来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：新生有机化学 第4集 第4集》

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  Being puzzled with the differing appearance,
  我对这奇怪的现象感到疑惑
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  I at last pointed it out to our captain
  我最后向船长指出
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  and asked him the meaning of it.
  并且问他为何会这样
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  'The cooks,' said he, 'have I suppose
  '是厨师' 他说道 '我想他们刚刚
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  just been emptying their greasy water through the scuppers,
  通过排水口将油腻的废水排入了海中
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  which has greased the sides of those ships a little.'"
  使得船舷被油略微润滑了'"
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  So there is an experimental evidence for what Pliny said.
  所以这是支持普林尼看法的一个实验证据
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  "Recollecting what I had formerly read in Pliny,
  "当我回忆起之前读过的普林尼的想法
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  I resolved to make some experiments of the effect of oil on water
  我决定有机会时一定要去亲手做
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  when I should have the opportunity."
  关于油作用于水的实验"
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  And when he had the opportunity was when he was in London.
  他在伦敦时机会来了
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  So here's London, and his experiment in 1762 was in that place,
  因此1762年他在南伦敦的