英语听书《海底两万里》第116期 第9章 尼德·兰的愤怒(1)

 　　I HAVE NO IDEA how long this slumber¹ lasted; but it must have been a good while, since we were completely over our exhaustion².

　　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。

1 slumber   

n.睡眠，沉睡状态

参考例句：

• All the people in the hotels were wrapped in deep slumber.住在各旅馆里的人都已进入梦乡。
• Don't wake him from his slumber because he needs the rest.不要把他从睡眠中唤醒，因为他需要休息。

2 exhaustion   

n.耗尽枯竭，疲惫，筋疲力尽，竭尽，详尽无遗的论述

参考例句：

• She slept the sleep of exhaustion.她因疲劳而酣睡。
• His exhaustion was obvious when he fell asleep standing.他站着睡着了，显然是太累了。

3 mattress   

n.床垫，床褥

参考例句：

• The straw mattress needs to be aired.草垫子该晾一晾了。
• The new mattress I bought sags in the middle.我买的新床垫中间陷了下去。

4 steward   

n.乘务员，服务员；看管人；膳食管理员

参考例句：

• He's the steward of the club.他是这家俱乐部的管理员。
• He went around the world as a ship's steward.他当客船服务员，到过世界各地。

5 doomed   

命定的

参考例句：

• The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
• A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。

6 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

7 obsessions   

n.使人痴迷的人（或物）( obsession的名词复数 )；着魔；困扰

参考例句：

• 95% of patients know their obsessions are irrational. 95％的病人都知道他们的痴迷是不理智的。 来自辞典例句
• Too often you get caught in your own obsessions. 所以你时常会沉迷在某个电影里。 来自互联网