英语听书《海底两万里》第448期 第27章 南极(7)
时间:2018-12-31 作者:英语课 分类:《海底两万里》中英双语有声读物
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The next day, March 20, it stopped snowing. 第二天,3月20日,风雪停了。
The cold was a little more brisk. 天气比较寒冷一些,
The thermometer marked -2 degrees centigrade. 温度表是零下二度。
The mist had cleared, and on that day I hoped our noon sights could be accomplished 1. 浓雾散开,我希望今天我们的方位观察可以做出来。
Since Captain Nemo hadn't yet appeared, only Conseil and I were taken ashore 2 by the skiff. 尼摩船长还没有出来,小艇先载了康塞尔和我,把我们送到陆地上去。
The soil's nature was still the same: volcanic 3. 地上的土质跟前面一样,是火山形成的。
Traces of lava 4, slag 5, and basaltic rock were everywhere, but I couldn't find the crater 6 that had vomited 7 them up. 到处都是火山喷发物,火山岩,玄武岩的遗迹,但我没有看见喷出这些岩石来的火口。
There as yonder, myriads 8 of birds enlivened this part of the polar continent. 这里跟前面一样,有无数的鸟类给南极大陆这一部分添了生动活泼的气象。
But they had to share their dominion 9 with huge herds 10 of marine 11 mammals that looked at us with gentle eyes. 但同时跟亡们一齐领有这块土地的,还有一大群海中哺乳类动物,这些动物拿它们的温和眼光盯着我们。
These were seals of various species, some stretched out on the ground, others lying on drifting ice floes, several leaving or reentering the sea. 那是各种不同的海豹。有的躺在地上,有的睡在倾斜的冰块上,有些又从海中上来,或回到海中去。
Having never dealt with man, they didn't run off at our approach, and I counted enough of them thereabouts to provision a couple hundred ships. 它们看见我们近前,并不逃走,因为它们从没有跟人打过交道,我看这里的海豹很多,可以装载好几百艘船。
adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的
- Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
- Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。
adv.在(向)岸上,上岸
- The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前,孩子们就上岸了。
- He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。
adj.火山的;象火山的;由火山引起的
- There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
- Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。
n.熔岩,火山岩
- The lava flowed down the sides of the volcano.熔岩沿火山坡面涌流而下。
- His anger spilled out like lava.他的愤怒像火山爆发似的迸发出来。
n.熔渣,铁屑,矿渣;v.使变成熔渣,变熔渣
- Millions of tons of slag now go into building roads each year.每年有数百万吨炉渣用于铺路。
- The slag powder had been widely used as the additive in the cement and concrete.矿渣微粉作为水泥混凝土的掺和料已得到广泛应用。
n.火山口,弹坑
- With a telescope you can see the huge crater of Ve-suvius.用望远镜你能看到巨大的维苏威火山口。
- They came to the lip of a dead crater.他们来到了一个死火山口。
- Corbett leaned against the wall and promptly vomited. 科比特倚在墙边,马上呕吐了起来。
- She leant forward and vomited copiously on the floor. 她向前一俯,哇的一声吐了一地。 来自英汉文学
n.无数,极大数量( myriad的名词复数 )
- Each galaxy contains myriads of stars. 每一星系都有无数的恒星。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The sky was set with myriads of stars. 无数星星点缀着夜空。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
n.统治,管辖,支配权;领土,版图
- Alexander held dominion over a vast area.亚历山大曾统治过辽阔的地域。
- In the affluent society,the authorities are hardly forced to justify their dominion.在富裕社会里,当局几乎无需证明其统治之合理。
兽群( herd的名词复数 ); 牧群; 人群; 群众
- Regularly at daybreak they drive their herds to the pasture. 每天天一亮他们就把牲畜赶到草场上去。
- There we saw herds of cows grazing on the pasture. 我们在那里看到一群群的牛在草地上吃草。
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