英语听书《海底两万里》第480期 第30章 从合恩角到亚马逊河(3)

 We would soon settle this important point. 我们对于这一点不久就明确了。

The Nautilus traveled swiftly. 诺第留斯号走得很快。

Soon we had cleared the Antarctic Circle plus the promontory¹ of Cape² Horn. 不久就走过了南极圈，船头指着合恩角。

We were abreast³ of the tip of South America by March 31 at seven o'clock in the evening. 我们是在3月31日晚上七点横过南美洲这个尖呷的。

By then all our past sufferings were forgotten. 那时我们忘记了所有过去的痛苦。

The memory of that imprisonment⁴ under the ice faded from our minds. 那次被困在冰群中的记忆都不留在我们心中了。

We had thoughts only of the future. 我们只是想到将来。

Captain Nemo no longer appeared, neither in the lounge nor on the platform. 尼摩船长并不露面，在客厅中，在平台上都看不见他。

The positions reported each day on the world map were put there by the chief officer, 他的副手每天往地图上记录方位，

and they enabled me to determine the Nautilus's exact heading. 让我知道诺第留斯号走的确实方向。

Now then, that evening it became obvious, much to my satisfaction, that we were returning north by the Atlantic route. 就在这天晚上，我很满意，方向很明确，我们是从大西洋的水路到北方去。

I shared the results of my observations with the Canadian and Conseil. 我把我观察所得的结果告诉了加拿大人和康塞尔。

"That's good news," the Canadian replied, "but where's the Nautilus going?" “好消息呀！”加拿大人说，“不过诺第留斯号到哪里去呢？

"I'm unable to say, Ned." “那我可不能说，尼德。”

"After the South Pole, does our captain want to tackle the North Pole, “它的船长是不是到过了南极，又要到北极去冒险，

then go back to the Pacific by the notorious Northwest Passage?" 从西北方的著名水道回来呢？”

"I wouldn't double dare him," Conseil replied. “也不能不相信他会这样做。”康塞尔回答说。

"Oh well," the Canadian said, "we'll give him the slip long before then." “那么，”加拿大人说“我们就不能客气，恕不奉培了”

"In any event," Conseil added, "he's a superman, that Captain Nemo, and we'll never regret having known him." “总之，”康塞尔补充“：“这个尼摩船长是一个杰出人物，我们认识了他，绝不至后悔。

"Especially once we've left him," Ned Land shot back. “特别是在离开了他的时候！”尼德，兰立即回答说。

The next day, April 1, when the Nautilus rose to the surface of the waves a few minutes before noon, we raised land to the west. 第二天，4月1日，诺第留斯号浮上水面来。中午前几分钟，我们在西面望见了海岸。

It was Tierra del Fuego, the Land of Fire, 那是火地岛，

a name given it by early navigators after they saw numerous curls of smoke rising from the natives' huts. 初期的航海家用为望见岛上土人的茅屋升起了无数的烟火，就给了它这个名称。

This Land of Fire forms a huge cluster of islands over thirty leagues long and eighty leagues wide, 火地岛形成广大的群岛集体，占据长三十里，宽八十里的面积，

extending between latitude⁵ 53 degrees and 56 degrees south, 在南纬53度至56度之间，

and between longitude⁶ 67 degrees 50' and 77 degrees 15' west.  西经67度50分至77度15分之间。

1 promontory   

n.海角；岬

参考例句：

• Genius is a promontory jutting out of the infinite.天才是茫茫大地突出的岬角。
• On the map that promontory looks like a nose,naughtily turned up.从地图上面，那个海角就像一只调皮地翘起来的鼻子。

2 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

3 abreast   

adv.并排地；跟上(时代)的步伐，与…并进地

参考例句：

• She kept abreast with the flood of communications that had poured in.她及时回复如雪片般飞来的大批信件。
• We can't keep abreast of the developing situation unless we study harder.我们如果不加强学习，就会跟不上形势。

4 imprisonment   

n.关押，监禁，坐牢

参考例句：

• His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment.他的判决由死刑减为无期徒刑。
• He was sentenced to one year's imprisonment for committing bigamy.他因为犯重婚罪被判入狱一年。

5 latitude   

n.纬度，行动或言论的自由(范围)，(pl.)地区

参考例句：

• The latitude of the island is 20 degrees south.该岛的纬度是南纬20度。
• The two cities are at approximately the same latitude.这两个城市差不多位于同一纬度上。

6 longitude   

n.经线，经度

参考例句：

• The city is at longitude 21°east.这个城市位于东经21度。
• He noted the latitude and longitude,then made a mark on the admiralty chart.他记下纬度和经度，然后在航海图上做了个标记。