12 Strange Happenings

CHAPTER 12 Strange Happenings he waters we traveled in were so different Tthat it always seemed there was something new and amazing to study. One night I was in the saloon studying the fish of Archipelago. Captain Nemo entered the room. He didn't notice me there. He seemed to be in his own little world. I allowed him his mood and went about watching the gobies that the ship had just come upon. These little fish made for great study and

第十二章奇怪的事情我们旅行过的水域是如此不同，似乎总有一些新的和惊人的研究。 一天晚上，我在酒馆里研究群岛的鱼。 尼摩船长走进房间。 他没有注意到我在那儿。 他似乎沉浸在自己的小世界里。 我听任他的心情，四处观察船刚刚碰到的虾虎鱼。 这些小鱼做了大量的研究

enjoyment. In the middle of my work, a man appeared in the waters. He was a diver. He carried a leather purse on his belt. At first I had thought it might be a body of a lost sailor. Maybe a poor soul fallen overboard, or a victim of sharks. But it was a living man. He was swimming strongly, disappearing now and then to the surface for a breath. I turned toward Captain Nemo and yelled, "A man shipwrecked! We have to save him!" The captain did not answer me, but came and leaned against the window. The man had reached the ship and had flattened his face against the glass. He was looking in at us. To my great amazement, Captain Nemo signed to him. The diver answered him with his hand, swam right to the surface of the water, and did not appear again. "Don't worry about him," said Captain Nemo. "That is Pesca. He is a bold diver. He is

享受。在我工作的过程中，一个人出现在水里。 他是一名潜水员。他的腰带上挂着一个皮钱包。 起初我以为这可能是一具失踪水手的尸体。 也许是一个可怜的灵魂落水，或者是鲨鱼的受害者。 但这是一个活生生的人。他使劲地游着，不时浮出水面喘口气。 我转向尼摩船长，喊道：“有一个人遇难了！我们必须救他！”船长没有回答我，而是走过来靠在窗户上。 那人已经走到船上，把脸贴在玻璃上。 他在看着我们。使我非常惊奇的是，尼摩船长向他做了个手势。 潜水员用手回答了他，然后游到水面上，再也没有出现。 “不要为他担心。”尼摩船长说。 “那是佩斯卡。他是一个大胆的跳水运动员。 他是

very used to the water. Pesca lives more in the sea than on land. He is always going from one island to another." The captain again ignored my presence and walked past me to a chest with iron locks. On the cover was a copper plate. Inside were bars and bars of gold. My mind wandered. Where did he get this gold? How much was it worth? What was he going to do with it? I didn't say a word. I watched as Captain Nemo took the bars one by one and arranged them in the chest. I guessed there had to be at least four thousand pounds of gold there. The captain locked the chest and wrote an address on the lid. With this done, he pressed a button that called for four men to appear. It took all their might to push the chest out of the saloon. At that moment, Captain Nemo turned to me. "And you were saying, sir?" he said. "I didn't say anything, Captain." "Then, sir, I will wish you good night."

很习惯水。佩斯卡更多地生活在海里，而不是陆地上。 他总是从一个岛到另一个岛。” 船长又不理睬我，从我身边走过，走到一个有铁锁的箱子前。 封面上有一块铜板。 里面是一根根金条。 我走神了。他从哪里得到这些金子的？ 它值多少钱？他要拿它做什么？ 我什么也没说。我看着尼摩船长把铁条一根一根地拿起来，放在柜子里。 我猜想那里至少有四千磅黄金。 船长锁上了箱子，在盖子上写了一个地址。 做完这些后，他按下了一个按钮，叫来了四个人。 他们费了好大劲才把箱子推出酒馆。 这时，尼摩船长向我转过身来。 “您刚才说什么，先生？”他说。 “我什么也没说，船长。” “那么，先生，我祝你晚安。”

The captain turned and left the saloon. I returned to my room to think. I couldn't sleep. Not after what I had just seen. I was lying in bed when I felt the ship rise to the surface. I could hear a small boat as it set out across the waves. Two hours later, I heard the same noise again. The boat came back and the submarine again sank deep into the waters. So, those millions had been delivered. The next day I talked to Ned and Conseil about the gold. They were surprised, just as I was. We came up with no possible answer. I returned to the saloon and worked until five o'clock in the evening going over my notes. By the end of the day, I felt the ship growing hot. This seemed very strange. It soon got so hot, in fact, that I thought there may be a fire on board. I was leaving the saloon when Captain Nemo entered. He walked toward the thermometer, looked at it, and then turned to me. I spoke before he could. "If it gets much

船长转身离开了酒馆。 我回到自己的房间思考。 我睡不着。在我刚刚看到的一切之后。 当我感到船浮上水面时，我正躺在床上。 我能听到一条小船在波浪上启航。 两小时后，我又听到了同样的声音。 船回来了，潜艇又沉入了深水中。 所以，那几百万已经交付了。 第二天，我对尼德-兰和康塞尔谈到金子的事。 他们和我一样惊讶。 我们想不出可能的答案。 我回到酒馆，复习我的笔记，一直工作到晚上五点。 一天结束的时候，我感到船越来越热。 这似乎很奇怪。事实上，天气很快就变得很热，我想船上可能着火了。 我正要离开客厅，尼摩船长进来了。 他走向温度计，看了看，然后转向我。 我抢在他之前说话。“如果它得到很多

hotter, we won't be able to stand it." "Oh," the captain said, "it won't get hotter if we don't want it to." "You can lower the heat?" I asked eagerly. "No," he said. "But we can go farther away from where it started. You see, we are floating in a stream of boiling water." "Is that possible?" I exclaimed. "Look!" The panels around the windows opened and I saw the sea totally white in color. A light smoke was curling around the waves, which boiled like water on a stove. I put my hands on one of the windows. It was so hot that I quickly took it off again. "This is the volcanic part of the seas," Captain Nemo explained. "These are strange happenings. The islands sink under the waves only to rise again later." By this time, the sea, which till now had been white, was red. I was choking. I was gasping for

再热一点，我们就受不了了。” “哦，”船长说，“只要我们不愿意，天气就不会变热。” “你能降低温度吗？”我急切地问。 “不，”他说。“但我们可以从它开始的地方走得更远。 你看，我们正漂在滚烫的水中。” “这可能吗？”我叫道。 “看!”窗户周围的嵌板打开了，我看到了一片白色的大海。 一缕轻烟在波浪周围盘旋，波浪像炉子上的水一样沸腾。 我把手放在一扇窗户上。 太热了，我很快又把它脱了下来。 “这是海中火山的部分。”尼摩船长解释说。 “这些都是奇怪的事情。 这些岛屿被海浪淹没了，过后又会浮起来。” 这时，一直是白色的大海变成了红色。 我噎住了。我想要的

air. The captain gave an order. The Nautilus left the heat. Fifteen minutes later, we were breathing fresh air on the surface of the ocean. As I looked out upon the waves, a thought struck me. If Ned had chosen this part of the sea for our escape, we would never have made it out alive.

空气中。船长下了命令。 诺第留斯号离开了热气。 十五分钟后，我们在海面上呼吸着新鲜空气。 当我望着海浪时，一个念头突然出现在我的脑海里。 如果尼德-兰选择在这一带海中逃走，我们就不能活着出来了。