海底兩萬里 第64期 第6章 開足馬力(6)

By then Commander Farragut, Ned Land, and I were on the afterdeck, peering eagerly into the profound gloom.

法拉古艦長(zhǎng)、尼德·蘭和我當(dāng)時(shí)都在尾樓上，聚精會(huì)神地凝視著深沉的黑暗。

Ned Land, the commander asked, you've often heard whales bellowing?

尼德·蘭，艦長(zhǎng)問，您聽到鯨魚叫過嗎?

Often, sir, but never a whale like this, whose sighting earned me 2,000.00.

時(shí)常聽到，先生，但我從沒有聽過像現(xiàn)在這條使我獲得二千美元獎(jiǎng)金的鯨魚那樣的叫聲。

Correct, the prize is rightfully yours. But tell me, isn't that the noise cetaceans make when they spurt water from their blowholes?

不錯(cuò)，您應(yīng)獲得這筆獎(jiǎng)金。不過，請(qǐng)您告訴我，這聲音是不是那鯨魚類動(dòng)物鼻孔吐水時(shí)所發(fā)出來的聲音呢?

The very noise, sir, but this one's way louder. So there can be no mistake. There's definitely a whale lurking in our waters.

正是那聲音，先生，不過現(xiàn)在這聲音不知要大多少倍。所以誰(shuí)也不會(huì)弄錯(cuò).我們面前海里的東西無疑是一條鯨魚類動(dòng)物。

With your permission, sir, the harpooner added, tomorrow at daybreak we'll have words with it.

這位魚叉手又說，請(qǐng)您容許我，先生，明天天亮?xí)r，我們對(duì)它說幾句話。

If it's in a mood to listen to you, Mr. Land, I replied in a tone far from convinced.

恐怕它不會(huì)有那樣的耐心聽您的話，尼德·蘭師傅。汐我用半信半疑的聲調(diào)回答。

Let me get within four harpoon lengths of it, the Canadian shot back, and it had better listen!

假使我離它只有四魚叉那么遠(yuǎn)，這位加拿大人答，那時(shí)候它非聽我的話不可!