海底兩萬里 第48期 第5章 冒險活動(3)

Eyes and spyglasses didn't remain at rest for an instant. Day and night we observed the surface of the ocean,

真的，眼睛和望遠鏡好象被二千美元獎金的遠景所?；螅豢桃膊辉感菹?。

and those with nyctalopic eyes, whose ability to see in the dark increased their chances by fifty percent, had an excellent shot at winning the prize.

白天黑夜，人人都留心洋面，患晝盲癥的人因在黑暗中能看得清。比別人要多百分之五十的機會獲得這筆獎金。

As for me, I was hardly drawn by the lure of money and yet was far from the leastattentive on board.

我個人是不受金錢引誘的，但我在船上也同樣注意觀察海面。

Snatching only a few minutes for meals and a few hours for sleep, come rain or come shine, I no longer left the ship's deck.

除了用餐的幾分鐘，睡眠的幾小時，不管日曬也好，雨淋也好，我總不離開甲板。

Sometimes bending over the forecastle railings, sometimes leaning against the sternrail,

有時伏在船頭圍板上，有時扶著船尾的欄桿，我目不轉晴，

I eagerly scoured that cotton-colored wake that whitened the ocean as far as the eye could see!

死盯著一望無際、白練般的浪濤!

And how many times I shared the excitement of general staff and crew when some unpredictable whale lifted its blackish back above the waves.

有好幾次，一條任性的鯨魚把灰黑的脊背露在波濤上的時候，我跟船上全體職工人員一樣馬上就激動起來。