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The Nautilus is made up of two hulls, one inside the other; between them, joining them together, are iron T-bars that give this ship the utmost rigidity. 诺第留斯号由双层船壳造成， 一层是内壳，另一层是外壳，两壳之间，用许

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Surely, he will stop for water. 当然啦，他是会把船停下来装水的。 Nay. For a long time, now, the circus-running sun has raced within his fiery ring, and needs no sustenance but what's in himself. 不，那只在火热的圈子里，象赛

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Come, come, Captain Bildad; stop palavering,--away! and with that, Peleg hurried him over the side, and both dropt into the boat. 好啦,好啦,比勒达船长;别尽说废话喽,走吧!说着,法勒就催他翻过船侧,于是他俩就落进了小艇。

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Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored harborless immensities. 我们已经勇猛地奔驶在大海上;而且我们就要消失在大海的无依无傍的一望无垠中。 Ere that come to pass; ere t