第二夭，3月22日早晨六点，诺第留斯号准备开走。清晨的最后曙光没人黑暗中去了。天气很冷。各星座在天空中照耀，特别明亮，天空的顶点有那辉煌的南宿，那是南冰洋地区的极星。
THE NEXT DAY, March 22, at six o'clock in the morning, preparations for departure began. The last gleams of twilight were melting into night. The cold was brisk. The constellations were glittering with startling intensity. The wonderful Southern Cross, polar star of the Antarctic regions, twinkled at its zenith.
温度表降到零下十二度，寒风吹来，刺人肌骨。冰群在：流动的水上愈来愈多了。海面渐渐冻结。无数灰黑的冰块摆在水面上，这表示新的冰层形成了。很显然，南极的海面在冬季六个月全是结冰的，绝对无法通过。这个时期鲸鱼类怎样呢？当然它们从冰山下面出去，找寻比较适宜居住的海水。至于海豹和海马，习惯了严寒的天气，是仍然留在这冰天雪地中的。这些动物天赋有本能在这冰场中挖掘洞袕，老是让洞门敞开，它们可以到洞口来呼吸。鸟类被寒冷所迫，迁移到北方去。这时只有这些哺侞类动物是这南极大陆的唯一主人。
The thermometer marked -12 degrees centigrade, and a fresh breeze left a sharp nip in the air. Ice floes were increasing over the open water. The sea was starting to congeal everywhere. Numerous blackish patches were spreading over its surface, announcing the imminent formation of fresh ice. Obviously this southernmost basin froze over during its six-month winter and became utterly inaccessible. What happened to the whales during this period? No doubt they went beneath the Ice Bank to find more feasible seas. As for seals and walruses, they were accustomed to living in the harshest climates and stayed on in these icy waterways. These animals know by instinct how to gouge holes in the ice fields and keep them continually open; they go to these holes to breathe. Once the birds have migrated northward to escape the cold, these marine mammals remain as sole lords of the polar continent.
这时，储水池装满了，诺第留斯号慢慢下降。到一千英尺深的时候，它停下来。它的推进器搅动海水，以每小时十五海里的速度直向北方行驶。晚上，它已经驶到冰山下边巨大的冰冻甲壳下面了。
Meanwhile the ballast tanks filled with water and the Nautilus sank slowly. At a depth of 1,000 feet, it stopped. Its propeller churned the waves and it headed due north at a speed of fifteen miles per hour. Near the afternoon it was already cruising under the immense frozen carapace of the Ice Bank.
为了谨慎起见，客厅的嵌板完全关闭起来。这是因为诺第留斯号船壳可能碰到一些沉在水中的冰块。因此，我这一天的时间完全在整理我的笔记。我心中总是想着在南极点的情形。我到达了这个人迹不到的地点，不觉得疲倦，没有任何危险，就像火车厢在铁轨上溜过去一样，现在是归途了。还有什么相类似的新鲜惊奇的事等待着我吗？我想还有，海底神奇真是层出不穷呢！可是，自从偶然的讥会把我们送到这只船上的五个半月来，我们已经走了一万四千里，在这比地球赤道线还长的旅途上，有多少或新奇或可怕的偶然事件使得我们的旅行惊心动魄，兴味无穷呀。克列斯波林中打猎，托列斯海峡搁浅，珊瑚墓地，锡兰采珠，阿拉伯海底地道，桑多林火海，维哥湾亿万金银，大西洋洲，南极！夜间，所有这些忆念，梦一般连续过去，使我的脑子一刻也不能安歇。
As a precaution, the panels in the lounge stayed closed, because the Nautilus's hull could run afoul of some submerged block of ice. So I spent the day putting my notes into final form. My mind was completely wrapped up in my memories of the pole. We had reached that inaccessible spot without facing exhaustion or danger, as if our seagoing passenger carriage had glided there on railroad tracks. And now we had actually started our return journey. Did it still have comparable surprises in store for me? I felt sure it did, so inexhaustible is this series of underwater wonders! As it was, in the five and a half months since fate had brought us on board, we had cleared 14,000 leagues, and over this track longer than the earth's equator, so many fascinating or frightening incidents had beguiled our voyage: that hunting trip in the Crespo forests, our running aground in the Torres Strait, the coral cemetery, the pearl fisheries of Ceylon, the Arabic tunnel, the fires of Santorini, those millions in the Bay of Vigo, Atlantis, the South Pole! During the night all these memories crossed over from one dream to the next, not giving my brain a moment's rest.
