英语听书《海底两万里》第150期 第11章 诺第留斯号(1)

 　　CAPTAIN NEMO stood up.

　　尼摩船长站起来，

　　I followed him. Contrived¹ at the rear of the dining room, a double door opened, and I entered a room whose dimensions equaled the one I had just left.

　　我在他后面跟着，餐厅后部的两扇：门打开了。我走进一个房间，大小跟我刚才走出的那饭厅差不多。

　　It was a library. Tall, black-rosewood bookcases, inlaid with copperwork, held on their wide shelves a large number of uniformly bound books.

　　这是图书室。图书室的四壁摆着高大的紫檀木嵌铜丝的书架，架上一层一层的隔板上放满了装潢统一的书籍。

　　These furnishings followed the contours of the room, their lower parts leading to huge couches upholstered in maroon² leather and curved for maximum comfort.

　　架子下面摆着一排蒙着栗色兽皮的长沙发；沙发的曲度正合适，坐上去很舒服。

　　Light, movable reading stands, which could be pushed away or pulled near as desired, allowed books to be positioned on them for easy study.

　　沙发旁边有可以随意移来移去的轻巧的活动书案，人们可以把书放在上面看。

　　In the center stood a huge table covered with pamphlets, among which some newspapers, long out of date, were visible.

　　图书室中央放一张大桌子，上面摆满了许多小册子，其中有些是过时的报纸。

　　Electric light flooded this whole harmonious³ totality, falling from four frosted half globes set in the scrollwork of the ceiling.

　　半嵌在拱形天花板上的四个磨沙玻璃球发出柔和的电光，浸浴着这和谐的整体。

　　I stared in genuine wonderment at this room so ingeniously laid out, and I couldn't believe my eyes.

　　我看了这所布置十分精致的图书室，心中十分赞美，我几乎都不敢信任我自己的眼睛。

1 contrived   

adj.不自然的，做作的；虚构的

参考例句：

• There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said.他说的话里没有任何蓄意捏造的成分。
• The plot seems contrived.情节看起来不真实。

2 maroon   

v.困住，使（人）处于孤独无助之境；n.逃亡黑奴；孤立的人；酱紫色，褐红色；adj.酱紫色的，褐红色的

参考例句：

• Five couples were marooned in their caravans when the River Avon broke its banks.埃文河决堤的时候，有5对夫妇被困在了他们的房车里。
• Robinson Crusoe has been marooned on a desert island for 26 years.鲁滨逊在荒岛上被困了26年。

3 harmonious   

adj.和睦的，调和的，和谐的，协调的

参考例句：

• Their harmonious relationship resulted in part from their similar goals.他们关系融洽的部分原因是他们有着相似的目标。
• The room was painted in harmonious colors.房间油漆得色彩调和。