英语听书《海底两万里》第397期 第25章 地中海四十八小时(23)

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I set foot on the platform and waited. The darkness was so profound I couldn't see even Captain Nemo.  我走到平台上，我在那里等着。黑暗是完全绝对的，就是尼摩船长的影子我也看不见。

However, looking at the zenith directly overhead, I thought I caught sight of a feeble glimmer², a sort of twilight³ filtering through a circular hole.  同时我注视空中的顶点，正在我的头上面，我觉得是看到一种隐约浮游的微光，一称在圆涧中所有的曙光。

Just then the beacon suddenly went on, and its intense brightness made that hazy⁴ light vanish. 这时候，探照灯忽然亮了，它那辉煌的光把那模糊的光驱散了。

This stream of electricity dazzled my eyes, and after momentarily shutting them, I looked around.  我受电光的突然照耀，觉得晃眼，略为闲了一下眼睛。我再睁开来注视。

The Nautilus was stationary⁵. It was floating next to an embankment shaped like a wharf⁶.  诺第留斯号静止不动。它靠近作为码头的岸边浮着。

As for the water now buoying⁷ the ship, it was a lake completely encircled by an inner wall about two miles in diameter, hence six miles around.  这时浮起它来的海面是有高墙围起来的圆形的湖，长二海里，周围六海里。

Its level-as indicated by the pressure gauge-would be the same as the outside level, because some connection had to exist between this lake and the sea.  压力表指出，它的水平面等于外海的水平面，这湖必然跟大海相通。

Slanting⁸ inward over their base, these high walls converged⁹ to form a vault¹⁰ shaped like an immense upside-down funnel¹¹ that measured 500 or 600 meters in height.  周围的高墙，下部倾斜，上面是穹窿的圆顶，形状很像倒过来的漏斗，高度为为五百至六百米。

At its summit there gaped¹² the circular opening through which I had detected that faint glimmer, obviously daylight. 顶上有一个圆孔，我刚才就从这孔看到一些稀微的光线，这光的来源显然是那白日的光。

Before more carefully examining the interior features of this enormous cavern¹³, and before deciding if it was the work of nature or humankind, I went over to Captain Nemo. 在更仔细地考察这巨大岩洞的内部情形之前，在自己没有想想这洞是天然的或人为的作品之前，我就向尼摩船长面前走去。我说。

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