Townspeople fish the river with singing harpoons .

市民们用先进的鱼叉在河中捕鱼。

They fished with carefully carved bone harpoons .

他们用精心雕刻的骨制鱼叉捕鱼。

This year , it signed up landlocked laos , not previously known for its prowess with harpoons .

今年，日本又拉了一个内陆国家老挝加入捕鲸派，而该国以前并不以高超的捕鱼本领闻名于世。

Want to become lord of harpoons ?

想成为鱼叉主呢？

Most underwater creatures had little to fear from man until 1873 , when the first steam-powered whaling ships , armed with explosive harpoons , were launched .

在1873年配备有爆炸性鱼叉的蒸汽捕鲸船投入使用之前，大多数水下生物是不必害怕人类的。