海底兩萬裡第六章攻略（海底兩萬裡）

2023-04-18 12:19:50

海底兩萬裡 #第6章 Go full steam ahead（11） 第6章 開足馬力 ( 11 )

原文賞析：

The crew were waiting impatiently for orders from their leader. The latter, after carefully observing the animal, called for his engineer. The engineer raced over.

Sir, the commander said, are you up to pressure?

Aye, sir, the engineer replied.

Fine. Stoke your furnaces and clap on full steam!

Three cheers greeted this order. The hour of battle had sounded.

A few moments later, the frigate's two funnels vomited torrents of black smoke, and its deck quaked from the trembling of its boilers.

Driven forward by its powerful propeller, the Abraham Lincoln headed straight for the animal.

Unconcerned, the latter let us come within half a cable length; then, not bothering to dive, it got up a little speed, retreated, and was content to keep its distance.

This chase dragged on for about three-quarters of an hour without the frigate gaining two fathoms on the cetacean.

中文譯文：

船上人員等他們首長的命令等得不耐煩了。艦長注意地觀察了這個動物後，叫來了工程師。工程師跑來了。

艦長問:先生，氣壓足了嗎？

足了，先生。工程師答。

好，增大火力，全力駛去！

大家歡呼三聲來迎接這道命令。戰鬥的號角響了。

過了一些時候，戰艦上兩個煙囪吐出一道一道的黑煙，甲板在汽鍋的震動下震動起來。

亞伯拉罕·林肯號在強大的推進器的驅動下，徑直向那隻動物駛去。

戰艦離它半錨鏈左右的時候，它還不潛入水中，僅略作逃避的樣子，不走遠，只是保持著這樣的距離。

這樣若即若離地追逐，延長了三刻鐘左右，就是戰艦想多接近這條鯨魚四米也不可能。