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Amid the glowing azure of the tropics, at incredible altitudes, almost imperceptible in the dim remoteness,
熱帶地區(qū)的灼熱碧空中，在令人難以置信的海拔高度，在昏暗遙遠(yuǎn)到幾乎無法察覺中，
we see him triumphantly sweeping past us—this black, solitary bird, alone in the waste of heaven;
我們能看到它耀武揚(yáng)威得在我們頭頂上一掠而過——這只孤獨(dú)的黑色大鳥，在無盡的天空中獨(dú)行;
or, at the most, at a lower elevation, the snow-white sea-swallow crosses his flight in easy grace!
或者，最多在比較低的緯度，雪白的海燕優(yōu)雅從容地與它交相飛過！
On looking at him closely, you perceive that he has no feet.
一旦你近距離觀察它，就會(huì)認(rèn)為它并沒有腳。
At all events, his feet, being exceedingly short, can neither walk nor perch.
無論怎樣，它的腳的確非常短，既不能走路也不能在樹木上棲息。
With a formidable beak, he has not the talons of a true eagle of the sea.
由于已經(jīng)擁有了可怕的喙，它便不再需要擁有像老鷹那樣的利爪在海上獵食了。
Thence arises his life of uncertainty and hazard—the life of a corsair and a pirate rather than of a mariner.
因此，它的生命中充滿著不確定性和危險(xiǎn)——更像強(qiáng)盜或海盜的生活，而不像是水手的生活。
The immense and superb apparatus of his wings becomes on land a danger and an embarrassment.
它那超大型的寬大的翅膀也是其在陸地上的一個(gè)危險(xiǎn)和困窘。
To raise himself, he needs a strong wind and a lofty station—a promontory, a rock.
為了便于順利起飛，它需要強(qiáng)風(fēng)和高地——海角或一塊高聳的石頭上。
