2 Find the Beast

CHAPTER 2 Find the Beast Captain Farragut was a good sailor. It was as if he and the boat were one spirit. It was clear that either this man would eventually kill the sea monster, or else the monster would kill him. I could see no other choice. The rest of the men on board felt the same. The narwhal must be stopped. When Captain Farragut offered two thousand dollars to the first man to see it, the sailors became even more

第二章找到野兽法拉古船长是个好水手。 就好像他和船是一体的。 很明显，要么这个人最终会杀死海怪，要么海怪会杀死他。 我看不出还有别的选择。 船上的其他人也有同样的感觉。 必须阻止独角鲸。 当法拉古船长给第一个看到它的人两千美元时，水手们变得更加疯狂了

excited. The most eager of all was a man named Ned Land. Ned was known as the prince of harpooners. He could throw a spear better than any other man. Ned did not think a whale of such great size could exist. He was the only man on board who felt this way. He had a hard time believing that there was a man-made ship out there, but a narwhal seemed impossible. I tried to change his mind, but he was stubborn. A man- made boat just made more sense than a whale. The captain and crew searched the waters for three months. But as time passed, everyone got tired. It looked as though the narwhal had gone for good. The sailors couldn't hide their disappointment. They were starting to talk of going home, even though Captain Farragut spoke against it. If he was to keep his crew together, he would have to make some changes quickly. "Give me three days," the captain said. If the monster did not appear in the next three days, the boat would be turned around. The Abraham

兴奋。其中最热心的是一个叫尼德-兰的人。 尼德-兰被称为鱼叉手王子。 他投掷长矛的技术比任何人都好。 尼德-兰认为不可能有这么大的鲸。 他是船上唯一有这种感觉的人。 他很难相信那里有一艘人造船，但独角鲸似乎是不可能的。 我试图改变他的主意，但他很固执。 一艘人造船比一条鲸鱼更有意义。 船长和船员在这片水域搜寻了三个月。 但随着时间的流逝，每个人都累了。 看来那只独角鲸已经一去不复返了。 水手们无法掩饰他们的失望。 他们开始谈论回家的事，尽管法拉古船长反对回家。 如果他想让他的团队团结在一起，他必须迅速做出一些改变。 “给我三天时间，”船长说。 如果怪物在接下来的三天里没有出现，船就会掉头。 亚伯拉罕

Lincoln would return home. This gave the crew some hope. If they didn't find the beast, at least they would be going back to their normal lives. The sailors gathered on the deck again. At least one group of men was watching for a sign at all times. Two days passed. The men tried everything to draw out the monster. They threw food overboard. Small boats went out from the ship, leaving no area of water unsearched. Men searched day and night, but for nothing. On the third day, the captain had no choice but to turn around. The narwhal was nowhere in sight. Even Captain Farragut knew it was time to head home. But as the boat turned, so did the sailors' luck. A voice rang out through the silence. It was the voice of Ned Land, the only nonbeliever on the ship. And the words he shouted brought everyone running to see. Captain Farragut gave the order to stop. The ship slowed to a halt, rocking gently with the

林肯将返回家乡。 这给了船员们一些希望。 如果他们找不到野兽，至少他们可以回到正常的生活。 水手们又聚集到甲板上。 至少有一群人一直在寻找迹象。 两天过去了。那些人想尽一切办法想把怪物引出来。 他们把食物扔到海里。 小船从船上走了出来，没有留下没有搜索过的水域。 人们日夜搜寻，但一无所获。 第三天，船长别无选择，只好返航。 独角鲸不见了。 就连法拉古船长也知道是回家的时候了。 但随着船的转向，水手们的运气也随之改变。 寂静中响起了一个声音。 这是尼德-兰的声音，他是船上唯一不信教的人。 他喊的那句话使每个人都跑过来看。 法拉古船长下令停船。 船慢了下来，随着风轻轻地摇晃着

waves. I searched the darkness, wondering how the man had seen anything. My heart beat as if it would break. But Ned was not wrong. We all saw the object he pointed to. It lit up the sea with a strange glow. The shine on the water made an oval shape. We could feel the warmth coming from below the water. One of the officers tried to explain away the object in scientific terms. "No!" I replied. "See! See! It moves! It is going forward and backward. It is rushing toward us!" A loud cry rose from the crowd. "Silence!" said the captain. "Reverse the engines! We need to go back!" The orders were followed and the ship moved away from the creature. But the wild beast raced toward us even faster. We held our breath as we waited for the animal to catch us. I secretly prayed, for the Abraham Lincoln would never survive an attack

