Day 6 阅读范围 (Part 1: Chapter 11 & Chapter 12)
问题
1. Why does Captain Nemo lead Arronax into a library?
2. Nemo takes Arronax into the submarine’s control room. What does Arronax recognize?
翻译
1. “I admit your calculations, captain,” I replied, “I should be wrong to dispute them since daily experience confirms them; but I foresee a real difficulty in the way.”
2. To steer this boat to starboard or port, to turn, in a word, following a horizontal plan, I use an ordinary rudder fixed on the back of the stern post, and with one wheel and some tackle to steer by.
要求:
1.尽量回答上面问题
2.思考:
Further reading to help you develop your understanding of these two chapters:
Again, Nemo’s library and museum resemble the capsules of human culture that are sent to aliens in science fiction novels (and in reality—in 1977 the Voyager Spacecraft was launched, carrying two phonograph records filled with sounds and images of human culture). Of course, in this case Nemo does not appear to want to show any aliens these glimpses of human life, but rather hopes to preserve them for himself only.
In the late 1860s when the story takes place, the fact that the Nautilus is powered by electricity would seem much more exciting and impressive than it does today (although other elements of the vessel are certainly impressive even from a contemporary perspective). Verne’s breathless enthusiasm about electricity at times becomes rather comical for modern readers, such as when Arronax is surprised by the electric oven in this passage.
