英语听书《海底两万里》第407期 第25章 地中海四十八小时(33)

 A definite drowsiness¹ overcame us.  昏睡的感觉侵袭到我们身上来了。

Since I saw no good reason to resist the call of sleep, I fell into a heavy doze².  我觉得我没有要抗拒睡眠的理由，我就让我深深地睡了。

Suddenly Conseil's voice startled me awake. 忽然，我被康塞尔的声音所惊醒。

Get up! Get up! shouted the fine lad. 这个老实人喊：警报！警报!

What is it? I asked, in a sitting position. 有什么事呀？我问，同时我支起前半身来。

The water's coming up to us! 水漫上来了！

I got back on my feet. Like a torrent³ the sea was rushing into our retreat, and since we definitely were not mollusks, we had to clear out. 我立即站起来。海水像急流一般向我们藏身的地方冲来。毫无疑问，我们既然不是软体动物，我们就一定得逃避。

In a few seconds we were safe on top of the cave. 几分钟后，我们就安全地到了这岩洞的顶上。

What happened? Conseil asked. Some new phenomenon? 这是怎么一回事？康塞尔问，又有新的奇怪现象吗？

Not quite, my friends! I replied. It was the tide, merely the tide, which wellnigh caught us by surprise just as it did Sir Walter Scott's hero!  朋友们，我回答，没有什么！那是潮水，像司备脱小说中所说的人物的遭遇一样，突然来袭我们的，不过是那潮水！

The ocean outside is rising, and by a perfectly⁴ natural law of balance, the level of this lake is also rising. We've gotten off with a mild dunking. Let's go change clothes on the Nautilus. 大西洋在外面涨起，由于自然的平衡法则，湖中的水平面同样要上升，我们洗了半个澡出来了。我们得回诺第留斯号换衣服去。

Three-quarters of an hour later, we had completed our circular stroll and were back on board.  三刻钟后，我们就完结了我们的环湖旅行，我们又回到船上。

Just then the crewmen finished loading the sodium⁵ supplies, and the Nautilus could have departed immediately. 船上人员这时候已经把钠装载完毕，诺第留斯号可能立即就要开行。

But Captain Nemo gave no orders. Would he wait for nightfall and exit through his underwater passageway in secrecy⁶? Perhaps. 可是，尼摩船长并不下命令。他要等到夜间。是要秘密地从地下水道出去吗？或者是这样。

Be that as it may, by the next day the Nautilus had left its home port and was navigating⁷ well out from any shore, a few meters beneath the waves of the Atlantic. 不管怎样，第二天，诺第留斯号已经离开它的港口，又在没有陆地的海面，大西洋水底下几米深的水层航行了。

1 drowsiness   

n.睡意；嗜睡

参考例句：

• A feeling of drowsiness crept over him. 一种昏昏欲睡的感觉逐渐袭扰着他。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This decision reached, he finally felt a placid drowsiness steal over him. 想到这，来了一点平安的睡意。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子

2 doze   

v.打瞌睡；n.打盹，假寐

参考例句：

• He likes to have a doze after lunch.他喜欢午饭后打个盹。
• While the adults doze,the young play.大人们在打瞌睡，而孩子们在玩耍。

3 torrent   

n.激流，洪流；爆发，(话语等的)连发

参考例句：

• The torrent scoured a channel down the hillside. 急流沿着山坡冲出了一条沟。
• Her pent-up anger was released in a torrent of words.她压抑的愤怒以滔滔不绝的话爆发了出来。

4 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

5 sodium   

n.（化）钠

参考例句：

• Out over the town the sodium lights were lit.在外面，全城的钠光灯都亮了。
• Common salt is a compound of sodium and chlorine.食盐是钠和氯的复合物。

6 secrecy   

n.秘密，保密，隐蔽

参考例句：

• All the researchers on the project are sworn to secrecy.该项目的所有研究人员都按要求起誓保守秘密。
• Complete secrecy surrounded the meeting.会议在绝对机密的环境中进行。

7 navigating   

v.给（船舶、飞机等）引航，导航( navigate的现在分词 )；（从海上、空中等）横越；横渡；飞跃

参考例句：

• These can also be very useful when navigating time-based documents, such as video and audio. 它对于和时间有关的文档非常有用，比如视频和音频文档。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Vehicles slowed to a crawl on city roads, navigating slushy snow. 汽车在市区路上行驶缓慢，穿越泥泞的雪地。 来自互联网