英语听书《海底两万里》第379期 第25章 地中海四十八小时(5)

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But with all due respect to master, Conseil ventured to observe, it's like an actual isthmus² connecting Europe to Africa. 不过，请先生原谅，康塞尔说，那就真正是连结欧洲和非洲的一条地峡了。

Yes, my boy, I replied, it cuts across the whole Strait of Sicily, and Smith's soundings prove that in the past, these two continents were genuinely connected between Cape³ Boeo and Cape Farina. 对，老实人，我回答，它完全堵住了利比亚海峡，史密斯的测量也证明了这两个大陆从前是在崩角和夫利那角、间连结起来的。

I can easily believe it, Conseil said. 我很相信是这样。康塞尔说。

I might add, I went on, that there's a similar barrier between Gibraltar and Ceuta, and in prehistoric⁴ times it closed off the Mediterranean completely. 要知道，我立即又说，类似的一道栅栏也存在于直布罗陀和叙达之间，在地质学的纪元时期把地中海完全封锁起来。

Gracious! Conseil put in. Suppose one day some volcanic⁵ upheaval⁶ raises these two barriers back above the waves! 康塞尔用心研究诺第留斯号缓慢地、挨近地面走过的那浅水海底。

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