海底兩萬里 第292期 第21章 在陸地上的兩天(24)

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Professor Aronnax, Captain Nemo replied serenely, the Nautilus's hatches aren't to be entered in that fashion even when they're open.

阿龍納斯先生，尼摩船長安靜地回答，人們不能這樣隨便從嵌板進來，就是它們開著也不能。

I gaped at the captain.

我眼盯著船長。

You don't understand? he said to me.

您不明白嗎？他對我說。

Not in the least.

一點不明白。

Well, come along and you'll see!

那么，您來吧，您就可以看見了。

I headed to the central companionway. There, very puzzled, Ned Land and Conseil watched the crewmen opening the hatches, while a frightful clamor and furious shouts resounded outside.

我向中央鐵梯走去。尼德·蘭和康塞爾在那里，他們心中很奇怪，正看著船上的人員把嵌板打開，同時瘋狂可怕的大聲叫喚在外面震天價響。

The hatch lids fell back onto the outer plating. Twenty horrible faces appeared. But when the first islander laid hands on the companionway railing, he was flung backward by some invisible power, lord knows what! He ran off, howling in terror and wildly prancing around.

嵌板的外面放下來了。怕人的二十副臉孔現(xiàn)出來了。但第一個土人，那個把手放在鐵梯扶手上的，馬上被一種神秘不可見的力量推到后面去，他發(fā)出怕人的叫喊，做出奇怪的跳躍逃跑。

Ten of his companions followed him. All ten met the same fate.

他的十個同伴陸續(xù)前來按扶擋,十個也得到相同的命運，受到打擊，向后逃走。

Conseil was in ecstasy. Carried away by his violent instincts, Ned Land leaped up the companionway. But as soon as his hands seized the railing, he was thrown backward in his turn.

康塞爾樂得發(fā)狂了。尼德·蘭由于他急躁的天性所驅使，跑到樓梯上去。但是，一當他兩手抓住扶手的時候，他也被擊慣倒。

Damnation! he exclaimed. I've been struck by a lightning bolt!

有鬼！有鬼!他喊，我被雷打了！

These words explained everything to me. It wasn't just a railing that led to the platform, it was a metal cable fully charged with the ship's electricity. Anyone who touched it got a fearsome shock-and such a shock would have been fatal if Captain Nemo had thrown the full current from his equipment into this conducting cable! It could honestly be said that he had stretched between himself and his assailants a network of electricity no one could clear with impunity.

這句話給我說明了一切。那并不是扶手，那是一根鐵索，通過了船上的電流，直達到平臺。誰觸到它，誰都受到一種厲害的震動，如果尼摩船長把他機器中的整個電流都放到這導體中去，另這種震動就是致命的力量！人們真可以說，在來攻的敵人和他之間，他張掛了一副電網(wǎng)，誰都不徒通過它而不受到懲罰。