英语听书《海底两万里》第59期 第6章 开足马力(1)
时间：2019-01-28 作者：英语课 分类：《海底两万里》中英双语有声读物
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AT THIS SHOUT the entire crew rushed toward the harpooner-commander, officers, mates,
一听到这喊声，全体船员，从舰长、军官、水手长,
sailors, cabin boys, down to engineers leaving their machinery 1 and stokers neglecting their furnaces. The order was given to stop, and the frigate 2 merely coasted.
直到水手、练习生，甚至工程师也丢下机器，火夫也离开锅炉，大家都向鱼叉手这边跑来。
By then the darkness was profound, and as good as the Canadian's eyes were, I still wondered how he could see--and what he had seen.
停船的命令发出了，船只凭本身余下的动力走着。那时天色非常黑暗，不管这位加拿大人的眼力怎么好，我也要想想他怎能看见和他能够看见什么。
My heart was pounding fit to burst.
我的心跳得非常厉害，简直要炸了。
But Ned Land was not mistaken, and we all spotted 4 the object his hand was indicating.
可是尼德·兰并没有弄错，我们大家都看到了他的手所指的那个东西。
Two cable lengths off the Abraham Lincoln's starboard quarter, the sea seemed to be lit up from underneath 5.
离林肯号右舷约三百七十米左右，海面好像是被水底发出的光照亮了。
This was no mere 3 phosphorescent phenomenon, that much was unmistakable.
这光并不是一般的磷光，这谁也不会弄错。
Submerged some fathoms 6 below the surface of the water, the monster gave off that very intense but inexplicable 7 glow that several captains had mentioned in their reports.
这个怪物潜在水面下几米深，放出十分强烈而神秘的光，就像有些船长的报告中所指出的那样。
n.(总称)机械，机器；机构
- Has the machinery been put up ready for the broadcast?广播器材安装完毕了吗？
- Machinery ought to be well maintained all the time.机器应该随时注意维护。
n.护航舰，大型驱逐舰
- An enemy frigate bore down on the sloop.一艘敌驱逐舰向这只护航舰逼过来。
- I declare we could fight frigate.我敢说我们简直可以和一艘战舰交战。
adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过
- That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
- It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的
- 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。
adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面
- Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
- She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。
英寻( fathom的名词复数 )
- The harbour is four fathoms deep. 港深为四英寻。
- One bait was down forty fathoms. 有个鱼饵下沉到四十英寻的深处。
adj.无法解释的，难理解的
- It is now inexplicable how that development was misinterpreted.当时对这一事态发展的错误理解究竟是怎么产生的，现在已经无法说清楚了。
- There are many things which are inexplicable by science.有很多事科学还无法解释。