3 Sinking, but Saved

CHAPTER 3 Sinking, but Saved The fall I took was so hard that I can't really remember what happened. At first, I sank into the water about twenty feet. I am a good swimmer, so this didn't scare me. I came right back up to the top. But as I looked around in the darkness, I saw a black object disappearing in the east. Its lights were slowly fading. It was the ship! I was lost. "Help! Help!" I shouted, swimming toward

第三章沉了，但得救了我摔得很重，我不记得发生了什么。 起初，我沉到水里大约20英尺。 我是个游泳好手，所以这并没有吓到我。 我又回到了巅峰。 但当我在黑暗中环顾四周时，我看到一个黑色的物体正在东方消失。 它的灯光慢慢地暗淡下来。 是船！我迷路了。 “救命!救命!”我喊着，游了过去

the Abraham Lincoln. My clothes stuck to me and stopped me from moving around. I was sinking! I was choking! "Help!" This was my last cry. My mouth filled with water. I struggled to stay above the water. Suddenly my clothes were grabbed by a strong hand and I felt myself pulled to the surface. Then, I very clearly heard these words whispered in my ear: "Master, if you would lean on my shoulder, you would swim much easier." I grabbed Conseil's arm. "Is that you?" I asked, unsure of where I was. "It is," answered Conseil, "and I am waiting for your orders." "I guess we both fell into the sea?" "No," replied Conseil. "But since you are my master, I followed you in." It was hard for me to believe that he had actually jumped in after me. But he was a true

林肯号。我的衣服粘在我身上，使我动弹不得。 我在下沉！我噎住了！“救命!”这是我最后一次哭泣。 我满嘴都是水。 我挣扎着浮出水面。 突然，我的衣服被一只有力的手抓住了，我感到自己被拉到了水面上。 这时，我很清楚地听到这句话在我耳边说：“师父，如果您靠在我的肩膀上，您就会游得容易多了。” 我抓住康塞尔的胳膊。“是你吗？”我问道，不知道自己身在何处。 “是的，”康塞尔回答，“我在等候您的命令。” “我猜我们俩都掉到海里去了吧？”“没有。”康塞尔回答。 “但既然你是我的主人，我就跟着你进来了。” 我很难相信他真的在我之后跳了进去。 但他是一个真正的

friend. "And the ship?" I asked him. "The ship?" replied Conseil. "I don't think that you should count on her for help. As I jumped into the water, I heard the men at the wheel say that the screw and the rudder were broken." "Broken?" "Yes, broken by the monster's teeth. It is the only damage done to the Abraham Lincoln. But she is gone now. We cannot get her attention." "Then we are lost," I said to myself. "Perhaps," said Conseil. "But we still have several hours. We can do a lot in that amount of time." Conseil's worry-free attitude gave me a little hope. But the heaviness of my clothes around me made me think I could not get very far. "Would you like me to cut them?" Conseil asked. With my permission, he used a knife to cut my clothing from top to bottom. As I began

朋友。“那船呢？”我问他。 “船吗？”康塞尔回答。 “我认为你不应该指望她的帮助。 当我跳入水中时，我听到掌舵的人说，螺丝和舵都坏了。” “坏了?”“是的，被怪物的牙齿咬坏了。 这是对林肯号唯一的破坏。 但现在她走了。我们无法引起她的注意。” “那么我们就迷路了，”我自言自语道。 “也许吧。”康塞尔说。“但我们还有几个小时。 在这段时间里，我们可以做很多事情。” 康塞尔无忧无虑的态度给了我一点希望。 但是我身上沉重的衣服使我觉得我走不了多远。 “要我把它们剪掉吗？”委员会问道。 在我的允许下，他用刀子把我的衣服从上到下切开。 当我开始的时候

to swim, they slipped off me easily. I did the same for him and we continued to swim next to each other. But our situation was still terrible. Perhaps no one had noticed we were missing. We still felt that our best hope was to continue swimming toward the ship. It was now the middle of the night. Perhaps by daylight we would be close enough for them to see us. The tiredness seemed to hit me all at once. I could swim no more. We saw the ship. It was still about five miles away. We cried into the air, even though we would never be heard. We listened. It may have only been a whistle in my ear, but it seemed to me a cry answered mine. "Did you hear?" I murmured. "Yes! Yes!" Conseil gave one more frantic call. This time there was no mistake! A human voice answered ours! Was it a voice of another

