译林版牛津高中英语(必修4):Unit3 Tomorrow's world-Project(1)（在线收听）

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

《地心游记》

by Jule Verne

儒勒·凡尔纳

In 1863, Professor Otto Lindenbrock found a secret message in an old book he had recently bought.

1863年，教授奥拓·林登布朗克在他新买的一本古书中发现了一个秘密信息。

The message spoke of a trip to the centre of the Earth through a volcano in Iceland.

这个信息讲到了去地心的旅行，入口是冰岛的一个火山口。

Immediately, he got his things packed and went to iceland, forcing his nephew Axel to go with him.

于是，他立即收拾了行李去冰岛，强迫他的侄子阿克斯尔和他一起去。

In Iceland, the Professor hired a guide named Hans. When the three of them reached the volcano, they journeyed underground through a small cave.

在冰岛，教授雇了一名导游，汉斯。这三个人到达火山口，通过一个小洞穴开始了地下旅行。

After many days, they came to a vast room with a large ocean inside.

多天以后，他们到达一处非常广阔的空间，那里还有个巨大的海洋。

On the shore of this ocean, there was a forest and huge mushrooms.

在这片海的岸边上，有一处森林和很多巨大的蘑菇。

High above, the sky was filled with gas that gave off light like the sun.

高处，天空充斥的天然气，像太阳一样释放着光芒。

The three men built a small boat and set sail.

三个人造了一艘小船，开始航行。

All of a sudden, two dinosaurs rose to the surface and began to fight each other.

突然，两只恐龙出现在海面上，开始互相撕斗。

The small boat was almost sunk by the dinosaurs before they were able to get away.

等到他们离开之前，小船被恐龙撞得几乎就要沉了。