Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 15
然而,天一亮,我便走上甲板,发现所有水手都聚在船的一侧,似乎在和海里的某人说话。
In the morning, however, as soon as it was light, I went upon deck and found all the sailors busy on one side of the vessel, apparently talking to someone in the sea.
那其实是一架雪橇,和我们之前见过的那架一样,夜里随着一大块浮冰漂向了我们。
It was, in fact, a sledge, like that we had seen before, which had drifted towards us in the night on a large fragment of ice.
只有一条狗还活着;但雪橇里有一个人,水手们正在劝说他上船。
Only one dog remained alive; but there was a human being within it whom the sailors were persuading to enter the vessel.
他并不像另一位旅行者那样,是某个未知岛屿上的野蛮居民,而是一个欧洲人。
He was not, as the other traveller seemed to be, a savage inhabitant of some undiscovered island, but a European.
那陌生人一见到我,便用英语向我搭话,尽管带着外国口音。
On perceiving me, the stranger addressed me in English, although with a foreign accent.
您可以想象,当我听到一个身处绝境的人向我提出这样的问题时,我是多么惊讶——我本以为我的船对他来说是无价之宝,是他绝不会用世间任何财富来交换的。
You may conceive my astonishment on hearing such a question addressed to me from a man on the brink of destruction and to whom I should have supposed that my vessel would have been a resource which he would not have exchanged for the most precious wealth the earth can afford.
然而,我回答说,我们正在向北极进行探险航行。
I replied, however, that we were on a voyage of discovery towards the northern pole.
听到这话,他似乎满意了,便同意上船。我的天哪!
Upon hearing this he appeared satisfied and consented to come on board. Good God!
Vocabulary
- morning
- 一天中从日出到中午的时间段
- however
- 然而,表示转折或对比关系
- soon
- 不久,很快,在短时间内
- light
- 光亮;天亮;也指轻的或光线
- upon
- 在……上面,与on意思相近,较正式
- deck
- 船的甲板,船只的顶层平台
- sailors
- 水手们,在船上工作的人员
- busy
- 忙碌的,正在忙于做某事
- side
- 侧面,边,船的一侧
- vessel
- 船只,较正式的说法
- apparently
- 显然地,看起来,表面上似乎
- sea
- 大海,广阔的咸水水域
- fact
- 事实,真实存在的情况
- sledge
- 雪橇,在冰雪上滑行的交通工具
- drifted
- 漂流,随水流或风缓慢移动
- towards
- 朝着,向着某个方向
- night
- 夜晚,从日落到日出的时间
- fragment
- 碎片,破碎的一部分
- ice
- 冰,水在低温下凝固形成的固体
- remained
- 仍然存在,留下,保持某种状态
- alive
- 活着的,有生命的
- human
- 人类的,与人有关的
- being
- 存在;生物;be的现在分词
- within
- 在……内部,在……之中
- whom
- 谁,who的宾格,用于正式场合
- persuading
- 正在劝说某人做某事
- enter
- 进入,走进某个地方
- traveller
- 旅行者,正在旅途中的人
- seemed
- seem的过去式,似乎,好像
- savage
- 野蛮的人;未开化的、凶猛的
- inhabitant
- 居民,居住在某地的人
- undiscovered
- 尚未被发现的,未知的
- island
- 岛屿,四面环水的陆地
- European
- 欧洲人;欧洲的
- perceiving
- 察觉,感知,注意到某事物
- stranger
- 陌生人,不认识的人
- addressed
- 向某人说话,称呼或讲话
- although
- 虽然,尽管,表示让步关系
- foreign
- 外国的,来自其他国家的
- accent
- 口音,说话时带有的地方腔调
- conceive
- 想象,设想,构思某种概念
- astonishment
- 极度惊讶,震惊的感受
- question
- 问题,疑问,需要回答的事
- brink
- 边缘,极接近危险或重要时刻
- destruction
- 毁灭,破坏,彻底损毁的状态
- supposed
- 认为,以为,假设某事为真
- resource
- 资源,可利用的物质或能力
- exchanged
- 交换,用一物换取另一物
- precious
- 珍贵的,极有价值的
- wealth
- 财富,大量的金钱或有价值的东西
- earth
- 地球;土地;大地
- afford
- 负担得起,提供,有能力给予
- replied
- 回答,答复,对某人的话作出回应
- voyage
- 航行,长途海上旅行
- discovery
- 发现,找到未知事物的过程
- northern
- 北方的,位于北部的
- pole
- 极点,地球的南极或北极
- Upon
- 在……之后,当……时,较正式用法
- appeared
- 看起来,似乎;出现
- satisfied
- 满意的,感到满足的
- consented
- 同意,答应,表示许可或赞同
- board
- 登上交通工具;木板
- God
- 上帝,神,宗教中最高的存在
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