Day 11 阅读范围 (Part 1: Chapter 21 & Chapter 22)
问题
1. The men embark on another hunt, and before long Conseil lets out a shout of triumph. Why did Conseil let out a shout of triumph?
2. The next morning, at six a.m., Arronax goes back to the platform on top of the Nautilus. As the light makes the island visible, what did he see?
翻译
1. The captain’s fingers were then running over the keys of the instrument, and I remarked that he touched only the black keys, which gave to his melodies an essentially Scotch character.
2. The Nautilus floated in the midst of a phosphorescent bed, which, in this obscurity, became quite dazzling.
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:
To the three men, the island is a kind of paradise that provides relief from their existence trapped at sea. They evidently do not think about the fact that the land could be a group of people’s homes, and that they are brazenly trespassing. In this sense, this episode can be read as yet another metaphor for colonization.
Arronax and Ned embody two opposing modes of the appreciation of nature. On one hand, Arronax has the enthusiasm of a naturalist, someone keen to document and preserve the great variety of wildlife that exists on Earth. Ned, meanwhile, has a much more practical, survival-based approach to the natural world. At the same time, this approach is also a form of appreciation, since natural resources like hunted birds will provide Ned and the others with the sustenance they need.
Again, the book’s representation of indigenous people is rather ambiguous, particularly in passages like this where both a highly dehumanizing and a more fair perspective are juxtaposed together. While the book arguably indicates that Nemo’s sympathy with oppressed people and opposition to exploitation are admirable, overall Nemo functions as a somewhat ridiculous character with strange and eccentric views. This perhaps puts his views in a less serious light.
