英语听书《海底两万里》第81期 第7章 一种从未见过的鱼(4)

 　　Conseil's unflappable composure cheered me up.

　　康塞尔这样坚定和冷静，鼓舞了我的力量。

　　I swam more vigorously, but hampered¹ by clothes that were as restricting as a cloak made of lead, I was managing with only the greatest difficulty.

　　我用力地游着，但我的衣服像铅皮一样紧紧裹着我，很妨碍我的动作，我觉得很难支持下去。

　　Conseil noticed as much.

　　康塞尔发现了这一点。

　　Master will allow me to make an incision², he said.

　　我想先生一定会允许我把衣服割掉。

　　And he slipped an open clasp knife under my clothes, slitting³ them from top to bottom with one swift stroke.

　　他说。他在我的衣服下面放入一把刀子，很快的一下，从上至下把衣服割开。

　　Then he briskly undressed me while I swam for us both.

　　然后，他敏捷地替我脱衣服，我就抓住他泅水。

　　I then did Conseil the same favor, and we continued to navigate⁴ side by side.

　　很快，我也给康塞尔脱掉了衣服，我们彼此轮流在水上航行。

　　But our circumstances were no less dreadful.

　　可是，我们的处境仍然十分危险：

　　Perhaps they hadn't seen us go overboard; and even if they had, the frigate-being undone⁵ by its rudder-couldn't return to leeward⁶ after us.

　　可能我们掉下海的时候，人家没有看见，也可能看见了，但因为战舰的舵坏了。不能回到这边来救我们。

　　So we could count only on its longboats.

　　现在我们只有指靠大船上的小艇康塞尔很冷静地这样假设，并计划着随后应做的事。

　　Conseil had coolly reasoned out this hypothesis and laid his plans accordingly.

　　多奇怪的性格！这个冰一般冷的人在这里好像在自己家里那样！

1 hampered   

妨碍，束缚，限制( hamper的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions. 恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
• So thought every harassed, hampered, respectable boy in St. Petersburg. 圣彼德堡镇的那些受折磨、受拘束的体面孩子们个个都是这么想的。

2 incision   

n．切口，切开

参考例句：

• The surgeon made a small incision in the patient's cornea.外科医生在病人的眼角膜上切开一个小口。
• The technique involves making a tiny incision in the skin.这项技术需要在皮肤上切一个小口。

3 slitting   

n.纵裂（缝）v.切开，撕开( slit的现在分词 )；在…上开狭长口子

参考例句：

• She is slitting a man's throat. 她正在割一个男人的喉咙。 来自辞典例句
• Different side of slitting direction will improve slitting edge and quality. 应用不同靠刀方向修边分条可帮助顺利排料，并获得更好的分条品质。 来自互联网

4 navigate   

v.航行，飞行；导航，领航

参考例句：

• He was the first man to navigate the Atlantic by air.他是第一个飞越大西洋的人。
• Such boats can navigate on the Nile.这种船可以在尼罗河上航行。

5 undone   

a.未做完的，未完成的

参考例句：

• He left nothing undone that needed attention.所有需要注意的事他都注意到了。

6 leeward   

adj.背风的；下风的

参考例句：

• The trees all listed to leeward.树木统统向下风方向倾。
• We steered a course to leeward.我们向下风航驶。