早晨三点，我被一下猛烈的冲击惊醒。我立即起来坐在床上，黑暗里细心听，这时候，我突然被抛到房子中间去。很显然，诺第留斯号是在碰上什么后，发生了很厉害的倾斜了。
At three o'clock in the morning, I was awakened by a violent collision. I sat up in bed, listening in the darkness, and then was suddenly hurled into the middle of my stateroom. Apparently the Nautilus had gone aground, then heeled over sharply.
我靠着墙板，沿着墙到走廊，从走廊慢慢到客厅，厅里面有天花板上的灯光照得通明。桌倚家具都翻倒了。很运气，那些玻璃柜下部钉得结实，没有倒下来。船左舷挂的图画，由于垂直线转移，都贴在绣花挂毡上，挂在右舷上，下西的框缘离开一英尺远，诺第留斯号是靠右舷倒下来，并且完全不动了。
Leaning against the walls, I dragged myself down the gangways to the lounge, whose ceiling lights were on. The furniture had been knocked over. Fortunately the glass cases were solidly secured at the base and had stood fast. Since we were no longer vertical, the starboard pictures were glued to the tapestries, while those to port had their lower edges hanging a foot away from the wall. So the Nautilus was lying on its starboard side, completely stationary to boot.
在船内部，我听到脚步的声响和嘈杂的人声。但尼摩船长没有出来。我正要离开客厅的时候，尼德-兰和康塞尔进来了。
In its interior I heard the sound of footsteps and muffled voices. But Captain Nemo didn't appear. Just as I was about to leave the lounge, Ned Land and Conseil entered.
“发生什么事了？“我立即问他们。
"What happened?" I instantly said to them.
“我正来问先生呢。”康塞尔回答。
"I came to ask master that," Conseil replied.
“怪呀！”加拿大人喊，“我很知道这事！诺第留斯号碰上什么了，从它躺下的情况来判断，我想这一次不象上一次在托列斯海峡中，它不能脱身了。”
"Damnation!" the Canadian exclaimed. "I know full well what happened! The Nautilus has gone aground, and judging from the way it's listing, I don't think it'll pull through like that first time in the Torres Strait."
“不过，”我问，“它至少是回到水面上来了吧？”
"But," I asked, "are we at least back on the surface of the sea?"
“我不知道。”康塞尔回答。
"We have no idea," Conseil replied.
“这事很容易确定。”我说。
"It's easy to find out," I answered.
我看压力表，我非常惊异，表指着三百六十米深的水层
I consulted the pressure gauge. Much to my surprise, it indicated a depth of 360 meters.
“这是怎么说呢？”我喊。
"What's the meaning of this?" I exclaimed.
“需要问一下尼摩船长。”康塞尔说。
"We must confer with Captain Nemo," Conseil said.
“到哪里去找他呢？”尼德-兰问。
"But where do we find him?" Ned Land asked.
“你们跟我来。”我对我的两个同伴说。
"Follow me," I told my two companions.
我们离开客厅。图书室中，没有人。中央楼梯边，船员工作室，没有人。我想或者尼摩船长是在领航人的笼间中，最好还是等待着。我们三人又回客厅来。我这里不讲加拿
We left the lounge. Nobody in the library. Nobody by the central companionway or the crew's quarters. I assumed that Captain Nemo was stationed in the pilothouse. Best to wait. The three of us returned to the lounge.
大人如何咒骂。这是他动火的好机会，我让他的坏脾气尽情发泄，不回答他一句。
I'll skip over the Canadian's complaints. He had good grounds for an outburst. I didn't answer him back, letting him blow off all the steam he wanted.
我们这样过了二十分钟，同时竭力想法听到诺第留斯号里面发生的一些最轻微的声音，这时候，尼摩船长进来。他好像没有看见我们。他的面容经常是很镇定没有表情的。现在露出一些不安的情绪。他静静地看看罗盘、压力表，手指放在平面图上的一点，就是地图上表出南冰洋的这一部分。
We had been left to ourselves for twenty minutes, trying to detect the tiniest noises inside the Nautilus, when Captain Nemo entered. He didn't seem to see us. His facial features, usually so emotionless, revealed a certain uneasiness. He studied the compass and pressure gauge in silence, then went and put his finger on the world map at a spot in the sector depicting the southernmost seas.
