英语听书《海底两万里》第402期 第25章 地中海四十八小时(28)

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Masses of overhanging rock had to be gotten around. You slid on your knees, you crept on your belly¹. But helped by the Canadian's strength and Conseil's dexterity², we overcame every obstacle. 许多兀起悬挂的大石要人绕路过去。我们跪下往前溜，我们附身爬着走。因为有康塞尔的便捷和加拿大人的帮助，——切阻碍都克服了。

At an elevation³ of about thirty meters, the nature of the terrain⁴ changed without becoming any easier.  到了三十米左右高度，地面性质起了变化：不过还可以走。

Pudding stones and trachyte gave way to black basaltic rock: here, lying in slabs⁵ all swollen⁶ with blisters⁷; there, shaped like actual prisms and arranged into a series of columns that supported the springings of this immense vault⁸, a wonderful sample of natural architecture.  累积岩和粗面岩后面，接着是玄武岩。后一种结为许多气泡，一片片地摊开在那里。前一种形成规律的梭形，像一列石柱排起来，把这巨大穹窿的起拱石支起，真是天然建筑物的壮丽模型。

Then, among this basaltic rock, there snaked long, hardened lava⁹ flows inlaid with veins¹⁰ of bituminous coal and in places covered by wide carpets of sulfur¹¹.  其次在玄武石岩中间，有冷了的火石的长流迁回环绕，嵌上许多沥青的线纹，同时又一处处铺着硫磺形成的宽阔地毯。

The sunshine coming through the crater¹² had grown stronger, shedding a hazy¹³ light over all the volcanic¹⁴ waste forever buried in the heart of this extinct mountain. 一道较强大的光线从上层洞口射入，它那隐约模糊的光辉向着所有这些永远埋在媳灭的火山里面的、从前被火力排出来的物质照下来。

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