海底两万里 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea 导读 Day 19

Day 19 阅读范围 (Part 2: Chapter 14 & Chapter 15)

问题

1.    How does Arronax notice that Nemo seems “impatient and vexed”?

2.    Just at the point when the tension builds to an unbearable degree, Nemo appears and says there’s been a “very serious” accident. What’s the accident?

翻译

1.    He seemed impatient and vexed. But what was to be done? This rash and powerful man could not command the sun as he did the sea.

2.    I groped along the partition, and by the staircase to the saloon, which was lit by the luminous ceiling. The furniture was upset.

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:

The peculiar situation of the captives continues: while they remain miserably imprisoned, the delights of the natural world are so wonderful that they succeed in momentarily distracting them from their plight. Nemo’s hope to reach the exact point of the South Pole, meanwhile, conveys a hint of the colonial explorer’s desire to “conquer” the earth.

This terrifying turn of events is perfectly timed to be a warning sign against hubris. Just after Nemo declares himself the owner of the South Pole, nature asserts its supreme power over the vessel. This serves as an important lesson that no human truly owns land, and that it is likewise impossible to ever have true control over the natural landscape.