英语听书《海底两万里》第562期 第35章 尼摩船长的最后几句话(9)

 I arrived at the corner door of the lounge. I opened it gently. 我走到了客厅的角形门前，然后轻轻地把它打开。

The lounge was plunged¹ in profound darkness. 客厅笼罩着深深的黑暗，

Chords from the organ were reverberating² faintly. Captain Nemo was there. 管风琴的和音微微地响着，尼摩船长就在那里。

He didn't see me. Even in broad daylight I doubt that he would have noticed me, so completely was he immersed in his trance. 但他没看见我，我甚至想，即使是灯火通明，他也会看不到我的，因为他全身心沉醉在他的乐章里。

I inched over the carpet, avoiding the tiniest bump whose noise might give me away. 我在地毯上缓缓地移动着，避免发生最小的碰撞，以免发出声响暴露我的存在。

It took me five minutes to reach the door at the far end, which led into the library. 我花了五分钟才走到客厅尽头那扇朝着图书室的门。

I was about to open it when a gasp³ from Captain Nemo nailed me to the spot.  当我正准备把它打开时，尼摩船长叹息了一声，我吓得定定地站住了。

I realized that he was standing⁴ up. 我知道船长站了起来，

I even got a glimpse of him because some rays of light from the library had filtered into the lounge. 图书室里的几缕光线渗到了客厅里，我甚至还模糊地看到了他。

He was coming toward me, arms crossed, silent, not walking but gliding⁵ like a ghost. 他双手交叉，静静地朝我走过来，说是走过来，不如说是像一个幽灵一样闪过来。

His chest was heaving, swelling⁶ with sobs⁷. 他受压抑的胸膛由于抽泣而一起一伏。

And I heard him murmur⁸ these words, the last of his to reach my ears: 这时，我听到他喃喃地说了这几句话——最后几句震撼我的耳朵的话：

"O almighty⁹ God! Enough! Enough!"  “万能的上帝啊！够了！够了！”

Was it a vow¹⁰ of repentance¹¹ that had just escaped from this man's conscience... ? 这难道就是从这个人的良心里迸发出来的忏悔吗？

Frantic¹², I rushed into the library.  我感到一阵晕眩，急忙冲进图书室里，

I climbed the central companionway, and going along the upper gangway, I arrived at the skiff.  攀上中央扶梯，沿着上面的通道，走到了小艇旁。

I went through the opening that had already given access to my two companions. 我从入口钻进了小艇，我的两个同伴已经进去了。

"Let's go, let's go!" I exclaimed. “走吧！走吧！”我喊道。

"Right away!" the Canadian replied. “马上走！”加拿大人回答。

First, Ned Land closed and bolted the opening cut into the Nautilus's sheet iron, using the monkey wrench¹³ he had with him.  “鹦鹉螺号”船身铁皮上的镂孔原先是关着的，尼德·兰带了一把扳手，把螺丝拧上，

1 plunged   

v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
• She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。

2 reverberating   

回响，回荡( reverberate的现在分词 )； 使反响，使回荡，使反射

参考例句：

• The words are still ringing [reverberating] in one's ears. 言犹在耳。
• I heard a voice reverberating: "Crawl out! I give you liberty!" 我听到一个声音在回荡：“爬出来吧，我给你自由！”

3 gasp   

n.喘息，气喘；v.喘息；气吁吁他说

参考例句：

• She gave a gasp of surprise.她吃惊得大口喘气。
• The enemy are at their last gasp.敌人在做垂死的挣扎。

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 gliding   

v. 滑翔 adj. 滑动的

参考例句：

• Swans went gliding past. 天鹅滑行而过。
• The weather forecast has put a question mark against the chance of doing any gliding tomorrow. 天气预报对明天是否能举行滑翔表示怀疑。

6 swelling   

n.肿胀

参考例句：

• Use ice to reduce the swelling. 用冰敷消肿。
• There is a marked swelling of the lymph nodes. 淋巴结处有明显的肿块。

7 sobs   

啜泣（声），呜咽（声）( sob的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She was struggling to suppress her sobs. 她拼命不让自己哭出来。
• She burst into a convulsive sobs. 她突然抽泣起来。

8 murmur   

n.低语，低声的怨言；v.低语，低声而言

参考例句：

• They paid the extra taxes without a murmur.他们毫无怨言地交了附加税。
• There was a low murmur of conversation in the hall.大厅里有窃窃私语声。

9 almighty   

adj.全能的，万能的；很大的，很强的

参考例句：

• Those rebels did not really challenge Gods almighty power.这些叛徒没有对上帝的全能力量表示怀疑。
• It's almighty cold outside.外面冷得要命。

10 vow   

n.誓(言)，誓约；v.起誓，立誓

参考例句：

• My parents are under a vow to go to church every Sunday.我父母许愿，每星期日都去做礼拜。
• I am under a vow to drink no wine.我已立誓戒酒。

11 repentance   

n.懊悔

参考例句：

• He shows no repentance for what he has done.他对他的所作所为一点也不懊悔。
• Christ is inviting sinners to repentance.基督正在敦请有罪的人悔悟。

12 frantic   

adj.狂乱的，错乱的，激昂的

参考例句：

• I've had a frantic rush to get my work done.我急急忙忙地赶完工作。
• He made frantic dash for the departing train.他发疯似地冲向正开出的火车。

13 wrench   

v.猛拧；挣脱；使扭伤；n.扳手；痛苦，难受

参考例句：

• He gave a wrench to his ankle when he jumped down.他跳下去的时候扭伤了足踝。
• It was a wrench to leave the old home.离开这个老家非常痛苦。