《海底总动员-1》第4章

时间：2023-01-12 08:36:13

（单词翻译:单击）

The giant shark bared row upon row of razor-sharp white teeth as its mouth spread into a wide, hungry grin.
"Hello!" said the shark.
"Well, hi!" Dory said cheerfully.
"Name's Bruce." The shark held out a fin1. Marlin shivered, too frightened to do anything.
"That's all right," Bruce told Marlin. "I understand. Why trust a shark—right?"
Bruce studied the two smaller fish. "How would you morsels2 like to come to a little get-together3 I'm having?"
Dory smiled. "You mean like a party?"
"Yeah, right—a party. What do you say?" Bruce asked.
Dory looked over at Marlin and said, "Ooh, I love parties. That sounds like fun."
Marlin couldn't believe his ears. A shark party? He was sure they wanted to eat him.
"You know," said Marlin, "parties are fun, and it's tempting4. But we can't because—" Bruce wrapped a fin around each fish.
They were trapped! "Aw, come on," he said. "I insist."
"Oookay," Marlin said nervously5, "that's all that matters..."
Bruce led Marlin and Dory over a rocky ridge6 into an undersea crater7. The giant hole was littered with floating sea mines. Heavy iron chains moored8 them in place.
"Hey, look!" said Dory, pointing to the mines. "Balloons! It is a party!"
Bruce laughed. "Mind your distance, though. Those ‘balloons' can be a bit dodgy. You wouldn't want one of them to pop!"
Bruce weaved safely through the mines, taking Dory and Marlin with him. They drew closer to a shipwreck—a sunken submarine. They peered inside through a hole blasted in its middle.
"Anchor! Chum!" Bruce called out. "We've got company!"
A hammerhead shark and a mako shark circled below. "Well, it's about time, mate," said Anchor, the hammerhead, anxiously.
Chum agreed. "We've already gone through the snacks. And I'm still starving."
Bruce pushed Marlin and Dory down into the sub. More sharks! Marlin thought. And they were all snapping their jaws10 hungrily.
Brrring! A diving bell rang.
"Right, then, the meeting has officially come to order," Bruce said, ushering11 them into the group. Then he swam to a rusted12 makeshift podium.
All the sharks turned to him, listening closely.
It is a meeting! Marlin thought.
"Let us all say the pledge," Bruce continued.
Together, all the sharks recited, "I am a nice shark. Not a mindless eating machine. If I am to change this image, I must first change myself. Fish are friends. Not food."
Bruce nodded. "Today's meeting is Step Five: Bring a Fish Friend. Now, do you all have your friends?"
"Got mine!" Anchor said proudly. He lifted a fin. A scared, shaking fish peeked13 out.
"Hey there!" Dory said, waving.
"How 'bout9 you, Chum?" Bruce asked. "Oh, well… I, um… seem to have misplaced my… uh… friend," Chum said, embarrassed. He smiled just enough to reveal the skeletal remains14 of a fish tail stuck between his teeth.
"That's all right, Chum," said Bruce. "I had a feeling this would be a difficult step. You can help yourself to one of my friends." "Aw, thanks, mate," Chum said, hugging Marlin tightly. "A little chum for Chum, eh?"
Marlin sighed nervously.
"I'll start the testimonies15. It's been three weeks since my last fish, on my honor, or may I be chopped up and made into soup."
The other sharks clapped. "You're an inspiration to all of us!"
Bruce looked around. "Who's next?" Dory swam up to the podium. Marlin groaned16. What was she doing?
"Hi, I'm Dory. And, uh, well… I don't think I've ever eaten a fish!" she said.
Everyone applauded. "Good on ya, mate," said one shark.
"That's incredible," said another.
While the sharks were distracted, Marlin freed himself. He tried to get Dory's attention at the podium.
Then Bruce spotted17 Marlin out of the corner of his eye. "How 'bout you, mate? What's your problem?" he asked.
Nervously, Marlin answered, "Me? I don't have a problem."
Bruce didn't believe Marlin and pushed him up to the podium. Excited to see that he was a clownfish, the sharks asked Marlin to tell them a joke.
"So the sea mollusk18 says to the sea cucumber…" Marlin was struggling to entertain the sharks when he spied a hole in the roof. And there, dangling19 from a piece of metal, was a diver's mask!
 
