海底两万里第16章笔记，海底两万里

海底两万里第16章笔记，海底两万里The sea was pretty smooth and barely tired us.A strenuous task but feasible thanks to our relieving each other.even if I had been willing to "give in to despair " I could not have done so!The cetacean had rammed our frigate at about eleven o'clock in the evening.I therefore calculated on eight hours of swimming until sunrise.

海底两万里 #第7章 A Whale of Unknown Species（6） 第7章 未知物种的鲸鱼 ( 6 )

原文赏析：

Lastly I can vouch-as improbable as it seems--that even if I had wanted to destroy all my illusions

even if I had been willing to "give in to despair " I could not have done so!

The cetacean had rammed our frigate at about eleven o'clock in the evening.

I therefore calculated on eight hours of swimming until sunrise.

A strenuous task but feasible thanks to our relieving each other.

The sea was pretty smooth and barely tired us.

Sometimes I tried to peer through the dense gloom which was broken only by the phosphorescent flickers coming from our movements.

I stared at the luminous ripples breaking over my hands shimmering sheets spattered with blotches of bluish gray.

It seemed as if we'd plunged into a pool of quicksilver.

Near one o'clock in the morning I was overcome with tremendous exhaustion.

My limbs stiffened in the grip of intense cramps.

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中文译文：

最后，我还要肯定一点，这看来像是不可能的事，即使我要打破我心中的一切幻想，

即使我愿意“屈服于绝望”，我也不可能这样做！

战舰跟那鲸鱼冲撞的时间是在夜间十一点钟左右。

因此，我打算游八个小时，直到日出。

这是一项艰巨的任务，但也是可行的，因为我们互相帮助。

海面相当平静，我们几乎没有感到疲倦。

有时，我的眼光想看透深沉的黑暗，但什么也看不见，只有那由于我们游泳的动作激起的浪花透出一点闪光来。

我凝视着在我手上荡漾的明亮波纹，波光粼粼的床单上溅满了蓝灰色的斑点。

似乎我们已经陷入了一个水银池。

将近凌晨一点钟时，我已经筋疲力尽。

我的四肢痉挛得很厉害，渐渐发硬，不能灵活运用了。