来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：资本主义：成功、危机与改革第11集第11集》

it floated up a day or two later

这条长须鲸被浮在了
on the beach near Wellfleet on Cape cod.

维尔福利特附近的科德角的海滩上
And a gentleman came along and found it,

一个人发现了这条鲸
and conducted a quick auction,

并进行了一个快速竞拍
and Ellis bought it.

最终埃利斯买下了这头鲸
Ellis bought the whale and processed it into whale oil

他买下后加工成了鲸油
and other by products, put them on the market

和其他的副产品
and at this point, Ghen returned from his voyage

并把这些产品卖出
and wanted his whale back.

这时戈恩回来并索要他的鲸
He sued Ellis--Rich, rather, sorry;

他起诉了埃利斯对不起是里奇
Ellis is the guy on the beach who found it.

埃利斯是在海滩上发现鲸鱼的人
He sued Rich, who had processed the oil for his money.

他起诉里奇因为他加工并出售鲸