巨大的鲨鱼露出一排排像刀片一样锋利的白色牙齿，咧着嘴贪婪地大笑。
“你好!”鲨鱼说。
“嗯，你好!”多莉高高兴兴地说。
“我叫布鲁斯。”鲨鱼伸出一只鳍。马林吓得发抖，什么都不敢做。
“没关系，”布鲁斯告诉马林，“我理解。为什么要相信鲨鱼——对吧?”
布鲁斯打量着这两条小鱼。“你们这两个小不点愿意参加我的小聚会吗?”
多莉笑了。“你是说聚会吗?”
“是啊，对的——聚会。怎么样?”布鲁斯问。
多莉朝马林看了一眼，说：“哦，我喜欢聚会。听着很好玩。”
马林觉得难以置信。鲨鱼聚会？他确定他们想吃了他。
“你知道，”马林说，“聚会很好玩，很诱人。但是我们去不了，因为——” 布鲁斯用双鳍把这两条小鱼围住。
他们被困住了！“呀，来吧，”他说，“我坚持让你们参加。”
“好……好吧，”马林紧张地说，“既然这么要紧……”
布鲁斯领着马林和多莉经过崎岖的海底山脉，来到一个水下的大坑。巨大的洞里到处都是漂浮的水雷。沉重的铁链把它们固定住。
“喂，看啊!”多莉指着那些水雷说。“气球！真是聚会!”
布鲁斯大笑。“不过，要保持距离。那些气球有点危险。你可不会想让任何一个爆炸。”
布鲁斯带着多莉和马林，在水雷之间安全地迂回穿行。他们靠近了一艘沉船——一艘沉没的潜水艇。船中间炸出了一个洞，他们从这个洞口往里看。
“安安！阿沈!”布鲁斯叫喊着，“我们来客人了!”
一头锤头鲨和一头灰鲭鲨在下面转圈。“嗯，来得正好，兄弟。”锤头鲨安安急切地说。
阿沈表示同意。“我们已经吃过点心。可我还是饿得发慌。”
布鲁斯把马林和多莉往下推进了潜水艇。更多的鲨鱼！马林心想。他们都饥肠辘辘地吧唧着嘴巴。
丁零零！潜水铃响了。
“好了，那么，会议正式开始。”布鲁斯一边说，一边把他们带到队伍里。然后，他游到一个生锈的临时讲台上。
所有的鲨鱼都转向他，认真地听着。
这是个会议！马林想。
“让我们一起宣誓。”布鲁斯继续说道。
所有的鲨鱼一起朗诵：“我是一头好鲨鱼。不是没有脑子只会吃的机器。如果我要改变这个形象，我必须先改变自己。鱼类是朋友。不是食物。”
布鲁斯点了点头。“今天进行大会的第五项议程：带一位鱼类朋友回来。那么，你们都把朋友带来了吗?”
“我带来了!”安安骄傲地说。他举起一只鱼鳍。一条吓得发抖的鱼向外偷看。
“喂，你好!”多莉说着挥了挥手。
“你呢，阿沈?”布鲁斯问。“哦，嗯……我，呃……好像把我的……呃……朋友放错地方了。”阿沈不好意思地说。他笑了，正好露出嵌在牙缝里鱼尾巴的残骸。
“没关系，阿沈，”布鲁斯说，“我觉得和鱼类做朋友确实很难。我的朋友你就随便选一个吧。”“呀，谢谢了，老兄。”阿沈说着，紧紧地拥抱马林，“做阿沈的小伙伴，嗯?”
马林紧张地叹了口气。
“我先开始陈述。我以自己的名誉发誓，我已经三个星期没吃鱼了，否则就把我剁碎了做汤。”
其他鲨鱼鼓掌。“你是我们所有鱼的精神领袖!”
布鲁斯向四周看看，问道：“接下来该谁了?”多莉游到讲台上。马林叹息着。她在干什么？
“大家好，我是多莉。呃，嗯……我认为，我从来没吃过鱼!”她说。
大家都热烈鼓掌。“你太棒了，伙计。”一头鲨鱼说。
“太不可思议了。”另一头鲨鱼说。
趁着鲨鱼们都被吸引住了，马林挣脱了出来。他试图引起讲台上多莉的注意。
于是，布鲁斯用眼角的余光看到了马林。“你呢，兄弟？你有什么问题?”他问道。
马林紧张地回答：“我？我没什么问题。”
布鲁斯不相信马林的话，把他推上了讲台。鲨鱼们看到他是小丑鱼都很兴奋，让马林给他们讲笑话。
“所以这个软体动物对海参说……”马林努力地逗乐鲨鱼们，这时他发现船舱顶上有个洞。就在那儿，一块金属制品摇摇晃晃地悬挂在上面，那是潜水员的面罩！

