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Submarine: the deep blue sea
深蓝色海洋里的潜水艇
The world of deep-sea exploration enchants many people as children. And when they can play it out on their own as adults, many do. Famous submarine owners include entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, who once had plans to take tourists down to the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench and keeps his Necker Nymph on his private island. And film director James Cameron donated his sub the Deepsea Challenger to science.
深海探险是很多人小时候的梦想。长大后，若有机会一试，很多人都不会拒绝。企业家理查·布兰森爵士（Sir Richard Branson）就是一位出名的潜艇主人。他曾计划让游客乘坐潜水艇游览太平洋的马里亚纳海沟（Mariana Trench），还将“内克尔仙女号”（Necker Nymph）潜水艇留在了他的私人岛屿上。电影导演詹姆士·卡梅隆（James Cameron）把他的潜艇“深海挑战者号”（Deepsea Challenger）捐给了科研小组。
Triton Submarines based in Florida specialises in small personal luxury submarines, which run on high-tech batteries and are custom built for each client. The Triton 3300/3 is the company's most popular model, according to Harley O'Neill, Triton's manager of sales and marketing, and is used for recreational diving, exploration, research endeavours and filming. It fits three people and can travel to a depth of 1,006m (3,300ft, hence the name).
"It used to be helicopters and now it's submarines," O'Neill said. "Now everyone is asking if you have one."
“以前流行直升机，现在流行潜水艇。”奥尼尔说，“现在人们开口就问，你有潜水艇吗？”
One prerequisite for owning the sub? A superyacht for the docking station, says O'Neill.
拥有潜水艇的必要条件是什么？那就是为超级潜水艇配备一艘超级游艇作为船坞，奥尼尔称。
