海底兩萬里 第74期 第6章 開足馬力(16)

And $500.00 to the man who can pierce that infernal beast!

誰打中這惡魔，給五百美元!

Calm of eye, cool of feature, an old gray-bearded gunner-I can see him to this day-approached the cannon, put it in position, and took aim for a good while.

一位胡子花白的老炮手—他現(xiàn)在仍然活現(xiàn)在我眼前—眼光鎮(zhèn)定，面容冷靜，走到大炮面前，把炮位擺好，瞄準(zhǔn)了很久的時(shí)間。

There was a mighty explosion, mingled with cheers from the crew.

轟的一聲炮響了，這時(shí)船員們的歡呼聲混雜在一起。

The shell reached its target; it hit the animal, but not in the usual fashion-it bounced off that rounded surface and vanished into the sea two miles out.

炮彈打中了，正打在動(dòng)物身上，但是并沒有給它致命的打擊，而是從它圓圓的身上滑過去落在二海里遠(yuǎn)的海中。

Oh drat! said the old gunner in his anger. That rascal must be covered with six-inch armor plate!

真怪!老炮手暴跳如雷，說，這混蛋的身上一定有一層六英寸厚的鐵甲!

Curse the beast! Commander Farragut shouted.

該死的東西!法拉古艦長(zhǎng)喊。

The hunt was on again, and Commander Farragut leaned over to me, saying:

追逐又開始了，法拉古艦長(zhǎng)彎身對(duì)我說道：

I'll chase that animal till my frigate explodes!

我要一直追到我們的船爆炸為止!

Yes, I replied, and nobody would blame you!

對(duì)，您對(duì)!我答。

We could still hope that the animal would tire out and not be as insensitive to exhaustionas our steam engines.

人們只指望這動(dòng)物筋疲力盡，它總不能跟蒸汽機(jī)一樣，永遠(yuǎn)不感到疲倦