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1 fin qkexO     
n.鳍；(飞机的)安定翼
参考例句：
  • They swim using a small fin on their back.它们用背上的小鳍游动。
  • The aircraft has a long tail fin.那架飞机有一个长长的尾翼。
2 morsels ed5ad10d588acb33c8b839328ca6c41c     
n.一口( morsel的名词复数 )；（尤指食物）小块，碎屑
参考例句：
  • They are the most delicate morsels. 这些确是最好吃的部分。 来自辞典例句
  • Foxes will scratch up grass to find tasty bug and beetle morsels. 狐狸会挖草地，寻找美味的虫子和甲壳虫。 来自互联网
3 get-together 1sWzOV     
n.(使)聚集；(使)集合
参考例句：
  • Well,Miss Huang,we are planning to have a casual get-together.嗯，黄小姐，我们打算大家小聚一番。
  • Will you help me prepare for the get- together of the old classmates?你能否帮我为这次老同学聚会做好准备工作？
4 tempting wgAzd4     
a.诱人的, 吸引人的
参考例句：
  • It is tempting to idealize the past. 人都爱把过去的日子说得那么美好。
  • It was a tempting offer. 这是个诱人的提议。
5 nervously tn6zFp     
adv.神情激动地，不安地
参考例句：
  • He bit his lip nervously,trying not to cry.他紧张地咬着唇，努力忍着不哭出来。
  • He paced nervously up and down on the platform.他在站台上情绪不安地走来走去。
6 ridge KDvyh     
n.山脊；鼻梁；分水岭
参考例句：
  • We clambered up the hillside to the ridge above.我们沿着山坡费力地爬上了山脊。
  • The infantry were advancing to attack the ridge.步兵部队正在向前挺进攻打山脊。
7 crater WofzH     
n.火山口，弹坑
参考例句：
  • With a telescope you can see the huge crater of Ve-suvius.用望远镜你能看到巨大的维苏威火山口。
  • They came to the lip of a dead crater.他们来到了一个死火山口。
8 moored 7d8a41f50d4b6386c7ace4489bce8b89     
adj. 系泊的 动词moor的过去式和过去分词形式
参考例句：
  • The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London. 该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。
  • We shipped (the) oars and moored alongside the bank. 我们收起桨，把船泊在岸边。
9 bout Asbzz     
n.侵袭，发作；一次(阵，回)；拳击等比赛
参考例句：
  • I was suffering with a bout of nerves.我感到一阵紧张。
  • That bout of pneumonia enfeebled her.那次肺炎的发作使她虚弱了。
10 jaws cq9zZq     
n.口部；嘴
参考例句：
  • The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。
  • The scored jaws of a vise help it bite the work. 台钳上有刻痕的虎钳牙帮助它紧咬住工件。
11 ushering 3e092841cb6e76f98231ed1268254a5c     
v.引，领，陪同( usher的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • They were right where the coach-caller was swinging open a coach-door and ushering in two ladies. "他们走到外面时，叫马车的服务员正打开车门，请两位小姐上车。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • Immediately the two of them approached others, thanking them, ushering them out one by one. 他们俩马上走到其他人面前，向他们道谢，一个个送走了他们。 来自辞典例句
12 rusted 79e453270dbdbb2c5fc11d284e95ff6e     
v.（使）生锈( rust的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • I can't get these screws out; they've rusted in. 我无法取出这些螺丝，它们都锈住了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • My bike has rusted and needs oil. 我的自行车生锈了，需要上油。 来自《简明英汉词典》
13 peeked c7b2fdc08abef3a4f4992d9023ed9bb8     
v.很快地看( peek的过去式和过去分词 )；偷看；窥视；微露出
参考例句：
  • She peeked over the top of her menu. 她从菜单上往外偷看。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • On two occasions she had peeked at him through a crack in the wall. 她曾两次透过墙缝窥视他。 来自辞典例句
14 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
15 testimonies f6d079f7a374008476eebef3d09a7d82     
（法庭上证人的）证词( testimony的名词复数 )； 证明，证据
参考例句：
  • Davie poured forth his eloquence upon the controversies and testimonies of the day. 戴维向他滔滔不绝地谈那些当时有争论的问题和上帝的箴言。
  • Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies. 22求你除掉我所受的羞辱和藐视，因我遵守你的法度。
16 groaned 1a076da0ddbd778a674301b2b29dff71     
v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 )；发牢骚；抱怨；受苦
参考例句：
  • He groaned in anguish. 他痛苦地呻吟。
  • The cart groaned under the weight of the piano. 大车在钢琴的重压下嘎吱作响。 来自《简明英汉词典》
17 spotted 7FEyj     
adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的
参考例句：
  • The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
  • Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
18 mollusk u6ozk     
n.软体动物
参考例句：
  • I swear I have never seen such a mollusk with thorns all over its body.我敢发誓我从来没有见过这种全身长满棘刺的软体动物。
  • The colour varies with the mollusk and its environment.颜色因母体及其环境的不同而异。
19 dangling 4930128e58930768b1c1c75026ebc649     
悬吊着( dangle的现在分词 )； 摆动不定； 用某事物诱惑…； 吊胃口
参考例句：
  • The tooth hung dangling by the bedpost, now. 结果，那颗牙就晃来晃去吊在床柱上了。
  • The children sat on the high wall,their legs dangling. 孩子们坐在一堵高墙上，摇晃着他们的双腿。

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