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December 1st 2012 經濟學人封面是以海底兩萬哩為背景

圖片來自:http://www.economist.com/printedition/covers/2012-11-29/ap-e-eu-la-me-na-uk-1

CD13

最初版本:ARONNAX: Yes, didn't I see a breach (20.) atop your foxhole

7/25/2009修訂後:

ARONNAX: Yes, didn't I see a breach (20.) atop your forecastle. (兩單字發音差很多, CD的確是發音foxhole)

1/1/2010修訂後:

ARONNAX: Yes, didn't I see a breech (20.) atop your forecastle.(整句文意都變了, 這個訂正真的對嗎?)

11/24/2012得到解答:

感謝好心人教材讀友rakutenhsin99留言, 以下他的留言徹底解答了我的疑惑:

以下是我的想法：
(1)
ARONNAX: Yes, didn't I see a breach (20. ) atop your foxhole
breach－這個字的意思跟後面的答案合不起來。
foxhole－這是散兵坑，是a hole in the ground，在船上應該不會有這種東西？

(2) -我認為這是正確的
ARONNAX: Yes, didn't I see a breech (20. ) atop your forecastle.
如果我沒聽錯，第20格的答案是loading cannon
breech loading cannon - 後膛裝填的大炮
forecastle = fo'c'sle，字典可以查到這個字fo'c'sle。
這樣子，這句的意思就很合理了。
(這裡有圖片 cannon on the forecastle)
http://www.prdobson.com/album/hms-victory/photo/131/

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FARRAGAUT: You're speaking of a scosha, a take it.

7/25/2009修訂後:

FARRAGAUT: You're speaking of the scotia, I take it. (我聽到的還是跟這個不太一樣)

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CD17

Nemo: But true! The banded mallot.(我完全查不到mallot是什麼)

所以在網路上我查了:http://www.squidoo.com/list-of-ocean-animals

查到 mullet

發音:http://www.thefreedictionary.com/mullet (請按英國國旗, 跟CD的發音是一樣的)

 , the Japanese cumbrus(查不出來是什麼)

(11-29-2012)再度感謝rakutenhsin99的指正教導

the Japanese cumbrus 修正為 the Japanese scumbrus