18 Stranded

CHAPTER 18 Stranded At six o'clock the next morning, the 22nd of March, we began to get ready to leave. The last bits of light were melting into night. The cold was great and the stars hung low above us. Our trip began. We went down a thousand feet and went north at a speed of fifteen miles an hour. Toward night we began our way under the iceberg. At three in the morning I was woken up by a violent shock. I sat up in my bed and

第十八章搁浅第二天，3月22日早晨六点钟，我们开始准备出发。 最后的一点光亮渐渐融入黑夜。 天气很冷，星星在我们头顶低低的挂着。 我们的旅行开始了。我们下降了一千英尺，以每小时十五英里的速度向北驶去。 夜幕降临时，我们开始在冰山下面航行。 凌晨三点，我被一阵剧烈的震动惊醒了。 我从床上坐起来，然后

listened in the darkness. Suddenly I was thrown into the middle of the room. The Nautilus, having been hit, jerked strongly. I felt my way along the wall and followed the staircase to the saloon. The furniture was turned over. The pictures on the walls were crooked. The Nautilus was lying on its side, perfectly still. I heard footsteps and voices but Captain Nemo didn't appear. As I was leaving the saloon, Ned and Conseil entered. "What is the matter?" I asked at once. "I came to ask you, sir," replied Conseil. "I know," Ned said. "The Nautilus has hit something. And by the way she is lying, I don't think she is going to right herself this time!" "Are we at the surface?" I asked. "We don't know," said Conseil. "It's easy to find out," I said. I went over to the manometer. This tool showed us how deep we were. To my great surprise, it showed that we were more than a hundred and eighty fathoms

在黑暗中倾听。突然，我被抛到房间中央。 诺第留斯号被击中了，剧烈地摇晃起来。 我沿着墙摸索着走，顺着楼梯来到客厅。 家具被翻过来了。 墙上的画歪歪扭扭的。 诺第留斯号侧躺着，一动也不动。 我听到脚步声和说话声，但尼摩船长没有出现。 我正要离开客厅的时候，尼德-兰和康塞尔进来了。 “出什么事了？”我立刻问道。 “先生，我是来问您的。”康塞尔回答。 “我知道。”奈德说。“诺第留斯号碰到什么东西了。 顺便说一句，她在撒谎，我认为她这次不会改过自新了！”“我们在水面上吗？”我问。 “我们不知道。”康塞尔说。 “这很容易发现，”我说。 我走到压力计那里。 这个工具向我们展示了我们有多深。 使我大为吃惊的是，它显示我们在一百八十多英寻的地方

down. "What does that mean?" I exclaimed. "We must ask Captain Nemo," said Conseil. "But where is he?" said Ned. "Follow me," I said to my companions. We left the saloon. There was no one in the library, the staircase, or the pilot's cage. We returned to the saloon. For twenty minutes we waited, listening for the smallest noise. Finally, Captain Nemo entered. He acted as if he didn't even see us. His face, usually so proud, showed signs of worry. He watched the compass, then the manometer, then the other instruments he used to guide the ship. I didn't interrupt him, but was glad when he finally turned toward me. "Something's happened, Captain?" I asked. "Yes, an accident." "Serious?" I asked. "Maybe," the captain answered. "Are we in danger right at this moment?" "No," he answered. "Are we stuck here?" I asked, hoping for the

下来。“这是什么意思？”我叫道。 “我们应该问问尼摩船长。”康塞尔说。 “他在哪里呢？” “跟我来，”我对同伴们说。 我们离开了酒馆。图书室里、楼梯上、飞行员的笼子里都没有人。 我们回到酒馆。 我们等了二十分钟，倾听着最微小的声音。 最后，尼摩船长走了进来。 他表现得好像根本没看见我们似的。 他的脸上，通常是那么的骄傲，显出了忧虑的迹象。 他看了看罗盘，然后看了看压力计，然后看了看他用来引导船只的其他仪器。 我没有打断他，但当他终于转向我时，我很高兴。 “出什么事了，船长？”我问。 “是的，一场意外。”“严重吗?”我问。 “也许吧，”船长回答。 “我们现在有危险吗？”“不，”他回答。 “我们被困在这里了吗？”我问道，希望他能

right answer. "Yes, we are stranded." "But how?" I asked. "How did this happen?" "It wasn't anyone's fault," the captain answered. It happened because of science—the way the ocean is working." The captain went on to explain the details. A mountain of ice had turned over. When it fell, it hit the Nautilus, causing it to turn on its side. The Nautilus was slowly rising, but the mountain of ice was rising with the ship. The ship could continue to rise until it hit the surface and fixed itself, or… the ship could be crushed between two mountains of ice. Captain Nemo never took his eyes off the manometer. The Nautilus had risen about a hundred and fifty feet since he had first looked at it. Suddenly we felt a slight movement. Pictures hanging in the saloon were returning to their normal position. No one spoke. With beating hearts we watched and felt the Nautilus

