and, indeed, except when blindfold she lacked the ability to perceive things with her skin.

如果不蒙上双眼她的皮肤就不再具有识别物体的能力。这是千真万确的。

But in an old man who has known human joys and sorrows,

可是老年人已经饱尝了人间的甘苦，

Almost any day a young porpoise may be seen trying to turn a 300-pound sea turtle over by sticking his snout under the edge of his shell and pushing up for dear life.

几乎每天都可以看到一只小海豚把鼻子顶入一只300磅重的海龟的硬壳下面，拼命地把它翻过来。

and near its lower reaches there is a long tailing-off which is almost certainly the result of material transported out to deep water after being eroded from the continental masses.

在这个地带的低处是很长的一段尾沙地段，基本上可以断定这个地段是大陆块体上侵蚀下来的物质被水冲到深水处形成的。

cloudless skies, savage sandstorms,

无云的天空，凶猛的沙暴，

and in most cases the captive gradually quietens down and begins to accept its food.

在大多数情况下，刚捕来的象会慢慢静下来，接着开始吃食。