英语听书《海底两万里》第226期 第17章 海底森林(7)

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　　A wall of superb rocks stood before us, imposing¹ in its sheer mass:  一道高大的岩石墙和一大堆怪石群矗立在我们面前，

　　a pile of gigantic stone blocks, an enormous granite² cliffside pitted with dark caves but not offering a single gradient we could climb up.  那是巨人般的岩石层，花岗石的悬崖，沉黑的岩洞，可是看不见有可以攀爬上去的路径。

　　This was the underpinning³ of Crespo Island. This was land. 这是克利斯波岛的尽头，是陆地了。

　　The captain stopped suddenly. A gesture from him brought us to a halt, and however much I wanted to clear this wall, I had to stop.  尼摩船长突然停住脚步。他向我们打手势，要我们停下来，我虽然很想穿过这道墙，但我不能不止步，

　　Here ended the domains⁴ of Captain Nemo. He had no desire to pass beyond them.  这里是尼摩船长的领地的最后界限。他不愿意走过这界限。

　　Farther on lay a part of the globe he would no longer tread underfoot. 过这界限便是他的脚步不愿踩踏的地球的陆地部分了。

　　Our return journey began. Captain Nemo resumed the lead in our little band, always heading forward without hesitation⁵.  我们于是开始往回走。尼摩船长又在前面带领他的小小队伍，他总是毫不迟疑地向前走。

　　I noted⁶ that we didn't follow the same path in returning to the Nautilus.  我觉得，我们转回诺第留斯号船上去，

　　This new route, very steep and hence very arduous⁷, quickly took us close to the surface of the sea.  好像不是走原来的路。这条新路很陡，因此：很难走，显然它是比较接近海面。

　　But this return to the upper strata⁸ wasn't so sudden that decompression took place too quickly,  不过，回到海水上层的行动不能十分突然，防止压力的减小不要过急，

　　which could have led to serious organic disorders⁹ and given us those internal injuries so fatal to divers¹⁰.  因为压力过急，可能在我们机体中引起严重的疾病，发生使潜水人有性命危险的身体内伤。

　　With great promptness, the light reappeared and grew stronger;  所以我们是慢慢地上来。很快光线：又出现了，又扩大了，

　　and the refraction of the sun, already low on the horizon, again ringed the edges of various objects with the entire color spectrum¹¹. 太阳已经在天际的低处，曲折作用重：新又把七色的光圈套在各种不同的物体上了。

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