北师大版高中英语-选择性必修第三册-课文-Unit8-Lesson-3-海底两万里

北师大版高中英语新教材(选择性必修第三册)课文unit8Lesson320,000LeaguesUndertheSea第三课海底两万里FactFileJulesVerne(1828-1905),aFrenchnovelist,wascalledthe“FatherofScienceFiction”.Hewroteawidelypopularseriesofsciencefictions,including

JourneytotheCentreoftheEarth

(1864),

20,000LeaguesUndertheSea

(1870),and

AroundtheWorldinEightyDays

(1873).事实档案：儒勒·凡尔纳(1828——1905)，法国小说家，被誉为“科幻小说之父”。他写了一系列广受欢迎的科幻小说，包括《地心历险记》(1864年)、《海底两万里》(1870年）和《八十天环游地球》(1873年)。ThecrashwassoviolentthatIhavenoclearrecollectionoffallingfromtheboat.MightIhopetobesaved?Thedarknesswasintense.Isawablackmassdisappearingintheeast.Itwastheboat!Iwaslost.撞击实在是太猛烈了，我不清楚自己是怎么从船上摔下来的。我会被救起吗？夜色沉黑，我仿佛看到一大块黑东西在东方渐渐消失了。那是我们的船！我被丢下了。“Help,help!”Ishouted,swimmingtowardstheboatindesperation.Iwassinking!Icouldn’tbreathe!“Help!”Mymouthfilledwithwater;Istruggledagainstbeingdrawndeeper,deeperdown.SuddenlyIfeltmyselfquicklydrawnuptothesurfaceofthesea;andIheardthesewords:“Ifmasterwouldbesogoodastoholdontomyshoulder,masterwouldswimwithmuchgreaterease.”IgrabbedmyfaithfulConseil’sarmwithonehand.“救命啊，救命啊!”我大喊着，绝望地朝船游去。我要沉下去了！透不过气了！“救命啊！”海水灌进嘴里，我挣扎着不被淹没。突然，我感觉自己被快速地拉出水面，我听见有人说:“如果主人能抓牢我的肩膀，主人会游得轻松很多。”我用一只手抓住忠仆康塞尔的胳膊。“Isityou?”saidI.“是你吗？”我问。“Myself,”answeredConseil.“正是我。”康塞尔回答。“Thatcrashthrewyouaswellasmeintothesea?”“也是因为刚才的撞击掉下来的？”“No;but,beinginmymaster’sservice,Ifollowedhim.”“不是。为了服侍先生，我就跟着下来了。”Conseilwascoolandcalm.Nevertheless,oursituationwasnolessterrible.Nearoneo’clockinthemorning,Isuddenlyfeltterriblytired.Conseilhadtokeepmeup,andourpreservationdependedonhimalone.“Leaveme!Leaveme!”Isaidtohim.康赛尔很冷静。不过，我们的处境仍旧很糟糕。将近凌晨一点，我突然感到极度疲惫。康塞尔不得不托着我，保全我们两个人生命的重担全落在他一人身上。“放开我吧！别管我了！”我对他说。“Never!”repliedhe.“Iwoulddrownfirst.”“不行！要沉下去也是我先沉。”他答道。“Help!Help!”criedConseil.Itseemedtomeasifacryansweredhim.Therewasnomistake!Ahumanvoicerespondedtoours!Then,Iknownotwhy,thethoughtofthestrange,terribleanimalcameintomyheadforthefirsttime!Butthatvoice!Ihadalmostnostrengthleft;myfingerscouldhardlymove;mymouth,openingandclosing,filledwithsaltwater.Ibecamecolderandcolder.Iraisedmyheadforthelasttime,thenIsank.“救命啊！救命啊！”康塞尔喊道。我似乎隐约听到有人回应。没错！是有个人在回应！然后，不知道为什么我第一次想到那个奇怪的、可怕的动物！可是那人声不假！我的力气已经消耗殆尽，手指变得僵硬；我的嘴一张一合，灌满了又咸又苦的海水，我越来越冷。我最后一次抬起头来，之后便沉了下去。Atthismomentahardbodystruckme.Iheldontoit;thenIfeltthatIwasbeingdrawnup,thatIwasbroughttothesurfaceofthewater,thatmychestcollapsed—myeyesclosed,unconscious.Isoonwokeup,andhalfopenedmyeyes.IsawafacewhichIimmediatelyrecognised.“Ned!”Icried.就在这时，一个坚硬的东西撞了我一下。我紧紧地抓住了它；接着，我觉得有人往上拉我，把我拉出了水面，我的胸部不胀了——眼睛紧闭，失去了知觉。我很快就苏醒过来，半睁开眼睛，看到一张面孔立马就认了出来。“奈德！”我喊道。“Thesame,sir!”repliedtheCanadian.“正是我，先生！”加拿大人答道。“Wereyouthrownintotheseawhentheboatcrashed?”“你也是撞击时坠入海里的吗？”“Yes,Professor,butmorefortunatethanyou,Iwasabletofindsafetyalmostimmediatelyuponthisislandinthesea.Or,morecorrectlyspeaking,onthislargewhale.OnlyIsoonfoundoutwhymyweaponhadnotentereditsskin,butbouncedof.”“是的，教授，但情形比您好一些，落水后不久就脱险了，遇到了海里的这个小岛。或者更准确地说，是在这条大鲸鱼身上。不过，我很快就明白了，为什么武器刺不穿它的皮肤，而是被弹开。”“Why,Ned,why?”“为什么呢，奈德，究竟是为什么呢？”“Becausethatcreatureismadeofsteel.”Imovedmyselfquicklytothetopofthebeing,andkickedit.Itwasevidentlyahard,solidbody.Theblackbackthatsupportedmewassmooth,polished,nothinglikeananimal.Theblowproducedasoundofmetal;and,incrediblethoughitmaybe,itseemedasifitwasmadeofmetalplates.Thismonsterwasahumanconstruction.Wewerelyinguponthebackofasortofunderwaterboat.Isearchedallovertheoutsideforanopening,ahole,butfoundnothing.Atlastthislongnightpassed.Daybreakappeared.Suddenlyanoisecamefrominsidetheboat.Oneironplatewasmoved,amanappeared,utteredanoddcry,anddisappearedimmediately.Somemomentsafter,eightstrongmen,theirfacescovered,appearednoiselessly,anddrewusdownintotheirincrediblemachine.“因为这个生物是钢铁做的。”我迅速地爬到了它的上面，踢了一脚