游泳时，它们很容易从我身上滑下来。 我也为他做了同样的事情，我们继续在彼此的旁边游泳。 但我们的情况仍然很糟糕。 也许没有人注意到我们不见了。 我们仍然觉得我们最大的希望是继续向船游去。 现在已经是半夜了。 也许到了白天，我们离得够近，他们就能看见我们了。 我突然感到一阵疲倦。 我再也游不动了。我们看到了那艘船。 离这里还有五英里。 我们对着空气哭，尽管我们永远不会被听到。 我们听着。这可能只是我耳边的一声口哨，但在我看来，这是一声回应我的叫声。 “你听说了吗？”我低声说道。 “是啊!是的!”康塞尔又疯狂地叫了一声。 这次没有错！一个人的声音回应了我们的声音！是另一个人的声音吗

person left in the middle of the ocean? Was a boat from the ship trying to find us in the darkness? Conseil cried out one last time. Then he fell back into the water, exhausted. "What did you see?" "I saw…" he said, saving his breath. What had he seen? The monster? But what about the voice? I had hardly heard it. My strength was gone. My fingers were stiff. My mouth relaxed and opened, letting the salt water in. The coldness took over my body. I raised my head for the last time and then I sank. A hard object hit me at just that moment. I clung to it and felt as if I was being pulled up. I felt myself at the top of the water. It was then that I fainted. The quick rubbing by Conseil brought me back around. I half opened my eyes. "Conseil!" I murmured. "What do you need?"

有人被丢在海里？ 是船上的船在黑暗中找我们吗？ 康塞尔最后一次喊道。 然后他又掉进水里，筋疲力尽。 “你看到了什么？”“我看见了……”他说，忍了一口气。 他看到了什么？怪物吗? 但是声音呢？我几乎没有听到。 我没有力气了。我的手指僵硬了。 我的嘴放松了，张开了，让咸水进来。 我浑身发冷。 我最后一次抬起头，然后就沉了下去。 就在那一刻，一个硬物击中了我。 我紧紧抓住它，感觉自己好像被拉了起来。 我觉得自己浮在水面上了。 就在那时，我晕倒了。 康塞尔的快速摩擦使我回过神来。 我半睁着眼睛。“委员会!”我低声说道。 “你需要什么？”

Just then, the light of the moon sank down into the horizon. In the glow of light, I saw a face that was not Conseil's. I knew this face right away. "Ned!" I cried. "Were you thrown into the sea by the rocking of the ship?" "Yes, Professor, but I was lucky. I found an island." "An island?" I said. "Well, I guess I should say I got my footing on the gigantic narwhal." "What do you mean?" I asked, very confused. "I did harpoon the beast, but the weapon did not even pierce the skin. In fact, the harpoon bent." "Why, Ned, why?" I asked. "Because, Professor, the beast is made out of sheet iron." Ned's words put so many thoughts in my brain. I climbed to the top of the object and

就在这时，月光沉入了地平线。 在光线中，我看见一张不是康塞尔的脸。 我一眼就认出了这张脸。 “内德!”我哭了。“你是被船的摇晃抛到海里去的吗？”“是的，教授，但我很幸运。 我找到了一个岛。”“一个岛屿?”我说。 “嗯，我想我应该说我是在那只巨大的独角鲸身上站稳脚跟的。” “你是什么意思？”我问道，非常困惑。 “我的确用鱼叉叉了它，但那武器连皮都没有刺穿。 事实上，鱼叉弯了。” “为什么，尼德，为什么？”我问。“因为，教授，这畜生是用铁皮做的。” 奈德的话使我有很多想法。 我爬到物体的顶端，然后