英语听书《白鲸记》第733期-英语课

时间：2019-03-10 作者：英语课 分类：白鲸记

英语课

But he cannot in any degree breathe through his mouth, 不过，不管怎样，它是不能用嘴呼吸的，

for, in his ordinary attitude, the Sperm 1 Whale's mouth is buried at least eight feet beneath the surface; 因为，按它通常的状态说来，抹香鲸的嘴巴深藏在水面之下至少有八英尺的地方，
and what is still more, his windpipe has no connexion with his mouth. 而且，它的气管跟嘴巴又毫无联系。
No, he breathes through his spiracle alone; and this is on the top of his head. 不，它只靠那只喷水孔呼吸，而那只喷水孔却长在头顶。
If I say, that in any creature breathing is only a function indispensable to vitality 2, 如果我说，任何一种动物的呼吸就是生命的不可或缺的职能，
inasmuch as it withdraws from the air a certain element, 因此，它从空气中吸收到了一种要素后，
which being subsequently brought into contact with the blood imparts to the blood its vivifying principle, 就使它跟血液接触，把它的富有生气的要素灌输给血液，
I do not think I shall err 3; though I may possibly use some superfluous 4 scientific words. 我想我大概是没有说错的；虽则我也许还可以用上若干罗里罗唆的科学词汇。
Assume it, and it follows that if all the blood in a man could be aerated 5 with one breath, 如果是这样，那么接着而来就是，如果一口气就能把人体的全部血液都充以空气的话，
he might then seal up his nostrils 6 and not fetch another for a considerable time. 那么人类也许可以封起鼻孔，好久不需要再吸进另一口气了。
That is to say, he would then live without breathing. 这就是说，他从此可以不要呼吸而活下去。
Anomalous 7 as it may seem, this is precisely 8 the case with the whale, 尽管这事情看来也许颇为反常，可是，大鲸就正是这般情况。
who systematically 9 lives, by intervals 10, his full hour and more (when at the bottom) without drawing a single breath, 大鲸在海底的时候，能够在一个多钟头的时间里不需吸一口气，
or so much as in any way inhaling 11 a particle of air; for, remember, he has no gills. How is this? 或者可以说一点点气都用不着吸，而能够照常生活下去；因为，请记住，它是没有鳃的。这究竟是怎么回事呢？
Between his ribs 12 and on each side of his spine 13 he is supplied with a remarkable 14 involved Cretan labyrinth 15 of vermicelli-like vessels 16, 因为在它的肋骨间和脊骨的两边，它装备有一件特别的东西，如同克里特岛人做管状面的那种曲曲折折的器皿一般，
which vessels, when he quits the surface, are completely distended 17 with oxygenated blood. 这些器皿，当它离开水面的时候，就已经完全胀满充有氧气的血液了。