我不想打断他的思路。直到过了一刻，当他向我转过身子来的时候，我才拿他在托列斯海峡对我说的一句话，反过来问他：
I hesitated to interrupt him. But some moments later, when he turned to me, I threw back at him a phrase he had used in the Torres Strait:
“船长，是偶然事件吗？”
"An incident, captain?"
“不，”他答，“先生，这一次是意外事件。”
"No, sir," he replied, "this time an accident."
“很严重吗？”
"Serious?"
“可能很严重。”
"Perhaps."
“立即有危险吗？”
"Is there any immediate danger?"
“没有。”
"No."
“诺第留斯号触礁了吗？”
"The Nautilus has run aground?"
“是的。”
"Yes."
“这次触礁是怎么搞的呢？……”
"And this accident came about . . . ?"
“是由于大自然的任性胡来，而不是由于人们的笨拙无能。在我们的指挥驾驶中，并没有犯一点错误。可是，我们不能阻止平衡力不发生这种效果。人们可以冒犯人为的法则，但不能抵抗自然的法则。”
"Through nature's unpredictability not man's incapacity. No errors were committed in our maneuvers. Nevertheless, we can't prevent a loss of balance from taking its toll. One may defy human laws, but no one can withstand the laws of nature."
尼摩船长选择这时候来作这种哲学思考，真是太离奇了。总之，他的答复对我没有什么帮助。
Captain Nemo had picked an odd time to philosophize. All in all, this reply told me nothing.
“先生，”我问，“我可以知道这件事故发生的原因吗？”
"May I learn, sir," I asked him, "what caused this accident?"
“一群巨大的冰，整整一座冰山，翻倒下来了，”他回答我，“当冰山下面或受温热的水流，或受来回的冲击耗损的时候，它们的重心就往上移。那时它们就大大的翻转，它门翻筋斗了。现在的情形就是这样。其中有一大冰群，翻倒的时候，碰上了在水底行驶的诺第留斯号。然后在船身下溜过，又拿不可抗拒的力量把船顶起来，这冰群把船带到浅一些的水层，靠在船身上不动了。”
"An enormous block of ice, an entire mountain, has toppled over," he answered me. "When an iceberg is eroded at the base by warmer waters or by repeated collisions, its center of gravity rises. Then it somersaults, it turns completely upside down. That's what happened here. When it overturned, one of these blocks hit the Nautilus as it was cruising under the waters. Sliding under our hull, this block then raised us with irresistible power, lifting us into less congested strata where we now lie on our side."
“我们把储水池的水排出去，使船重新得到平衡，诺第留斯号不就能脱身吗？”
"But can't we float the Nautilus clear by emptying its ballast tanks, to regain our balance?"
“目前就是做这种工作，先生。您可以听到怞水机正在那里动作。请看压力表上的针，它指出诺第留斯号正在上升，但冰群跟它一齐向上，一直要到它的向上运动被一件障碍物挡住，我们的地位才可能改变。”
"That, sir, is being done right now. You can hear the pumps working. Look at the needle on the pressure gauge. It indicates that the Nautilus is rising, but this block of ice is rising with us, and until some obstacle halts its upward movement, our position won't change."
果然，诺第留斯号老是右舷同样倾斜倒在那里。当然p冰群自己停下的时候，船就可以站起来。但在这个时候，谁知道我们会不会碰上冰山的上部，被挤在两个冰面中间呢？
Indeed, the Nautilus kept the same heel to starboard. No doubt it would straighten up once the block came to a halt. But before that happened, who knew if we might not hit the underbelly of the Ice Bank and be hideously squeezed between two frozen surfaces?
我思考我们所处的地位可能发生的一切后果。船长不停注视压力表。诺第留斯号自冰群倒下来，只上升了一百五十英尺左右，但它跟垂直线所成的角度总是一样。
I mused on all the consequences of this situation. Captain Nemo didn't stop studying the pressure gauge. Since the toppling of this iceberg, the Nautilus had risen about 150 feet, but it still stayed at the same angle to the perpendicular.
忽然船壳上感到一种轻微运动。很显然，诺第留斯号是站起一点来了。悬挂在客厅中的东西分明恢复了它们原来的地位。墙板接近垂直。我们中间没有谁说话。心跳动着，我们看着，我们感到船竖起来。地板在我们脚下又变为横平面了。十分钟过了。
Suddenly a slight movement could be felt over the hull. Obviously the Nautilus was straightening a bit. Objects hanging in the lounge were visibly returning to their normal positions. The walls were approaching the vertical. Nobody said a word. Hearts pounding, we could see and feel the ship righting itself. The floor was becoming horizontal beneath our feet. Ten minutes went by.
