Day 15 阅读范围 (Part 2: Chapter 6 & Chapter 7)
问题
1. Ned requests to have a conversation with Arronax, and without hesitation announces his desire to escape the submarine. Why does Ned want to escape the submarine?
2. In the evening, Arronax notices that it is unusually hot, and fears that there might be a fire on board the submarine. How does Nemo comfort Arronax?
翻译
1. We must get inside, and the bolts once drawn, we shall come to the surface of the water, without even the pilot, who is in the bows, perceiving our flight.
2. Sea foxes eight feet long, endowed with wonderful fineness of scent, appeared like large blue shadows.
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:
Here the novel provides a reminder that freedom and constraint are complicated, often producing ambiguous feelings. In Ned’s case, he feels conflicted about his time on the Nautilus, since he, like Arronax, has enjoyed himself at least somewhat. At the same time, Ned is also totally adamant that—even if he has had some good experiences aboard the submarine—he wants to seek his freedom anyway.
Stories of colonization, oppression, and rebellion are scattered throughout the book, but it remains somewhat ambiguous what purpose they serve. Of course, Arronax and the other captives are themselves planning a rebellion against Nemo. Yet it is Nemo who positions himself as the character on the side of the oppressed. For 19th-century European writers like Verne, issues of colonialism and rebellion were everywhere—yet this didn’t necessarily lead to clear-sighted positions on these matters.
