英语听书《海底两万里》第24期 第3章 随您先生的便(2)

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　　不过，目前我必须到太平洋的北部去找这个海麒麟。这和我要回法国去，却是背道而驰了。

　　Conseil! I called in an impatient voice.

　　康塞尔!”我用不耐烦伪声音叫着。

　　Conseil was my manservant.

　　康塞尔是我的仆人。

　　A devoted¹ lad who went with me on all my journeys; a gallant² Flemish boy whom I genuinely liked and who returned the compliment; a born stoic³, punctilious⁴ on principle, habitually⁵ hardworking, rarely startled by life's surprises, very skillful with his hands, efficient in his every duty, and despite his having a name that means counsel, never giving advice，not even the unsolicited kind!

　　他一向陪我出去旅行。这诚实的青年是佛兰蒙人，我很喜欢他，他对我也很好。他是一个生牲冷淡、循规蹈矩、一贯热心的人，对于生活中的突然事件并不惊奇，他的两手很灵巧，什么事都做得来，虽然他的名字叫做康塞尔，可是人家不问他的时候，他决不发表意见。

　　From rubbing shoulders with scientists in our little universe by the Botanical Gardens, the boy had come to know a thing or two.

　　因为跟植物园里学术界人士经常接触，康塞尔渐渐学了些东西。

　　In Conseil I had a seasoned specialist in biological classification, an enthusiast⁶ who could run with acrobatic agility⁷ up and down the whole ladder of branches, groups, classes, subclasses, orders, families, genera, subgenera, species, and varieties.

　　我可以说他简直是一个专家，他对于生物学的分类十分熟悉，他能像杂技演员爬梯子一样熟练地从门、类、纲、亚纲、目、科、属、亚属、种、变种，一直数到最后的一个类别。

　　But there his science came to a halt. Classifying was everything to him, so he knew nothing else.

　　可是他的学问只局限在分类学上。分类就是他的生活，除此以外他什么都不知道。

　　Well versed⁸ in the theory of classification, he was poorly versed in its practical application, and I doubt that he could tell a sperm⁹ whale from a baleen¹⁰ whale!

　　他对于分类的理论很有研究，但缺乏实践，我想，他大概连大头鲸和长须鲸都分不出来!

　　And yet, what a fine, gallant lad!

　　总之，他是个忠实正直的人！

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