“究竟我们直起来了！”我喊。
"Finally, we're upright!" I exclaimed.
“对。”尼摩船长说，同时他向客厅门走去。
"Yes," Captain Nemo said, heading to the lounge door.
“不过我们能往上浮吗？”我问他。
"But will we float off?" I asked him.
“当然能往上浮，”他回答，“因为储水池还没有排水，排水后，诺第留斯号自然浮上海面来。”
"Certainly," he replied, "since the ballast tanks aren't yet empty, and when they are, the Nautilus must rise to the surface of the sea."
船长走了，我不久看见，人们得到他的命令，诺第留斯号的上升停止了。是的，它可能碰上冰山的下部，让它留在水中是好些。
The captain went out, and soon I saw that at his orders, the Nautilus had halted its upward movement. In fact, it soon would have hit the underbelly of the Ice Bank, but it had stopped in time and was floating in midwater.
“我们侥幸出险了！”康塞尔于是说。
"That was a close call!" Conseil then said.
“是的，我们可能在这些冰块间被压扁，至少被困往。那时，因为不能调换空气，……是的，我们侥幸出险了！”
"Yes. We could have been crushed between these masses of ice, or at least imprisoned between them. And then, with no way to renew our air supply. . . . Yes, that was a close call!"
“让它完蛋好了！”加拿大人低声咕噜着。
"If it's over with!" Ned Land muttered.
我不想跟加拿大人作无益的争辩，我并不回答。并且，嵌板在这时候打开，外面的光线通过嵌板的玻璃时进来。
I was unwilling to get into a pointless argument with the Canadian and didn't reply. Moreover, the panels opened just then, and the outside light burst through the uncovered windows.
我们完全在水中，像我说过的一般；不过，在诺第留斯号的两边，相距十米左右，各竖起一道雪白眩目的冰墙。船上下两方，也有同样的冰墙。船上面，因为冰山的下层冰面遮起来，像宽阔的天花板。船下面，因为翻倒下去的冰块慢恨溜下去，在两侧的冰墙上找到一个支点，维持它目前的这种地位。诺第留斯号是被困在真正的冰的地洞中了，这地涧有二十米左右宽，里面是平静的水。所以，它出来并不困难，或向前进，或向后退，然后再往下数百米左右，在冰山下面找到一条通路就可以了。
We were fully afloat, as I have said; but on both sides of the Nautilus, about ten meters away, there rose dazzling walls of ice. There also were walls above and below. Above, because the Ice Bank's underbelly spread over us like an immense ceiling. Below, because the somersaulting block, shifting little by little, had found points of purchase on both side walls and had gotten jammed between them. The Nautilus was imprisoned in a genuine tunnel of ice about twenty meters wide and filled with quiet water. So the ship could easily exit by going either ahead or astern, sinking a few hundred meters deeper, and then taking an open passageway beneath the Ice Bank.
光亮的天花板熄灭了，可是，客厅中有辉煌的光线照明。那是四面冰墙的强烈反射，把探照灯的光波猛烈反射进客厅中来。电光在这些任意割切的冰群上所发生的力量，我简直不能描写，冰上的每一角度，每一条棱，每一个面，按着分布在冰上的线脉的性质，发出种种不同的光线。这是珠宝玉石的眩人眼目的矿藏，特别是青王的矿藏，蓝宝石的蓝光和玻璃翠的碧光交织起来。处处有无限柔和的蛋白色调，散布在晶莹的尖点中间，就像有许多双目不能逼视的辉煌钻石一样。探照灯的光力增大了百倍，像灯光通过了一级灯塔的凸形镜片那样。
The ceiling lights were off, yet the lounge was still brightly lit. This was due to the reflecting power of the walls of ice, which threw the beams of our beacon right back at us. Words cannot describe the effects produced by our galvanic rays on these huge, whimsically sculpted blocks, whose every angle, ridge, and facet gave off a different glow depending on the nature of the veins running inside the ice. It was a dazzling mine of gems, in particular sapphires and emeralds, whose jets of blue and green crisscrossed. Here and there, opaline hues of infinite subtlety raced among sparks of light that were like so many fiery diamonds, their brilliance more than any eye could stand. The power of our beacon was increased a hundredfold, like a lamp shining through the biconvex lenses of a world-class lighthouse.
