英语听书《海底两万里》第392期 第25章 地中海四十八小时(18)

 THE NEXT DAY, February 20, I overslept. I was so exhausted¹ from the night before, I didn't get up until eleven o'clock. I dressed quickly.  第二天，2月20日，我醒得很迟。夜间的疲劳使我一直睡到十一点。我赶快穿起衣服，

I hurried to find out the Nautilus's heading. The instruments indicated that it was running southward at a speed of twenty miles per hour and a depth of 100 meters. 急于要知道诺第留斯号航行的方向。厅中的仪器给我指出，它仍是往南开行，速度每小时二十海里，水深一百米。

Conseil entered. I described our nocturnal excursion to him, and since the panels were open, he could still catch a glimpse of this submerged continent. 康塞尔进来，我告诉他我们昨天夜间的旅行，同时嵌板敞开，他还可以望见那沉没了的大陆的一部分。

In fact, the Nautilus was skimming only ten meters over the soil of these Atlantis plains.  现在，诺第留斯号在仅距大西洋洲平原地面十米的水层行驶。

The ship scudded² along like an air balloon borne by the wind over some prairie on land; but it would be more accurate to say that we sat in the lounge as if we were riding in a coach on an express train.  它像一只在陆地草原上被风推送的气球一般飞跑；如果我们说，我们在这厅中，就像在特别快车的车厢里面更恰当一些。

As for the foregrounds passing before our eyes, they were fantastically carved rocks, forests of trees that had crossed over from the vegetable kingdom into the mineral kingdom, their motionless silhouettes³ sprawling⁴ beneath the waves.  在我们眼前闪过的前列景象，是那离奇古怪的割切成的大石块，从植物界到动物界的树林，那屹立不动的形影在海水中挤眉弄眼的怪样子。

There also were stony⁵ masses buried beneath carpets of axidia and sea anemone⁶, bristling⁷ with long, vertical⁸ water plants, then strangely contoured blocks of lava⁹ that testified to all the fury of those plutonic developments. 其次又是那藏在轴形草和白头翁地毯下面的大堆石头，上面竖起无数长长在立的蛇婆，其次是轮廓弯折得奇怪的大块火石，证明地心大火力量的惊人猛烈。

1 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。

2 scudded   

v.（尤指船、舰或云彩）笔直、高速而平稳地移动( scud的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• White clouds scudded across the sky. 白云在天空疾驰而过。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Clouds scudded across the sky driven by high winds. 劲风吹着飞云掠过天空。 来自辞典例句

3 silhouettes   

轮廓( silhouette的名词复数 )； （人的）体形； （事物的）形状； 剪影

参考例句：

• Now that darkness was falling, only their silhouettes were outlined against the faintly glimmering sky. 这时节两山只剩余一抹深黑，赖天空微明为画出一个轮廓。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
• They could see silhouettes. 他们能看得见影子的。

4 sprawling   

adj.蔓生的，不规则地伸展的v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的现在分词 )；蔓延；杂乱无序地拓展；四肢伸展坐着（或躺着）

参考例句：

• He was sprawling in an armchair in front of the TV. 他伸开手脚坐在电视机前的一张扶手椅上。
• a modern sprawling town 一座杂乱无序拓展的现代城镇

5 stony   

adj.石头的，多石头的，冷酷的，无情的

参考例句：

• The ground is too dry and stony.这块地太干，而且布满了石头。
• He listened to her story with a stony expression.他带着冷漠的表情听她讲经历。

6 anemone   

n.海葵

参考例句：

• Do you want this anemone to sting you?你想让这个海葵刺疼你吗？
• The bodies of the hydra and sea anemone can produce buds.水螅和海葵的身体能产生芽。

7 bristling   

a.竖立的

参考例句：

• "Don't you question Miz Wilkes' word,'said Archie, his beard bristling. "威尔克斯太太的话，你就不必怀疑了。 "阿尔奇说。他的胡子也翘了起来。
• You were bristling just now. 你刚才在发毛。

8 vertical   

adj.垂直的，顶点的，纵向的；n.垂直物，垂直的位置

参考例句：

• The northern side of the mountain is almost vertical.这座山的北坡几乎是垂直的。
• Vertical air motions are not measured by this system.垂直气流的运动不用这种系统来测量。

9 lava   

n.熔岩，火山岩

参考例句：

• The lava flowed down the sides of the volcano.熔岩沿火山坡面涌流而下。
• His anger spilled out like lava.他的愤怒像火山爆发似的迸发出来。