英语听书《海底两万里》第554期 第35章 尼摩船长的最后几句话(1)

 Chapter 22 The Last Words of Captain Nemo 第廿二章 尼摩船长的最后几句话

The panels closed over this frightful¹ view, but the lights didn't go on in the lounge. 嵌板对着这幅恐怖的画面关上了，但客厅里的灯没有点着。

Inside the Nautilus all was gloom and silence. 在“鹦鹉螺号”船外，只有一片黑暗和死寂。

It left this place of devastation² with prodigious³ speed, 100 feet beneath the waters. “鹦鹉螺号”潜在水下100英尺处以惊人的速度飞快地离开这处令人悲痛的地方。

Where was it going? North or south? 它要去哪里呢？是往北，还是往南呢？

Where would the man flee after this horrible act of revenge? 这次可怕的报复行动后，这个人想逃去哪里呢？

I reentered my stateroom, where Ned and Conseil were waiting silently. 我回到房间，尼德和康塞尔正在那里静静地呆着。

Captain Nemo filled me with insurmountable horror. 此时，我对尼摩船长产生了一种无法克制的憎恶。

Whatever he had once suffered at the hands of humanity, he had no right to mete⁴ out such punishment. 不管他从人类那里受过怎么样的苦，他也没有权利进行这样的惩罚。

He had made me, if not an accomplice⁵, at least an eyewitness⁶ to his vengeance⁷! 可是他如果不是让我做了同谋，至少让我做了他复仇的证人！

Even this was intolerable. 这已经太过分了。

At eleven o'clock the electric lights came back on. 11点时，电灯亮了。

I went into the lounge. It was deserted⁸. 我走进客厅，里面空无一人。

I consulted the various instruments.  我观察了所有仪器后，

The Nautilus was fleeing northward⁹ at a speed of twenty-five miles per hour,  知道“鹦鹉螺号”船只正以每小时25海里的飞快速度，

sometimes on the surface of the sea, sometimes thirty feet beneath it. 时而浮在水面，时而潜在水下30英尺，向北逃窜。

After our position had been marked on the chart, I saw that we were passing into the mouth of the English Channel, 根据地图的标示，我看到我们通过了英吉利海峡的出口后，

that our heading would take us to the northernmost seas with incomparable speed. 就以一种无可比拟的速度向北极海驶去。

1 frightful   

adj.可怕的；讨厌的

参考例句：

• How frightful to have a husband who snores!有一个发鼾声的丈夫多讨厌啊！
• We're having frightful weather these days.这几天天气坏极了。

2 devastation   

n.毁坏；荒废；极度震惊或悲伤

参考例句：

• The bomb caused widespread devastation. 炸弹造成大面积破坏。
• There was devastation on every side. 到处都是破坏的创伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 prodigious   

adj.惊人的，奇妙的；异常的；巨大的；庞大的

参考例句：

• This business generates cash in prodigious amounts.这种业务收益丰厚。
• He impressed all who met him with his prodigious memory.他惊人的记忆力让所有见过他的人都印象深刻。

4 mete   

v.分配；给予

参考例句：

• Schools should not mete out physical punishment to children.学校不应该体罚学生。
• Duly mete out rewards and punishments.有赏有罚。

5 accomplice   

n.从犯，帮凶，同谋

参考例句：

• She was her husband's accomplice in murdering a rich old man.她是她丈夫谋杀一个老富翁的帮凶。
• He is suspected as an accomplice of the murder.他涉嫌为这次凶杀案的同谋。

6 eyewitness   

n.目击者，见证人

参考例句：

• The police questioned several eyewitness to the murder.警察询问了谋杀案的几位目击者。
• He was the only eyewitness of the robbery.他是那起抢劫案的唯一目击者。

7 vengeance   

n.报复，报仇，复仇

参考例句：

• He swore vengeance against the men who murdered his father.他发誓要向那些杀害他父亲的人报仇。
• For years he brooded vengeance.多年来他一直在盘算报仇。

8 deserted   

adj.荒芜的，荒废的，无人的，被遗弃的

参考例句：

• The deserted village was filled with a deathly silence.这个荒废的村庄死一般的寂静。
• The enemy chieftain was opposed and deserted by his followers.敌人头目众叛亲离。

9 northward   

adv.向北；n.北方的地区

参考例句：

• He pointed his boat northward.他将船驶向北方。
• I would have a chance to head northward quickly.我就很快有机会去北方了。