In this respect oysters are inferior even to mussels, to whom nature has not denied all talent for locomotion.

从点来看，珍珠贝甚至于菜，因为大自然还给淡菜有可能移动能力。

Dangerous? Ned Land replied. A simple trip to an oysterbank?

很危险！尼德·兰回答，到珍珠贝礁石上走一走！

But tell me, captain, how many oysters can a boat fish up in a workday?

过，船长，请您告诉我，一只船一整天可以采得多少珍珠贝呢？

True to those instincts, Ned Land greedily stuffed the finest of these mollusks into a net he carried at his side.

尼德·兰行使种本能，急急把那些最好珍珠贝塞到身边带着鱼网中。

I believe the average time underwater that these fishermen can tolerate is thirty seconds, during which they hastily stuff their little nets with all the pearl oysters they can tear loose.

我认为些采珠人可以留在水里面忍受平均时间为三十秒，在三十秒内，们得赶快把自己采得珍珠贝塞在一个小网中。

Just so people don't think I'm making it up that you use all of the words, this is the opening to Chapter 12, Black Night Outside, the moon up, a coin of NACRE.

只是为了让大家要认为我在编造，是第12章开头， 《黑夜之外，月升， 一枚珍珠贝币》。