波。我在黑暗中搜寻，想知道这个人是怎么看到的。 我的心怦怦直跳，好像要碎了。 但奈德没有说错。我们都看到了他指的那个东西。 它以一种奇怪的光芒照亮了大海。 阳光照在水面上，形成一个椭圆形。 我们能感觉到从水下传来的温暖。 其中一名警官试图用科学术语来解释这个物体。 “不!”我回答说。“看!看!它移动!它是向前和向后的。 它向我们冲来了！”人群中响起了一声大叫。 “安静！”船长说。 “倒车！”我们得回去！”他们听从了命令，船离开了那个怪物。 但是那野兽向我们跑得更快了。 我们屏住呼吸，等着那动物来抓我们。 我暗自祈祷，因为亚伯拉罕·林肯号将无法幸免于袭击

by a beast of this size. Suddenly, the light faded. We felt some relief. But then it came up on the other side, as if the animal had slid under our ship. We expected a crash at any moment. Instead, the huge creature raced away without attacking. The captain had a look of disbelief on his face. "Mr. Aronnax," he said to me, "I don't know what to think." I answered with a question to which I already knew the answer. "You now believe this is an animal of nature?" "I do indeed," the captain replied. "It seems to be a giant electric narwhal." "I think nothing less than a torpedo will stop this beast," I added. "Yes. With this power, it must be the most terrible creature ever created. We must keep watch carefully." The sailors spent the night watching the sea

被这么大的野兽咬的。突然，灯光暗了下来。 我们觉得松了一口气。但它又从另一边冒了出来，好像这动物滑到了我们船的下面。 我们预料到随时会发生坠机。 相反，这个巨大的生物没有攻击就跑开了。 船长脸上露出不相信的神情。 “阿龙纳斯先生，”他对我说，“我不知道该怎么想。” 我用一个我已经知道答案的问题来回答。 “你现在相信这是一种自然动物了吗？”“我确实知道，”船长回答。 “这似乎是一只巨大的电动独角鲸。” “我想只有一枚鱼雷才能阻止这畜生。”我又说。 “是的。有了这种力量，它一定是有史以来最可怕的生物。 我们必须小心提防。” 水手们整夜观察大海

for a sign. The light from the monster went out around midnight. Within an hour, a loud whistling began. By morning, the crew was getting mad at the animal. They tried harpooning it and shooting it with a gun. Their efforts didn't seem to hurt the beast at all. Attacks during the day seemed pointless. The beast rarely appeared above the water. When we did see it, we always seemed to be so far behind. As night came, the waters got rough. The lights that shone around the beast allowed us to close in on it more easily. The captain wanted to bring the beast down. Several shots fired by the crew hit the creature. Ned stood watch with his harpoon. I stood with him at the side, praying we would see the beast. When he saw his first chance, Ned threw the harpoon at the animal. I held on to the railing, trying to fight the waves made by the great animal. The harpoon hit a hard object and sent up a blast of water. The blast knocked several men over and threw me

给个提示。怪物发出的光在午夜时分熄灭了。 不到一个小时，就响起了响亮的口哨声。 到了早上，船员们对这只动物非常生气。 他们试着用鱼叉钩住它，用枪射击它。 他们的努力似乎丝毫没有伤害到野兽。 白天的袭击似乎毫无意义。 这只野兽很少出现在水面上。 当我们真的看到它时，我们似乎总是远远落后。 夜幕降临，波涛汹涌。 野兽周围的光线使我们更容易接近它。 船长想把野兽打倒。 船员们开了几枪，击中了这个生物。 尼德-兰拿着鱼叉站在那里放哨。 我和他一起站在旁边，祈祷我们能看到那头野兽。 尼德-兰一有机会，就把鱼叉扔向它。 我抓住栏杆，努力抵抗这只大动物掀起的波浪。 鱼叉击中一个硬物，喷出一股水。 爆炸撞倒了几个人，把我扔了出去