英语听书《海底两万里》第130期 第10章 水中人(1)

 　　IT WAS THE ship's commander who had just spoken.

　　说这诺的人正是这船的船长。

　　At these words Ned Land stood up quickly. Nearly strangled, the steward¹ staggered out at a signal from his superior;

　　尼德·兰听到这些话，立刻站了起来。侍者被掐得半死不活，看见他的主人一招手，

　　but such was the commander's authority aboard his vessel²,

　　便蹒跚地走出去了，

　　not one gesture gave away the resentment³ that this man must have felt toward the Canadian.

　　一点也没有流露他对加拿大人的愤恨，

　　In silence we waited for the outcome of this scene; Conseil, in spite of himself, seemed almost fascinated, I was stunned⁴.

　　这说明了船长在船上有很高的威信。康塞尔不禁有点奇怪，我也吓得发愣，我们默默等待这事的结局。

　　Arms crossed, leaning against a corner of the table, the commander studied us with great care.

　　船长交叉着两手，靠着桌子的一角，注意地观察我们。

　　Was he reluctant to speak further? Did he regret those words he had just pronounced in French?

　　他不说话，是因为有顾虑吗？他后悔刚才不该用法语说那些话吗？

　　You would have thought so.

　　我们不妨这样设想。

　　After a few moments of silence, which none of us would have dreamed of interrupting:

　　我们谁也不想打破沉默，过了一会儿，他才用很镇定。很感动人的声调说：

1 steward   

n.乘务员，服务员；看管人；膳食管理员

参考例句：

• He's the steward of the club.他是这家俱乐部的管理员。
• He went around the world as a ship's steward.他当客船服务员，到过世界各地。

2 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

3 resentment   

n.怨愤，忿恨

参考例句：

• All her feelings of resentment just came pouring out.她一股脑儿倾吐出所有的怨恨。
• She cherished a deep resentment under the rose towards her employer.她暗中对她的雇主怀恨在心。

4 stunned   

adj. 震惊的，惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The fall stunned me for a moment. 那一下摔得我昏迷了片刻。
• The leaders of the Kopper Company were then stunned speechless. 科伯公司的领导们当时被惊得目瞪口呆。