英语听书《海底两万里》第79期 第7章 一种从未见过的鱼(2)

 　　My clothes were weighing me down. The water glued them to my body, they were paralyzing my movements. I was sinking! I was suffocating¹!Help!

　　我身上的衣服非常碍事。衣服湿了贴在我身上，使我的动作不灵。我要沉下去了！我不能透气了！救命！

　　This was the last shout I gave. My mouth was filling with water. I struggled against being dragged into the depths.

　　这是我发出的最后呼声。我嘴里满是海水。我极力挣扎，我就要被卷人深渊中了。

　　Suddenly my clothes were seized by energetic hands, I felt myself pulled abruptly² back to the surface of the sea, and yes, I heard these words pronounced in my ear:

　　忽然我的衣服被一只很有力的手拉住，我感到自己被托出水面上来了，我听到，我的确听到在我耳朵边响着这样的声音：

　　If master would oblige me by leaning on my shoulder, master will swim with much greater ease.

　　如果先生不嫌不方便，愿意靠着我的肩膀，先生便能更从容地游泳。

　　With one hand I seized the arm of my loyal Conseil.

　　我一手抓住我忠实的康塞尔的胳膊。

　　You! I said. You!

　　是你呀！我说，是你呀！

　　Myself, Conseil replied, and at master's command.

　　正是我，康塞尔答，我来伺候先生。

　　That collision threw you overboard along with me?

　　就是刚才的一撞把你跟我同时抛人海中来的吗？

1 suffocating   

a.使人窒息的

参考例句：

• After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating.和父母呆了几个星期后，她感到自己毫无自由。
• That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room.这样好些了，我刚才在那个小房间里快闷死了。

2 abruptly   

adv.突然地，出其不意地

参考例句：

• He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
• I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。