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Chapter Four.
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At Work under the Sea.
Chip, chip, chip—down in the dusky mine! Oh, but the rock at which the miner chipped was hard, and the bit of rock on which he sat was hard, and the muscles with which he toiled1 were hard from prolonged labour; and the lot of the man seemed hard, as he sat there in the hot, heavy atmosphere, hour after hour, from morn till eve, with the sweat pouring down his brow and over his naked shoulders, toiling3 and moiling with hammer and chisel4.
But stout5 David Trevarrow did not think his lot peculiarly hard. His workshop was a low narrow tunnel deep down under the surface of the earth—ay, and deep under the bottom of the sea! His daily sun was a tallow candle, which rose regularly at seven in the morning and set at three in the afternoon. His atmosphere was sadly deficient6 in life-giving oxygen, and much vitiated by gunpowder7 smoke. His working costume consisted only of a pair of linen8 trousers; his colour from top to toe was red as brick-dust, owing to the iron ore around him; his food was a slice of bread, with, perchance, when he was unusually luxurious9, the addition of a Cornish pasty; and his drink was water. To an inexperienced eye the man’s work would have appeared not only hard but hopeless, for although his hammer was heavy, his arm strong, and his chisel sharp and tempered well, each blow produced an apparently10 insignificant11 effect on the flinty rock. Frequently a spark of fire was all that resulted from a blow, and seldom did more than a series of little chips fly off, although the man was of herculean mould, and worked “with a will,” as was evident from the kind of
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长时间或辛苦地工作( toil的过去式和过去分词 ); 艰难缓慢地移动,跋涉 | |
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vi.辛劳工作,艰难地行动;n.苦工,难事 | |
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toiling
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长时间或辛苦地工作( toil的现在分词 ); 艰难缓慢地移动,跋涉 | |
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n.凿子;v.用凿子刻,雕,凿 | |
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knack
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earnings
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n.工资收人;利润,利益,所得 | |
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remarkably
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disposition
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copper
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wrestler
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racing
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exertion
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vigour
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hearty
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robust
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ruptured
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prodigality
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depressed
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resolute
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perseveringly
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smite
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v.重击;彻底击败;n.打;尝试;一点儿 | |
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Flared
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artillery
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n.(军)火炮,大炮;炮兵(部队) | |
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awe
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n.敬畏,惊惧;vt.使敬畏,使惊惧 | |
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boulders
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n.卵石( boulder的名词复数 );巨砾;(受水或天气侵蚀而成的)巨石;漂砾 | |
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pebbles
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[复数]鹅卵石; 沙砾; 卵石,小圆石( pebble的名词复数 ) | |
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murmur
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fathoms
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英寻( fathom的名词复数 ) | |
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recess
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procuring
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scrambling
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抛( sling的过去式和过去分词 ); 吊挂; 遣送; 押往 | |
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perspiration
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shafts
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