海底兩萬里 第199期 第15章 一封邀請(qǐng)信(1)

　　THE NEXT DAY, November 9, I woke up only after a long, twelve-hour slumber. Conseil, a creature of habit, came to ask how master's night went, and to offer his services.

　　第二夭，十一月九日，我足足睡了十二個(gè)鐘頭才醒來?？等麪杹砹?，他習(xí)慣地問我先生晚上睡得好，接著就干起活來了。

　　He had left his Canadian friend sleeping like a man who had never done anything else.

　　他不去驚動(dòng)他的朋友，那個(gè)加拿大人，讓他像瞌睡蟲那樣在房中睡覺。

　　I let the gallant lad babble as he pleased, without giving him much in the way of a reply.

　　我讓這個(gè)好好先生隨心所欲他說話，沒有回答他的每一句。

　　I was concerned about Captain Nemo's absence during our session the previous afternoon, and I hoped to see him again today.

　　我一心想著為什么還看不見尼摩船長(zhǎng)，從我們昨天聚談以后，他一直沒有露面，我希望今天能看到他。

　　Soon I had put on my clothes, which were woven from strands of seashell tissue.

　　我很快穿好了貝足絲織造的衣服。

　　More than once their composition provoked comments from Conseil.

　　這一身衣料不止一次引起了康塞爾的思索。

　　I informed him that they were made from the smooth, silken filaments with which the fan mussel, a type of seashell quite abundant along Mediterranean beaches, attaches itself to rocks.

　　我告訴他，這身衣料是由發(fā)光的、絲一般柔軟的纖維制成，這些纖維產(chǎn)在海石上，是地中海沿岸很豐富的一種像豬腔形介殼貝類留下的。

　　In olden times, fine fabrics, stockings, and gloves were made from such filaments, because they were both very soft and very warm.

　　從前人們拿來做成很好看的衣料，襪子，手套，因?yàn)樗鼈冇周浻峙?/p>

　　So the Nautilus's crew could dress themselves at little cost, without needing a thing from cotton growers, sheep, or silkworms on shore.

　　諾第留斯號(hào)的船員一點(diǎn)不需要陸地上的棉花、羊毛和蠶絲，就可以穿起物美價(jià)廉的衣服。

　　As soon as I was dressed, I made my way to the main lounge. It was deserted.

　　我穿好了衣服就到客廳去，那里還沒有人。

　　I dove into studying the conchological treasures amassed inside the glass cases.

　　我于是鉆研那些玻璃柜中堆積著的貝類學(xué)上的寶藏，全神貫注地研究。

　　I also investigated the huge plant albums that were filled with the rarest marine herbs, which, although they were pressed and dried, still kept their wonderful colors.

　　我也潛心搜索那寬大的植物標(biāo)本庫，庫里充滿著海中最希罕的植物，它們雖然風(fēng)干了，但仍然保存著令人贊美的顏色。