲸撞沉的九十四天后

one of the whale boats was finally spotted⁴ 400 miles off the coast of Chile.

其中一只捕鲸小艇终于到达智利海岸外六百多公里处

Only Captain Pollard and Ramsdell remained, gnawing⁵ on the bones of their dead shipmates.

船上只剩下波拉德船长和拉姆斯得尔，啃食着死去船员的骨头

17 days earlier, in their darkest hour, they had drawn⁶ lots, executed and eaten them.

十七天前，在最绝望的时候，他们进行抽签，抽中的人被杀死并分食。

1 predators   

n.食肉动物( predator的名词复数 )；奴役他人者（尤指在财务或性关系方面）

参考例句：

• birds and their earthbound predators 鸟和地面上捕食它们的动物
• The eyes of predators are highly sensitive to the slightest movement. 捕食性动物的眼睛能感觉到最细小的动静。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 scuttled   

v.使船沉没( scuttle的过去式和过去分词 )；快跑，急走

参考例句：

• She scuttled off when she heard the sound of his voice. 听到他的说话声，她赶紧跑开了。
• The thief scuttled off when he saw the policeman. 小偷看见警察来了便急忙跑掉。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 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。

4 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。

5 gnawing   

a.痛苦的，折磨人的

参考例句：

• The dog was gnawing a bone. 那狗在啃骨头。
• These doubts had been gnawing at him for some time. 这些疑虑已经折磨他一段时间了。

6 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。