英语听书《海底两万里》第116期 第9章 尼德·兰的愤怒(1)

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　　我们睡了多少时候，我不知道；但一定很久，因为我们的精神完全恢复了。

　　I was the first one to wake up. My companions weren't yet stirring and still lay in their corners like inanimate objects.

　　我醒得最早。我的同伴还没有动静，仍睡在那个角落里，像一堆东西一样。

　　I had barely gotten up from my passably hard mattress³ when I felt my mind clear, my brain go on the alert. So I began a careful reexamination of our cell.

　　从这张硬邦邦的床上起来，我立刻感到我的头脑清醒了了，我的精神充沛了。于是我又重新观察我们这间牢房。

　　Nothing had changed in its interior arrangements. The prison was still a prison and its prisoners still prisoners.

　　里面的布置丝毫没有变动。牢房还是牢房，囚徒还是囚徒。

　　But, taking advantage of our slumber, the steward⁴ had cleared the table.

　　不过那个侍者乘我们睡熟的时候，把桌上的东西拿走了。

　　Consequently, nothing indicated any forthcoming improvement in our situation, and I seriously wondered if we were doomed⁵ to spend the rest of our lives in this cage.

　　没有任何迹象可以表明我们的处境就会发生变化，我冷静地在想，我们是不是注定要永远生活在这个囚笼中。

　　This prospect⁶ seemed increasingly painful to me because, even though my brain was clear of its obsessions⁷ from the night before,

　　这种苦难就要临头的思想使我更为难过的是，我脑子虽然不像昨天那样纠缠不清了，

　　I was feeling an odd short-windedness in my chest. It was becoming hard for me to breathe.

　　可是心口上总觉得特别压抑。我呼吸非常困难，

　　The heavy air was no longer sufficient for the full play of my lungs.

　　浓浊的空气已经不够我肺部一呼一吸的调换。

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