2 hileas Fogg Says Something He Might Regret

CHAPTER 2 Phileas Fogg Says Something He Might Regret Phileas Fogg left his house and walked the five hundred and seventy-five steps to the Reform Club. He went straight to the dining room and sat down at his usual table. Just

第二章斐利亚·福克说了几句后悔的话斐利亚·福克走出家门，走上五百七十五级台阶，来到改革俱乐部。 他径直走到餐厅，坐在他常坐的那张桌子旁。 只是

outside the dining room was a garden that he liked to look at. Phileas's usual waiter brought him his usual lunch, which, as usual, he finished at precisely twelve forty-seven. After lunch, Phileas moved into the great hall to read the papers. He spent much of the day there and then went back into the dining room for his supper. When he finished eating, he sat in the Reading Room with some other members of the club. At ten past six, he started playing cards with his friends. Among Phileas's friends were Andrew Stuart, an engineer, and Thomas Flanagan, a landowner. John Sullivan and Samuel Fallentin were also there. They both owned newspapers. Lastly there was Ralph Gauthier, who worked for the Bank of England. Everyone wanted to hear about the robbery that had taken place at the bank just three days ago. The robber had gotten away with a fortune of fifty-five thousand pounds.

餐厅外面是一个他喜欢看的花园。 菲利亚平时的侍者给他送来了午餐，他和往常一样，在十二点四十七分准时吃完。 午饭后，菲利亚走进大厅读报纸。 他在那里度过了一天的大部分时间，然后回到餐厅吃晚饭。 吃完饭后，他和俱乐部的其他一些成员坐在阅览室里。 六点十分，他开始和他的朋友打牌。 菲利亚的朋友中有工程师安德鲁·斯图亚特和地主托马斯·弗拉纳根。 约翰·沙利文和塞缪尔·法伦丁也在那里。 他们都拥有报纸。 最后一位是在英格兰银行工作的拉尔夫·戈蒂尔。 每个人都想听听三天前在银行发生的抢劫案。 抢劫犯卷走了五万五千英镑的财产。

It had been all over the papers. "Shall we get started, gentlemen?" John Sullivan asked. "I am looking forward to picking up our game of bridge." They discussed who was to deal and then started playing cards. As each man settled into the game, Thomas Flanagan asked, "Well, Ralph, what do you think about that robbery?" "The bank will certainly lose the money!" Andrew Stuart cut in. "On the contrary," Ralph said, "I think we'll be able to catch the robber! We've sent detectives across the country and to the four corners of the world. He won't slip through our fingers." "So you know what he looks like, then?" Andrew asked. "He's no regular robber, that's for sure," Ralph replied. "He made off with so much money! What

报纸上到处都是。 “我们开始吧，先生们？”约翰·沙利文问道。 “我期待着继续打桥牌。” 他们讨论了谁发牌，然后开始打牌。 当每个人都开始玩游戏时，托马斯·弗拉纳根问道：“拉尔夫，你觉得那次抢劫怎么样？”“银行肯定会赔钱的！”安德鲁·斯图尔特插嘴说。 “正相反，”拉尔夫说，“我想我们能抓住那个强盗！我们已经派遣侦探到全国各地，到世界的各个角落。 他不会从我们的指缝里溜走的。” “那么你知道他长什么样了？”安德鲁问道。 “他不是一般的强盗，这是肯定的，”拉尔夫回答。 “他卷走了那么多钱！”什么

do you mean he's not a regular robber?!" Andrew laughed. "He's a gentleman. At least that's what the papers are saying," Ralph responded. Ralph told the group that a number of people had seen a well-dressed gentleman in the very room where the money went missing. This had been on the same day that it was stolen. The police were convinced that it was this gentleman who had committed the crime, for no one else had been seen in the room. Ralph also told the men that the bank had offered a reward to the detective who managed to catch the thief. It was a very good reward, too—two thousand pounds! "Where do you think he'll go then, if you've got men all around the world?" Andrew asked. "Oh, the world is quite big enough to hide one smart fellow," Thomas said. "It used to be," Phileas said as he dealt the

你是说他不是个普通的强盗？！”安德鲁笑了。 “他是个绅士。至少报纸上是这么说的，”拉尔夫回答。 拉尔夫告诉大家，有许多人看见一位穿着考究的绅士就在钱丢失的那个房间里。 这是在它被偷的同一天。 警察确信是这位先生犯了罪，因为没有人看见房间里还有其他人。 拉尔夫还告诉他们，银行悬赏缉拿小偷的侦探。 这也是一笔非常丰厚的报酬——两千英镑！“如果你在全世界都派了人，你觉得他会去哪儿？”安德鲁问道。 “哦，这个世界大得足以隐藏一个聪明人，”托马斯说。 “以前是，”菲利亚一边发牌一边说

cards around the table. "What do you mean?" Andrew asked. "Has the world grown smaller?" "Absolutely!" Ralph said. "I agree with Phileas. A man can travel so much faster these days. That is exactly why we're going to catch the thief. We can keep one step ahead of him by having detectives in any corner of the world where he might be hiding." "Ah," Andrew said, "but it's also how the thief could get away." "Perhaps, but that doesn't change the fact that one man can now travel around the world in three months," Ralph said. "Actually," Phileas interrupted, "it's just eighty days." "Phileas is right," John said. "The paper said it would only take eighty days now that the great railroad in India is complete." He opened up the paper and showed it to his

把牌放在桌子上。“你是什么意思？”安德鲁问道。 “世界变小了吗？”“绝对!”拉尔夫说。 我同意菲利亚的观点。现在人可以走得快多了。 这就是我们要抓住小偷的原因。 我们可以在他可能藏身的世界任何一个角落都安排侦探，这样我们就能比他抢先一步。” “啊，”安德鲁说，“但这也是小偷逃跑的方式。” “也许吧，但这并不能改变一个人现在可以在三个月内环游世界的事实，”拉尔夫说。 “实际上，”菲利亚打断他说，“只有八十天。” “菲利亚说得对，”约翰说。 “报纸上说，既然印度的大铁路已经建成，只需要八十天。” 他打开那张纸给他看

friends. "See here—it maps the whole trip out." Each man took his turn looking at the paper. Right there in black and white was a description of how someone could travel around the world in eighty days. "Even so," Ralph said, "that doesn't account for bad weather, accidents, or any number of things that could throw a man off track." "That's all included," Phileas said. "What about problems with the railroad or getting lost?" Ralph argued. "That's included as well. The paper has it all worked out, every possible thing that could go wrong, every last delay. It takes a mere eighty days to travel right around the world," Phileas said. He put down his cards and said, "Two trumps! I've won this hand!" Andrew gathered up the cards, shuffled them, and then dealt. He said, "Maybe you're

朋友。“看这里——它把整个旅行都画出来了。” 每个人轮流看报纸。 白纸黑字上写着一个人如何在八十天内环游世界的描述。 “即便如此，”拉尔夫说，“这也不能解释坏天气、事故或任何可能使人偏离轨道的事情。” “这些都包括在内，”菲利亚说。 “铁路出了问题或者迷路了怎么办？”拉尔夫说。 “这也包括在内。纸上都写好了，每一件可能出错的事，每一个最后的延误。 绕地球一圈只需要80天。” 他放下牌说：“两张王牌！这一手我赢了！”安德鲁把牌收起来，洗牌，然后发牌。 他说：“也许你是