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Near eleven o'clock in the morning, while on the surface of the ocean, the Nautilus fell in with a herd of baleen whales.
早上十一點(diǎn)左右，諾第留斯號(hào)在大洋面上，
This encounter didn't surprise me, because I knew these animals were being hunted so relentlessly that they took refuge in the ocean basins of the high latitudes.
航行在成群的鯨魚中間一這個(gè)遭遇并不使我驚異，因?yàn)槲抑肋@些動(dòng)物受人過度的追擊，都躲到兩極邊緣、高緯度的海水中來
In the maritime world and in the realm of geographic exploration, whales have played a major role.
一鯨魚類在海上事業(yè)方面所起的作用，對(duì)于地理上發(fā)現(xiàn)的影響是很重大的。
This is the animal that first dragged the Basques in its wake, then Asturian Spaniards, Englishmen, and Dutchmen, emboldening them against the ocean's perils, and leading them to the ends of the earth. Baleen whales like to frequent the southernmost and northernmost seas.
鯨魚類，首先吸引著已斯克人、其次亞斯豆里人、又其次英國人和荷蘭人，追隨在它后面，使他們不怕大洋的危險(xiǎn)，帶領(lǐng)他們從地球這一極端到那一極端。
We were seated on the platform next to a tranquil sea.
我們坐在平臺(tái)上，海上風(fēng)平浪靜。
The month of March, since it's the equivalent of October in these latitudes, was giving us some fine autumn days.
是的，這些緯度地區(qū)正給我們帶來美麗的秋天。
It was the Canadian-on this topic he was never mistaken--who sighted a baleen whale on the eastern horizon.
是那個(gè)加拿大人—他不能搞錯(cuò)—指出東方天邊有一條鯨魚、注意地看一下，
If you looked carefully, you could see its blackish back alternately rise and fall above the waves, five miles from the Nautilus.
我們看見它的灰黑色的脊背在距離諾第留斯號(hào)五海里的海面上，不停地浮起來、沉下去。
Wow! Ned Land exclaimed. If I were on board a whaler, there's an encounter that would be great fun!
“啊！尼德·蘭喊道：如果我是在一般捕鯨船上，現(xiàn)在慨是使我痛快的一次遭遇！
That's one big animal!
那是一條身軀巨大的鯨魚！
Look how high its blowholes are spouting all that air and steam!
請(qǐng)看它的鼻孔有多大的氣力，噴出了混有氣體的水柱！
Damnation! Why am I chained to this hunk of sheet iron!
真可恨！我為什么被綁在這塊鋼板上呢！
