海底兩萬(wàn)里 第145期 第10章 水中人(16)

So, I said, all these foods are products of the sea?

那么，我說(shuō)，所有的食品都是海產(chǎn)嗎?

Yes, professor, the sea supplies all my needs. Sometimes I cast my nets in our wake, and I pull them up ready to burst.

是的，教授，大海供應(yīng)我一切必需品。有時(shí)我拋下拖網(wǎng)，等網(wǎng)滿(mǎn)得都要斷了就把它拉上來(lái)。

Sometimes I go hunting right in the midst of this element that has long seemed so far out of man's reach, and I corner the game that dwells in my underwater forests.

有時(shí)我到那看來(lái)人沒(méi)法去的大海中間打獵，我追逐那些居住在我的海底森林中的野味。

Like the flocks of old Proteus, King Neptune's shepherd, my herds graze without fear on the ocean's immense prairies.

我的牛羊家畜，像尼普頓的老牧人的一樣，無(wú)憂(yōu)無(wú)慮地在那廣闊的海底牧場(chǎng)上吃草。

There I own vast properties that I harvest myself, and which are forever sown by the hand of the Creator of All Things.

我在海底有一筆巨大的產(chǎn)業(yè)，這產(chǎn)業(yè)是由造物主親手播種的。

I stared at Captain Nemo in definite astonishment, and I answered him:

我有點(diǎn)驚異，看著尼摩船長(zhǎng)，我這樣回答他：

Sir, I understand perfectly how your nets can furnish excellent fish for your table;

先生，我完全相信您的魚(yú)網(wǎng)能供應(yīng)這桌上的許多魚(yú)類(lèi)，

I understand less how you can chase aquatic game in your underwater forests;

我也了解您如何在您的海底森林中打獵，

but how a piece of red meat, no matter how small, can figure in your menu, that I don't understand at all.

但是我一點(diǎn)不明白在您的菜單上，如何能有肉類(lèi)—盡管很少?