少年派的奇幻漂流 Chapter 88

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Chapter 88
One day we came upon trash. First the water glistened1 with patches of oil. Coming up soon after was the domestic and industrial waste: mainly plastic refuse in a variety of forms and colours, but also pieces of lumber2, beer cans, wine bottles, tatters of cloth, bits of rope and, surrounding it all, yellow foam3. We advanced into it. I looked to see if there was anything that might be of use to us. I picked out an empty corked5 wine bottle. The lifeboat bumped into a refrigerator that had lost its motor. It floated with its door to the sky. I reached out, grabbed the handle and lifted the door open. A smell leapt out so pungent6 and disgusting that it seemed to colour the air. Hand to my mouth, I looked in. There were stains, dark juices, a quantity of completely rotten vegetables, milk so curdled7 and infected it was a greenish jelly, and the quartered remains8 of a dead animal in such an advanced state of black putrefaction9 that I couldn't identify it. Judging by its size I think that it was lamb. In the closed, humid confines of the refrigerator, the smell had had the time to develop, to ferment10, to grow bitter and angry. It assaulted my senses with a pent-up rage that made my head reel, my stomach churn and my legs wobble. Luckily, the sea quickly filled the horrid11 hole and the thing sank beneath the surface. The space left vacant by the departed refrigerator was filled by other trash.
We left the trash behind. For a long time, when the wind came from that direction, I could still smell it. It took the sea a day to wash off the oily smears12 from the sides of the lifeboat.
I put a message in the bottle: "Japanese-owned cargo13 ship Tsimtsum, flying Panamanian flag, sank July 2nd, 1977, in Pacific, four days out of Manila. Am in lifeboat. Pi Patel my name. Have some food, some water, but Bengal tiger a serious problem. Please advise family in Winnipeg, Canada. Any help very much appreciated. Thank you." I corked the bottle and covered the cork4 with a piece of plastic. I tied the plastic to the neck of the bottle with nylon string, knotting it tightly. I launched the bottle into the water.

第八十八章
    有一天我们遇到了垃圾。先是一片片油漂在水上，闪着亮。紧接着后面漂来了生活垃圾和工业垃圾：主要是形状、颜色各异的废塑料，还有木头片、啤酒罐、酒瓶、破布和绳子。这些东西周围是黄色的泡沫。我们进了垃圾堆。我想看看有什么可能对我们有用的东西。我捡起一只塞着盖的空酒瓶。救生艇撞上了一只没有了电动机的冰箱。它门朝天漂着。我伸出手去，抓住把手，把门掀了开来。一股刺鼻的恶臭窜了出来，似乎把空气都变臭了。我用手捂住鼻子，朝冰箱里面看去。里面有斑斑乌渍，变黑的果汁，一堆完全烂了的蔬菜，腐蚀得太厉害、已经成了绿色胶状物的牛奶，还有四分之一只死动物，已经腐烂发黑得认不出是什么了。从大小来看，我想那是羊肉。在封闭的、潮湿的冰箱里，气味有足够的时间来形成、发酵、变得怨恨而气愤。它用压抑已久的愤怒攻击我的感觉，让我头晕目眩，胃部绞痛，两腿发抖。幸运的是，海水很快填满了那个可怕的洞，那个东西沉到了水下。冰箱留下的空被其他垃圾填上了。
    我们把垃圾抛在了后面。有很长时间，当风从那个方向吹来时，我还能闻到那股气味。一天以后，海水才把救生艇舷侧油腻的污迹冲洗掉。
    我在酒瓶里放了一封信：“日本货船‘齐姆楚姆’号，飘巴拿马国旗，从马尼拉开出四天后，于1977年7月2日在太平洋沉没。我在救生艇上。我叫派·帕特尔。有些食物和水，但孟加拉虎是个严重问题。请通知加拿大温尼伯的家人。非常感激任何帮助。谢谢。"我塞住瓶口，用一块塑料薄膜盖在瓶塞上，用尼龙绳把塑料薄膜系在瓶颈上，系得紧紧的。我把瓶子投进了水里。


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1 glistened 17ff939f38e2a303f5df0353cf21b300     
v.湿物闪耀，闪亮( glisten的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • Pearls of dew glistened on the grass. 草地上珠露晶莹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Her eyes glistened with tears. 她的眼里闪着泪花。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2 lumber a8Jz6     
n.木材，木料；v.以破旧东西堆满；伐木；笨重移动
参考例句：
  • The truck was sent to carry lumber.卡车被派出去运木材。
  • They slapped together a cabin out of old lumber.他们利用旧木料草草地盖起了一间小屋。
3 foam LjOxI     
v./n.泡沫，起泡沫
参考例句：
  • The glass of beer was mostly foam.这杯啤酒大部分是泡沫。
  • The surface of the water is full of foam.水面都是泡沫。
4 cork VoPzp     
n.软木，软木塞
参考例句：
  • We heard the pop of a cork.我们听见瓶塞砰的一声打开。
  • Cork is a very buoyant material.软木是极易浮起的材料。
5 corked 5b3254ed89f9ef75591adeb6077299c0     
adj.带木塞气味的，塞着瓶塞的v.用瓶塞塞住( cork的过去式 )
参考例句：
  • Our army completely surrounded and corked up the enemy stronghold. 我军把敌人的堡垒完全包围并封锁起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He kept his emotions corked up inside him. 他把感情深藏于内心。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 pungent ot6y7     
adj.（气味、味道）刺激性的，辛辣的；尖锐的
参考例句：
  • The article is written in a pungent style.文章写得泼辣。
  • Its pungent smell can choke terrorists and force them out of their hideouts.它的刺激性气味会令恐怖分子窒息，迫使他们从藏身地点逃脱出来。
7 curdled 3f42074f4e391f7b63d99d49433e5f7f     
v.（使）凝结( curdle的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The milk has curdled. 牛奶凝结了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Terror curdled his blood. 恐惧使他心惊胆颤。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
8 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。
9 putrefaction z0mzC     
n.腐坏，腐败
参考例句：
  • Putrefaction is the anaerobic degradation of proteinaceous materials.腐败作用是蛋白性物质的厌氧降解作用。
  • There is a clear difference between fermentation and putrefaction.发酵与腐败有明显区别。
10 ferment lgQzt     
vt.使发酵；n./vt.（使）激动，（使）动乱
参考例句：
  • Fruit juices ferment if they are kept a long time.果汁若是放置很久，就会发酵。
  • The sixties were a time of theological ferment.六十年代是神学上骚动的时代。
11 horrid arozZj     
adj.可怕的；令人惊恐的；恐怖的；极讨厌的
参考例句：
  • I'm not going to the horrid dinner party.我不打算去参加这次讨厌的宴会。
  • The medicine is horrid and she couldn't get it down.这种药很难吃，她咽不下去。
12 smears ff795c29bb653b3db2c08e7c1b20f633     
污迹( smear的名词复数 )； 污斑； （显微镜的）涂片； 诽谤
参考例句：
  • His evidence was a blend of smears, half truths and downright lies. 他的证词里掺杂着诽谤、部份的事实和彻头彻尾的谎言。
  • Anything written with a soft pencil smears easily. 用软铅笔写成的东西容易污成一片。
13 cargo 6TcyG     
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物
参考例句：
  • The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
  • A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

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