正确的答案。“是的，我们被困住了。” “可是什么?”我问。“这是怎么发生的？”“这不是任何人的错，”船长回答。 它的发生是因为科学——海洋的运作方式。” 船长接着解释了细节。 一座冰山翻倒了。 它落下来的时候，打在诺第留斯号上，使它侧转过来。 诺第留斯号慢慢地上升，但冰山也随着船一起上升。 这艘船可能会继续上升，直到它撞到水面并固定住自己，或者……这艘船可能会被两座冰山压碎。 尼摩船长的眼睛一直盯着压力计。 自从他第一次看诺第留斯号以来，它已经上升了大约一百五十英尺。 突然，我们感到有轻微的动静。 挂在客厅里的画又回到了原来的位置。 没有人说话。我们的心怦怦直跳，注视着，感受着诺第留斯号

straighten. A slow ten minutes passed. "At last we have righted!" I exclaimed. "But are we floating?" "Certainly," Captain Nemo replied. We went down the hall and climbed the steps leading to the gate. We stepped out onto the platform to see an amazing sight. We were in open sea, but with a dazzling wall of ice around us. In fact, we were in a perfect tunnel of ice. It was easy to get out of it by going either forward or backward, and then going under the iceberg a hundred yards or so. The next few moments were dazzling. The shine made by the ice actually hurt our eyes. It took some time at last to calm down. It was then five in the morning. At that moment we felt a shock. I knew right away that we had hit a block of ice. I also knew that Captain Nemo would simply find another turn in the tunnel. Instead, I felt the Nautilus start backward. "That's no problem," I thought out loud. "We

伸直。慢慢地过了十分钟。 “我们终于走对了！”我叫道。 “但我们是在漂浮吗？”“当然可以。”尼摩船长回答。 我们走下大厅，爬上通向大门的台阶。 我们走上平台，看到了令人惊叹的景象。 我们是在公海上，但是我们周围有一堵耀眼的冰墙。 事实上，我们是在一个完美的冰隧道里。 只要向前或向后走，然后钻到冰山下面一百码左右的地方，就很容易钻出来。 接下来的几分钟令人眼花缭乱。 冰发出的光实际上伤害了我们的眼睛。 终于过了一段时间才平静下来。 当时是凌晨五点。 在那一刻，我们感到震惊。 我立刻意识到我们撞上了一块冰。 我也知道，尼摩船长一定会在地道里找到另一个转弯。 相反，我觉得诺第留斯号后退了。 “没问题，”我大声地想。 “我们

will just go back out and go to the southern opening. "But hours passed. I stayed with my friends to make the waiting seem better. I kept looking at the long instruments hanging in the saloon. We were still more than three hundred feet down. We were still moving south and we were traveling at a speed of twenty miles an hour. But Captain Nemo knew what he was doing. I tried not to worry. At twenty-five minutes past eight, a second shock took place. This time it came from behind. I turned pale. My friends were close by my side. I took Conseil's hand and squeezed it. The looks on our faces told more than words. At this moment, the captain entered the saloon. I walked up to him. "Our path is now blocked in the south?" I asked. "Yes. The iceberg has moved and every open spot is now blocked."

我会回到南边的洞口去。 但几个小时过去了。我和我的朋友呆在一起，让等待看起来更好。 我一直看着客厅里挂着的那些长长的乐器。 我们仍然在三百多英尺的地下。 我们仍在以每小时20英里的速度向南行驶。 但是尼摩船长知道他在做什么。 我试着不去担心。八点二十五分，第二次震惊发生了。 这次是从后面传来的。 我脸色苍白。我的朋友们就在我身边。 我抓住康塞尔的手，握紧它。 我们脸上的表情比语言更能说明问题。 这时，船长走进了客厅。 我走向他。“我们的路现在在南边被堵住了？”我问。 “是的。冰山已经移动，所有开放的地方都被堵住了。”