“真美！真美！”康塞尔喊起来。
"How beautiful!" Conseil exclaimed.
“是！真美！”我说，“十分好看的景象。尼德，是不是
"Yes," I said, "it's a wonderful sight! Isn't it, Ned?"
“暖！是的！真美！”尼德-兰回答说，“真华美！真壮丽！我很恨自己，我不能不这样说了。人们从没有看过这样的景象。不过这景象可能要我们付出很大的代价。如果我要尽情说出来，那我想，我们眼前看见的事物是上帝不许人的眼睛看见的！”
"Oh damnation, yes!" Ned Land shot back. "It's superb! I'm furious that I have to admit it. Nobody has ever seen the like. But this sight could cost us dearly. And in all honesty, I think we're looking at things God never intended for human eyes."
尼德。兰说得对。真是太美了。忽然，康塞尔的喊声使我回过身子来。我问：
Ned was right. It was too beautiful. All at once a yell from Conseil made me turn around.
“什么事？”
"What is it?" I asked.
“先生闭眼睛吧！先生不要看吧！”
"Master must close his eyes! Master mustn't look!"
康塞尔说这活的时候，急急把手遮住眼皮。
With that, Conseil clapped his hands over his eyes.
“老实人，你怎么啦？”
"But what's wrong, my boy?"
“我眼花了，我看不见了！”
"I've been dazzled, struck blind!"
我的眼光不期然而然地向玻璃边看去，但我吃不住那侵蚀玻璃的火光。
Involuntarily my eyes flew to the window, but I couldn't stand the fire devouring it.
我明白事情经过的原因了。诺第留斯号正在快速度地开行；所有冰墙上的静穆的光辉于是变为雷电闪闪的光芒。这无数亿万钻石的晶光混和起来了。诺第留斯号受它的帆轮推动，是在电光熔炉中行驶了。
I realized what had happened. The Nautilus had just started off at great speed. All the tranquil glimmers of the ice walls had then changed into blazing streaks. The sparkles from these myriads of diamonds were merging with each other. Swept along by its propeller, the Nautilus was traveling through a sheath of flashing light.
那时客厅的嵌板又闭起来。当我们的眼睛受到阳光过度猛烈的照射，眼膜上就浮游着强力集中的光线，我们现在的情形正是这样，我们把两手按在眼睛上。要过些时候才能把我们眼中的纷乱安静下来。
Then the panels in the lounge closed. We kept our hands over our eyes, which were utterly saturated with those concentric gleams that swirl before the retina when sunlight strikes it too intensely. It took some time to calm our troubled vision.
后来，我们的手放下来了。
Finally we lowered our hands.
“天哪，我从没有想到呢！”康塞尔说。
"Ye gods, I never would have believed it," Conseil said.
“我也还不能想到呢！”加拿大人回答。
"And I still don't believe it!" the Canadian shot back.
“当我们回到地上的时候，”康塞尔又说，”看惯了这许多自然界的神奇，对于陆地上那些贫乏可怜的人手造的简陋小东西，我们将怎么想呢！不！人居住的世界对于我们来说，真是不配了，不值得我们注意了！”
"When we return to shore, jaded from all these natural wonders," Conseil added, "think how we'll look down on those pitiful land masses, those puny works of man! No, the civilized world won't be good enough for us!"
这样的语句从一个冷淡的佛兰蒙人口中说出来，表示我们是兴奋到了如何沸腾的程度。可是加拿大人乘机浇下一盆冷水。
Such words from the lips of this emotionless Flemish boy showed that our enthusiasm was near the boiling point. But the Canadian didn't fail to throw his dram of cold water over us.
“人居住的世界！”他摇摇头说，“你放心吧，康塞尔朋友。我们不能回去的了！”
"The civilized world!" he said, shaking his head. "Don't worry, Conseil my friend, we're never going back to that world!"
那时是早晨五点。这时候，诺第留斯号的前端发生一次冲撞。我明白那是它的冲角碰上了一大群冰。这可能是由于一时驾驶不准，因为这条海底地道受冰群的堵塞，并不容易航行。因此我想，尼摩船长是在改变路线，或绕过这些障碍物，或沿着地道的弯折处驶去。总之，船的前进是不能完全被阻止的。但是，完全出我意料之外，诺第留斯号显然是向后倒退而行了。
By this point it was five o'clock in the morning. Just then there was a collision in the Nautilus's bow. I realized that its spur had just bumped a block of ice. It must have been a faulty maneuver because this underwater tunnel was obstructed by such blocks and didn't make for easy navigating. So I had assumed that Captain Nemo, in adjusting his course, would go around each obstacle or would hug the walls and follow the windings of the tunnel. In either case our forward motion wouldn't receive an absolute check. Nevertheless, contrary to my expectations, the Nautilus definitely began to move backward.
