英语听书《海底两万里》第81期 第7章 一种从未见过的鱼(4)

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　　康塞尔这样坚定和冷静，鼓舞了我的力量。

　　I swam more vigorously, but hampered¹ by clothes that were as restricting as a cloak made of lead, I was managing with only the greatest difficulty.

　　我用力地游着，但我的衣服像铅皮一样紧紧裹着我，很妨碍我的动作，我觉得很难支持下去。

　　Conseil noticed as much.

　　康塞尔发现了这一点。

　　Master will allow me to make an incision², he said.

　　我想先生一定会允许我把衣服割掉。

　　And he slipped an open clasp knife under my clothes, slitting³ them from top to bottom with one swift stroke.

　　他说。他在我的衣服下面放入一把刀子，很快的一下，从上至下把衣服割开。

　　Then he briskly undressed me while I swam for us both.

　　然后，他敏捷地替我脱衣服，我就抓住他泅水。

　　I then did Conseil the same favor, and we continued to navigate⁴ side by side.

　　很快，我也给康塞尔脱掉了衣服，我们彼此轮流在水上航行。

　　But our circumstances were no less dreadful.

　　可是，我们的处境仍然十分危险：

　　Perhaps they hadn't seen us go overboard; and even if they had, the frigate-being undone⁵ by its rudder-couldn't return to leeward⁶ after us.

　　可能我们掉下海的时候，人家没有看见，也可能看见了，但因为战舰的舵坏了。不能回到这边来救我们。

　　So we could count only on its longboats.

　　现在我们只有指靠大船上的小艇康塞尔很冷静地这样假设，并计划着随后应做的事。

　　Conseil had coolly reasoned out this hypothesis and laid his plans accordingly.

　　多奇怪的性格！这个冰一般冷的人在这里好像在自己家里那样！

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