1 Phileas Fogg Finds a New Butler

CHAPTER 1 Phileas Fogg Finds a New Butler Mr. Phileas Fogg lived at No. 7 Savile Row in London, England. Long ago, a famous poet had lived in his house. Some people said he looked like the poet, but they weren't related. Phileas was a tall man with dark hair and a serious face. On his last birthday, he

第一章斐利亚·福克找到了一个新管家。 英国伦敦萨维尔街7号。 很久以前，一位著名的诗人住在他的房子里。 有人说他长得像诗人，但他们没有血缘关系。 菲利亚个子高高的，一头黑发，一脸严肃。 在他最后一个生日那天，他

had turned forty and his hair and whiskers had started to turn gray. Other than what he looked like and the fact that he was wealthy, no one knew much about Phileas Fogg. With the exception of his butler, Phileas lived alone in the house on Savile Row. When he wasn't at home, he could usually be found at the Reform Club. This was where he ate most of his meals. With the master of the house away for so much of the day, the butler did not have a long list of everyday duties. But his small list was important. Phileas Fogg was very particular about how he wanted things done. They had to be done exactly right. In fact, just this morning he had fired his butler, James Forster, for bringing him shaving water that was two degrees too cold! Now Phileas was sitting in an armchair in his living room. He was waiting for his new butler to arrive. There was a strange clock in

他已经四十岁了，头发和胡须也开始变白了。 除了他的长相和他的家境外，没有人知道多少关于斐利亚·福克的事。 除了他的管家，菲利亚一个人住在萨维尔街的房子里。 当他不在家的时候，通常可以在改革俱乐部找到他。 他大部分时间都在这里吃饭。 由于主人一天中大部分时间都不在家，管家的日常职责就不多了。 但他的小清单很重要。 斐利亚·福克做事很讲究。 他们必须做得恰到好处。 事实上，就在今天早上，他解雇了他的管家詹姆斯·福斯特，因为他给他拿来的剃须水太冷了两度！现在菲利亚正坐在起居室的扶手椅上。 他在等他的新管家来。 里面有一个奇怪的钟

a corner of the room. It showed the hours, the minutes, the seconds, the days, the months, and the years. Phileas timed his life by this clock. It was quite a sight when all the hands on the clock moved at once. It was just a few minutes before eleven- thirty. At precisely eleven-thirty, Phileas would leave for the Reform Club. There was a knock at the door and James stepped inside. He had just finished packing and was on his way out the door. He said, "The new butler, sir." Then he turned on his heel and left the room. A young man of about thirty stepped forward and bowed. "My name is Jean Passepartout," he said. "What time is it?" Phileas asked. Passepartout pulled out his pocket watch and looked at it carefully. "Twenty-two minutes after eleven, sir," he said. "Your watch is slow," Phileas replied.

房间的一角。它显示时、分、秒、日、月、年。 菲利亚用这个钟来计算他的生命。 当钟上所有的指针同时转动时，那真是一幅壮观的景象。 此时离十一点半还有几分钟。 11点半整，菲利亚要去改革俱乐部。 有人敲门，詹姆斯走了进去。 他刚收拾好行李，正要出门。 他说：“新管家，先生。” 然后他转身离开了房间。 一个大约三十岁的年轻人走上前来，鞠了一躬。 “我叫让·路路通，”他说。 “现在几点了？”Phileas问道。 路路通掏出怀表，仔细地看了看。 “十一点二十二分，先生，”他说。 “你的表慢了，”菲利亚回答。

"Pardon me, monsieur, but that is impossible—" "Your watch is four minutes too slow," Phileas repeated. "Very well. From this very moment, eleven twenty-six on Wednesday, October 2, 1867, you are now my butler." With that said, Phileas Fogg got up from his chair, put on his hat, and left. The sound of the closing door echoed through the empty halls. "Faith!" Passepartout whispered to himself. "I've seen figures at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum that are livelier than my new boss!" Passepartout had been searching for the perfect place to work since leaving Paris five years earlier. When he learned that Phileas Fogg was looking for a new butler, he jumped at the chance to work for him. He

“对不起，先生，那是不可能的——”“您的表慢了四分钟，”菲利亚重复道。 “很好。从一八六七年十月二日星期三十一点二十六分起，你现在就是我的管家了。” 说完，斐利亚·福克就从椅子上站起来，戴上帽子，走了。 关门的声音在空荡荡的大厅里回荡。 “信!”路路通自言自语道。 “我在杜莎夫人蜡像馆看到过比我的新老板还活泼的蜡像！”自从五年前离开巴黎以来，路路通一直在寻找一个完美的工作场所。 当他听说斐利亚·福克要找一个新的管家时，他立刻抓住这个机会为他工作。 他

knew Mr. Fogg was a man who liked things a certain way and Passepartout was looking for a good, solid routine. In fact, what Passepartout wanted above all else was an orderly life. As he stepped out of the sitting room and into the hallway, he thought about what had just happened. It would be hard to know how he and Mr. Fogg would get along from that short meeting. Will I be able to do this job just as he wants me to? Passepartout wondered. Passepartout set off to explore the house from top to bottom. What he found was a house that was so clean it shined. Everything had a place! While looking around on the second floor, he came upon his own bedroom. There were electric bells and long speaking tubes to help him keep in touch with the lower floors. And there was an electric clock on the mantelpiece. It was just

我知道福克先生是一个有固定习惯的人，而路路通正在寻找一种固定的生活方式。 实际上，路路通最需要的是有秩序的生活。 当他走出客厅走进走廊时，他想着刚才发生的事情。 他和福克先生在这次短暂的会晤之后，究竟会怎样相处，那就很难说了。 我能像他希望的那样做好这份工作吗？ 路路通很好奇。路路通开始把这所房子从头到尾搜了一遍。 他发现的是一栋干净得闪闪发光的房子。 每样东西都有自己的位置！当他在二楼四处张望时，他来到了自己的卧室。 那里有电铃和长话筒，帮助他与楼下保持联系。 壁炉架上有一个电子钟。 只是