英语听书《海底两万里》第205期 第15章 一封邀请信(7)

 I did justice to this meal. It was made up of various fish and some slices of sea cucumber, that praiseworthy zoophyte, all garnished¹ with such highly appetizing seaweed as the Porphyra laciniata and the Laurencia primafetida.

我这顿饭吃得很饱。各式各样的菜是由鱼类，海参，美味的植虫动物，另外还有助消化的海藻类植物，像青红片海藻，苦乳味海藻等等做出来的。

Our beverage² consisted of clear water to which, following the captain's example, I added some drops of a fermented³ liquor extracted by the Kamchatka process from the seaweed known by name as Rhodymenia palmata.

饮料是用水和酵素酒合成，这酒是按照勘察加岛人的方法，从有名的海藻，即所谓掌形蔷蔽藻酿造出来的。

At first Captain Nemo ate without pronouncing a single word. Then he told me:

起初，尼摩船长只是吃，不说一句话，后来才对我说：

Professor, when I proposed that you go hunting in my Crespo forests, you thought I was contradicting myself.

阿龙纳斯先生，我邀请您到我的克利斯波岛的森林中打猎的时候，您以为我是自相矛盾。

When I informed you that it was an issue of underwater forests, you thought I'd gone insane. Professor, you must never make snap judgments⁴ about your fellow man.

当我告诉您这是海底森林的时候，您以为我是发疯。教授，您不能这样轻易判断

But, captain, believe me--

不过，船长，请您相信…

Kindly⁵ listen to me, and you'll see if you have grounds for accusing me of insanity⁶ or self-contradiction.

请您耐心听下去，然后再看看您是不是应当责备我发疯和自相矛盾了。

I'm all attention.

我听您说，船长。

Professor, you know as well as I do that a man can live underwater so long as he carries with him his own supply of breathable air.

教授，您和我都知道，人只要带了充分的可呼吸的空气，他就可以生活在水底下。

For underwater work projects, the workman wears a waterproof⁷ suit with his head imprisoned⁸ in a metal capsule, while he receives air from above by means of force pumps and flow regulators.

工人在水底下工作时，穿上～件不透水的衣服，头上套了一个金属的盒子，再利用打气机和节流器，就可以从水上面获得空气。

That's the standard equipment for a diving suit, I said.

那是一套潜水设备。我说。

Correct, but under such conditions the man has no freedom. He's attached to a pump that sends him air through an india-rubber hose;

对，可是，带了这套设备，人是不自由的，那条输送空气的胶皮管子把他和打气机连接起来。

it's an actual chain that fetters⁹ him to the shore, and if we were to be bound in this way to the Nautilus, we couldn't go far either.

简直就是一条把他拴在陆地上的锁链，如果我们是这样拴连着诺第留斯号，那我们就不能往远处走了。"

1 garnished   

v.给（上餐桌的食物）加装饰( garnish的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Her robes were garnished with gems. 她的礼服上装饰着宝石。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Serve the dish garnished with wedges of lime. 给这道菜配上几角酸橙。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 beverage   

n.(水，酒等之外的)饮料

参考例句：

• The beverage is often colored with caramel.这种饮料常用焦糖染色。
• Beer is a beverage of the remotest time.啤酒是一种最古老的饮料。

3 fermented   

v.（使）发酵( ferment的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）激动；骚动；骚扰

参考例句：

• When wine is fermented, it gives off gas. 酒发酵时发出气泡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His speeches fermented trouble among the workers. 他的演讲在工人中引起骚动。 来自辞典例句

4 judgments   

判断( judgment的名词复数 )； 鉴定； 评价； 审判

参考例句：

• A peculiar austerity marked his judgments of modern life. 他对现代生活的批评带着一种特殊的苛刻。
• He is swift with his judgments. 他判断迅速。

5 kindly   

adj.和蔼的，温和的，爽快的；adv.温和地，亲切地

参考例句：

• Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
• A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。

6 insanity   

n.疯狂，精神错乱；极端的愚蠢，荒唐

参考例句：

• In his defense he alleged temporary insanity.他伪称一时精神错乱，为自己辩解。
• He remained in his cell,and this visit only increased the belief in his insanity.他依旧还是住在他的地牢里，这次视察只是更加使人相信他是个疯子了。

7 waterproof   

n.防水材料；adj.防水的；v.使...能防水

参考例句：

• My mother bought me a waterproof watch.我妈妈给我买了一块防水手表。
• All the electronics are housed in a waterproof box.所有电子设备都储放在一个防水盒中。

8 imprisoned   

下狱，监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁，合并执行。
• They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。

9 fetters   

n.脚镣( fetter的名词复数 )；束缚v.给…上脚镣，束缚( fetter的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• They were at last freed from the fetters of ignorance. 他们终于从愚昧无知的束缚中解脱出来。
• They will run wild freed from the fetters of control. 他们一旦摆脱了束缚，就会变得无法无天。 来自《简明英汉词典》