“我们倒回去吗？”康塞尔说。
"We're going astern?" Conseil said.
“是的，”我回答，“恐怕这一边，地道是没有出口了。”
"Yes," I replied. "Apparently the tunnel has no way out at this end."
“那么？……”
"And so . . . ?"
“那么，”我说，“船行很简单。我们倒退回去，我们从南口出去就完了。”
"So," I said, "our maneuvers are quite simple. We'll return in our tracks and go out the southern opening. That's all."
我这样说是想表示我心里很安定，但实际上并不如此。这时诺第留斯号倒退着开行，速度愈来愈快，机轮倒着转，带着我们如飞而去。
As I spoke, I tried to sound more confident than I really felt. Meanwhile the Nautilus accelerated its backward movement, and running with propeller in reverse, it swept us along at great speed.
“要耽搁时间了。”尼德-兰说。
"This'll mean a delay," Ned said.
“早几个钟头，或晚几个钟头没关系，只要能出来就
"What are a few hours more or less, so long as we get out."
"Yes," Ned Land repeated, "so long as we get out!"
我从客厅到图书室来回地走了一些时候。我的同伴们坐着，一言不发。不久我躺在长沙发上，拿着一本书，两眼机械地看下去。
I strolled for a little while from the lounge into the library. My companions kept their seats and didn't move. Soon I threw myself down on a couch and picked up a book, which my eyes skimmed mechanically.
一刻钟后，康塞尔走近前来，对我说：
A quarter of an hour later, Conseil approached me, saying:
“先生看的书很有趣吗？”
"Is it deeply fascinating, this volume master is reading?"
“很有趣。”我回答。
"Tremendously fascinating," I replied.
“我想是很有趣。先生看的书是先生写的书哩！”
"I believe it. Master is reading his own book!"
“我写的书吗？”
"My own book?"
正是，我手中拿着的是那本《海底的神秘》。我真是没有想到呢。我把书合起来，我又来回地走起来了。尼德-兰和康塞尔两人站起来，要走开。
Indeed, my hands were holding my own work on the great ocean depths. I hadn't even suspected. I closed the book and resumed my strolling. Ned and Conseil stood up to leave.
“朋友们，请留下，”我拉住他们说，“我们留在直到我们退出这条走不通的道路。”
"Stay here, my friends," I said, stopping them. "Let's stay together until we're out of this blind alley."
"As master wishes," Conseil replied.
几小时过去了，我时常看那挂在客厅墙壁上的机械压力表指出，诺第留斯号保持在三百米深的一定水层中，罗盘总是指向南，测程器的记录是速度每小时二十海里，在紧窄的水道中来说，这是过快的速度。尼摩船长知道船行不能过快，但这时候，几分钟简直等于几世纪呢。
The hours passed. I often studied the instruments hanging on the lounge wall. The pressure gauge indicated that the Nautilus stayed at a constant depth of 300 meters, the compass that it kept heading south, the log that it was traveling at a speed of twenty miles per hour, an excessive speed in such a cramped area. But Captain Nemo knew that by this point there was no such thing as too fast, since minutes were now worth centuries.
八点二十五分，第二次冲捡发生了。这一次是在船后部。我面色发白了。我的同伴们走到我身边来。我拉着康塞尔的手。我们面面相觑，拿眼光来代替说话，这比用语言来表示我们的思想，好像更为直接些，这个时候。
At 8:25 a second collision took place. This time astern. I grew pale. My companions came over. I clutched Conseil's hand. Our eyes questioned each other, and more directly than if our thoughts had been translated into words.
尼摩船长走进厅中来，我迎向前去。我问他：
Just then the captain entered the lounge. I went to him.
“南边的路也堵住了吗？”
"Our path is barred to the south?" I asked him.
“是的，先生。冰山翻倒的时候把所有的出口都堵住了。”
"Yes, sir. When it overturned, that iceberg closed off every exit."
“我们是被封锁了吗？”
"We're boxed in?"
“是的。”
"Yes."