典范英语10：20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

*Chapter 1：Sea Monster

*P8*

But better than all our weapons（ /ˈwepən/ n. 武器）, we had the famous Ned Land（人名） on board（ /bɔːd/在船上）. Ned Land was a Canadian（ /kəˈneɪdiən/ adj. 加拿大的） harpooner（/hɑːˈpuːnə/ n. 鱼叉手） with a sharp eye（目光锐利） and a quick arm（身手敏捷）. He was the best whale hunter（捕鲸人） alive（ /əˈlaɪv/ adj. 活着的）-tall, strong and cool.

Ned was also the only person on the ship who did not believe in the sea monster.

‘Why don’t you believe that we’re looking for some kind of a giant whale?’ I asked him.