英语听书《海底两万里》第322期第23章珊瑚王国(19)-英语课

时间：2019-02-17 作者：英语课 分类：《海底两万里》中英双语有声读物

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　　Yes! It will be a really unusual experience! 对了！这事很新奇，十分新奇。

　　And possibly dangerous! I added in an insinuating 1 tone. 或者很危险呢！我用暗示的语气又加上一句。
　　Dangerous? Ned Land replied. A simple trip to an oysterbank? 很危险！尼德·兰回答，到珍珠贝礁石上走一走！
　　Assuredly, Captain Nemo hadn't seen fit to plant the idea of sharks in the minds of my companions. 一定是尼摩船长认为没有必要让我的同伴想到鲛鱼，所以他不对他们说。
　　For my part, I stared at them with anxious eyes, as if they were already missing a limb or two. Should I alert them? Yes, surely, but I hardly knew how to go about it. 我眼光有些慌张地注视他们，好像他们的肢体已经被咬走了一部分似的。我应该事先通知他们吗？当然应该的，不过我不知道怎样跟他们说才好。
　　Would master, Conseil said to me, give us some background on pearl fishing? 先生，康塞尔对我说，先生愿意给我们讲一些关于采珍珠的情形吗？
　　On the fishing itself? I asked. Or on the occupational hazards that-- 是讲采珍珠这事情本身呢，我问，还是讲有关的故事呢？
　　On the fishing, the Canadian replied. Before we tackle the terrain 2, it helps to be familiar with it. 讲采珍珠的事情，加拿大人回答，到实地去看之前，先知道一点是好的。
　　All right, sit down, my friends, and I'll teach you everything I myself have just been taught by the Englishman H. C. Sirr! 好吧，朋友们，你们坐下，我从英国人西尔写的书中所知道的一切，都讲给你们听吧。
　　Ned and Conseil took seats on a couch, and right off the Canadian said to me: 尼德·兰和康塞尔在长沙发上坐下，加拿大人首先对我说：
　　Sir, just what is a pearl exactly? 先生，珍珠是什么呢？
　　My gallant 3 Ned, I replied, for poets a pearl is a tear from the sea; 老实的尼德，我回答；对诗人来说，珍珠是大海的眼泪；
　　for Orientals it's a drop of solidified 4 dew; for the ladies it's a jewel they can wear on their fingers, necks, and ears that's oblong in shape, glassy in luster 5, and formed from mother-of-pearl; 对东方人来说，它是一滴固体化的露水；对妇女们来说，它是她们带在手指上。脖子上或耳朵上的，长圆形，透明色，螺铀质的饰物；
　　for chemists it's a mixture of calcium 6 phosphate and calcium carbonate with a little gelatin protein; 对化学家来说，它是带了些胶质的磷酸盐和碳酸钙的混合物；
　　and finally, for naturalists 7 it's a simple festering secretion 8 from the organ that produces mother-of-pearl in certain bivalves. 最后，对生物学家来说，它不过是某种双壳类动物产生螺钢质的器官的病态分泌物。

1 insinuating

adj.曲意巴结的，暗示的v.暗示( insinuate的现在分词 )；巧妙或迂回地潜入；（使）缓慢进入；慢慢伸入

Are you insinuating that I' m telling a lie ? 你这是意味着我是在说谎吗？来自辞典例句
He is extremely insinuating, but it's a vulgar nature. 他好奉承拍马，那是种庸俗的品格。来自辞典例句

2 terrain

n.地面，地形，地图

He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
He knows the terrain of this locality like the back of his hand.他对这一带的地形了如指掌。

3 gallant

adj.英勇的，豪侠的；(向女人)献殷勤的

Huang Jiguang's gallant deed is known by all men. 黄继光的英勇事迹尽人皆知。
These gallant soldiers will protect our country.这些勇敢的士兵会保卫我们的国家的。

4 solidified

（使）成为固体，（使）变硬，（使）变得坚固( solidify的过去式和过去分词 )；使团结一致；充实，巩固；具体化

英语听书《海底两万里》第322期 第23章 珊瑚王国(19)

英语听书《海底两万里》第322期第23章珊瑚王国(19)