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literature corner.
文献角。
a chapter to start with.
以一章开头。
During the year 1866 the world was shocked to hear stories of a sea monster attacking several ships that passed through the oceans.
在1866年期间，世界震惊地听到一个海怪袭击通过海洋的几艘船的故事。
The governments of many countries were quite interested in the matter.
许多国家政府对此非常感兴趣。
The monster was said to be much larger than a whale.
据说怪物比鲸鱼大得多。
Most agreed that the monster's shape was similar to that of a whale, however.
多数人同意怪物的形状与鲸鱼相似。
Some said the strange animal was nearly 200 feet long.
有人说怪兽有近200英尺长。
Others promised the monster was more than a mile long.
其他人答应说怪物长一英里多。
On 20 July 1866 a great ship was leaving India for Australia when it was hit by the strange animal and sunk into the ocean only five miles off the east coast of Australia.
1866年7月20日，一艘伟大的船正驶离印度前往澳大利亚，当时它被怪兽击中，沉入离澳大利亚东海岸仅5英里的海洋。
Just three days later in the Pacific Ocean the sea animal attacked another ship.
三天后在太平洋海洋动物袭击了另一艘船。
Right away after these scary events people all over the world were talking about the sea animal.
在发生这些可怕的事件之后全世界的人都在谈论海动物。
Newspapers always had news stories about the monster.
报纸总是有关于怪物的新闻报道。
Scientists, news reporters and many others wrote many pages about their views on the newly discovered sea monster.
科学家、新闻记者及其他许多人写了很多关于他们对于新发现的海洋怪兽的看法的页面。
For six months people talked of nothing but the strange animal.
六个月来，人们只谈怪兽。
During the first months of the year 1867, however, interest in the sea monster seemed to decrease a great deal.
然而，在1867年头几个月，对海洋怪兽的兴趣似乎大大降低。
People were no longer curious to read about the sea monster until the 5th of March 1867 when another ship Canadian had been hit.
直到1867年3月5日另一艘加拿大船被击中。
Now, however, people began to believe this sea monster was not an animal but rather a small island in the sea that floated to different places in the ocean.
然而，现在人们开始相信这个海洋怪兽不是动物而是海洋中的小岛漂浮在海洋的不同地方。
The ship though had not been hit terribly.
虽然这艘船没有被击中惨重。
It returned to its port for repairs.
该船返回港口修理。
Had the ship hit a rock underwater?
船在水下撞到岩石了吗？
No one knew but after a close examination it was found that part of the ship's bottom was broken.
无人知道，但经过仔细检查发现，船只底部有部分断裂。
As this ship's accident was not serious it should have been forgotten but three weeks later another ship was hit again in the same manner.
由于这艘船的事故并不严重，它本应该被遗忘的，但三周后，另一艘船再次以同样的方式被击中。
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