英语听书《海底两万里》第305期 第23章 珊瑚王国(2)

 　　And, contrary to custom, it executed such a maneuver¹ several times during that day of January 19.  这种方式跟往常不同，在1月19日这一天做了好几次。

　　The chief officer would then climb onto the platform, and his usual phrase would ring through the ship's interior. 船副这时又到了平台上，他习惯说的那句话又在船里面听到了。

　　As for Captain Nemo, he didn't appear. Of the other men on board, I saw only my emotionless steward², who served me with his usual mute efficiency. 至于尼摩船长，他并没有出来。船上人员，我只看见那冷冰冰的管事人，他跟平常一样，准时地，默不作声地给我开饭。

　　Near two o'clock I was busy organizing my notes in the lounge, when the captain opened the door and appeared.  两点左右，我在客厅中，正在整理我的笔记，尼摩船长打开门进来了。

　　I bowed to him. He gave me an almost imperceptible bow in return, without saying a word to me.  我向他行个礼。他回答我一个礼，这是一种差不多看不出来的礼，一句话也没有说。

　　I resumed my work, hoping he might give me some explanation of the previous afternoon's events.  我继续做我的工作，心中希望他对于昨夜的特殊事件可能给我解释一下。

　　He did nothing of the sort. I stared at him. His face looked exhausted³; his reddened eyes hadn't been refreshed by sleep;  但他一声不响。我注视他看来他的面容好像很疲乏的样子：他的眼睛发红，睡眠没有让它们恢复过来：

　　his facial features expressed profound sadness, real chagrin⁴.  他的脸色表示深深的忧愁，真实的苦痛。

　　He walked up and down, sat and stood, picked up a book at random⁵, discarded it immediately, consulted his instruments without taking his customary notes,  他走来走去，坐下去，站起来，随意拿起一本书，立即又放下，看看他的各种器械，但不作经常要作的记录，

　　and seemed unable to rest easy for an instant. 好像一刻都不能安静下来的样子。

　　Finally he came over to me and said: 后来他向我这边走来了，他问我：

　　Are you a physician, Professor Aronnax? 阿龙纳斯先生，您是医生吗？

　　This inquiry⁶ was so unexpected that I stared at him a good while without replying. 我真没想到他忽然提出这一问题，我看他一下，没有立刻答复他。

　　Are you a physician? he repeated. Several of your scientific colleagues took their degrees in medicine, such as Gratiolet, Moquin-Tandon, and others. 您是医生吗？他又说，您的好些同事，像格拉地奥列，摩甘一唐东，以及其他的人都曾经学过医。

　　That's right, I said, I am a doctor, I used to be on call at the hospitals. I was in practice for several years before joining the museum. 不错，我说，我是大夫和住院医生。我到博物馆当教授之前，曾经行医好凡年。

1 maneuver   

n.策略[pl.]演习；v.(巧妙)控制；用策略

参考例句：

• All the fighters landed safely on the airport after the military maneuver.在军事演习后，所有战斗机都安全降落在机场上。
• I did get her attention with this maneuver.我用这个策略确实引起了她的注意。

2 steward   

n.乘务员，服务员；看管人；膳食管理员

参考例句：

• He's the steward of the club.他是这家俱乐部的管理员。
• He went around the world as a ship's steward.他当客船服务员，到过世界各地。

3 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

4 chagrin   

n.懊恼；气愤；委屈

参考例句：

• His increasingly visible chagrin sets up a vicious circle.他的明显的不满引起了一种恶性循环。
• Much to his chagrin,he did not win the race.使他大为懊恼的是他赛跑没获胜。

5 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。

6 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。