5 Deep, dark waters

Chapter Five DEEP, DARK WATERS. The rest of the pod was already moving on. Connor wished he could call out to them. Turn around! You've left a calf behind! "We'll have to backtrack," he said. "Maybe the calf is swimming behind the rest of the pod."

第五章黑暗的深水。 其他的鲸群已经在继续前进了。 康纳希望他能喊他们一声。 转身!你落下了一头小牛！他说：“我们将不得不后退。” “也许小象在其他鲸群后面游泳。”

He steered the Beagle back the way they had come. Meanwhile, Roshni carefully watched the sonar screen for any sign of the lost calf. Connor kept the Beagle just under the water's surface, so they could use the periscope. The calf might come up to breathe, and then they'd spot it. "Poor little thing," Roshni murmured. "Don't worry, baby whale. We're coming to find you." Connor said, "It may be a baby, but it's about 20 feet long! We ought to see it soon."

他把小猎犬号驶回原路。 与此同时，罗什尼仔细观察着声纳屏幕，寻找失踪小鲸的任何迹象。 康纳把小猎犬号停在水面以下，这样他们就可以使用潜望镜了。 小象可能会浮上来呼吸，然后它们就会发现它。 “可怜的小东西，”罗希尼喃喃地说。 “别担心，小鲸鱼。我们会来找你的。” 康纳说：“它可能是个婴儿，但它大约有20英尺长！我们应该很快就能看到。”

Roshni bent over the sonar screen. Connor peered out through the Beagle's windows. He saw darting fish and scraps of seaweed tumbling past, but no whale calf. To make matters worse, the sun was setting and the sea was growing darker. Soon it would be too dark to see without lights. Suddenly, the Beagle pitched sideways and a horrific sound of scraping metal ripped through the cabin. Then came a sharp snapping noise. Something fell through the water past the window, trailing bubbles. The Beagle let out a babble of panicked bleeps. Roshni yelled and looked up from the screen. "What happened?" "We've hit something!" Connor grabbed the controls and brought the Beagle down, away from the surface. He smacked his forehead with his palm. "I was looking out of

Roshni俯身看着声纳屏幕。 康纳透过小猎犬号的窗户往外看。 他看到飞鱼和海带的碎片翻滚而过，但没有看到鲸鱼幼崽。 更糟糕的是，太阳正在下山，海面越来越暗。 很快天就黑得看不见了。 突然，小猎犬号侧身倾斜，一声可怕的金属刮擦声穿过船舱。 然后传来一阵尖锐的咔嚓声。 有什么东西从水里掉下来，经过窗户，拖着气泡。 小猎犬号发出一阵惊慌的嘟嘟声。 Roshni喊道，从屏幕上抬起头来。 “发生什么事了?”“我们撞到什么东西了！”康纳抓住控制装置，把小猎犬号带离水面。 他用手掌拍了拍额头。 “我向外看

the window, you were checking the sonar— and neither of us was steering! Sorry, Beagle." The Beagle made a mournful noise, like a whining dog. Connor felt terrible. He looked up at the hull of the boat they'd clipped, dreading what he might see. To his relief, it wasn't holed. That could have been a total disaster. Imagine sinking a boat and losing a whale calf… "I think we might be okay," he said. "We took a nasty knock, but nothing's broken, right?"

窗户上，你在检查声纳——我们俩都没在掌舵！对不起,小猎犬号。” 小猎犬像哀鸣的狗一样发出哀鸣。 康纳觉得很糟糕。他抬头看了看他们撞到的那艘船的船体，心里担心自己会看到什么。 让他松了一口气的是，它没有洞。 那可能会是一场灾难。 想象一艘船沉了，失去了一头小鲸鱼……“我想我们可能没事，”他说。 “我们被狠狠地撞了一下，但没有损坏，对吧？”

Roshni winced and showed him the sonar screen. It was completely blank. With growing alarm, Connor checked the rest of the Beagle's instruments. The screens had gone dark on a whole row of panels. "We've lost all our navigation systems," he said. "But how?" Roshni said, "Remember that snapping noise? And the thing that fell past the window? I think that was the navigation module. It must have broken off completely when we hit the boat." Connor felt cold horror creeping through his whole body. Without the Beagle's special navigation module, they couldn't work the sonar or the satnav system. He was counting on that to find the missing calf. And even if they found the calf without it, how on earth

罗什尼畏缩了一下，给他看了声纳屏幕。 它完全是一片空白。康纳越来越担心，他检查了小猎犬号上其他的仪器。 整排嵌板上的屏幕都变黑了。 “我们失去了所有的导航系统，”他说。 “可是什么?”Roshni说：“还记得那个啪啪声吗？ 从窗户那边掉下来的东西呢？ 我想那是导航模块。 我们撞到船的时候，它一定完全断了。” 康纳感到浑身冰冷的恐惧。 没有小猎犬号的特殊导航模块，他们就无法使用声纳或卫星导航系统。 他就指望能找到失踪的小象。 即使他们找到了没有它的小牛，怎么可能

would they find the rest of the pod? "We've got to get it back!" he said. He tilted the Beagle's nose until it was pointing downward, then fired the engines. They churned up the water and the Beagle shot down into the darkness. The controls vibrated in Connor's hands, but he held the sub steady. No more collisions, he promised himself.

他们能找到剩下的人吗？ “我们必须把它找回来！”他说。 他把“小猎犬”号的机头朝下倾斜，然后发动了引擎。 他们搅了搅水，小猎犬号迅速沉入黑暗中。 控制装置在康纳的手中颤动着，但他稳稳地控制着潜艇。 他向自己保证，不会再有碰撞了。