译林版牛津高中英语(必修4):Unit3 Tomorrow's world-Project(1)

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

《地心游记》

by Jule Verne

儒勒·凡尔纳

In 1863, Professor Otto Lindenbrock found a secret message in an old book he had recently bought.

1863年，教授奥拓·林登布朗克在他新买的一本古书中发现了一个秘密信息。

The message spoke¹ of a trip to the centre of the Earth through a volcano² in Iceland.

这个信息讲到了去地心的旅行，入口是冰岛的一个火山口。

Immediately, he got his things packed and went to iceland, forcing his nephew Axel to go with him.

于是，他立即收拾了行李去冰岛，强迫他的侄子阿克斯尔和他一起去。

In Iceland, the Professor hired a guide named Hans. When the three of them reached the volcano, they journeyed underground through a small cave.

在冰岛，教授雇了一名导游，汉斯。这三个人到达火山口，通过一个小洞穴开始了地下旅行。

After many days, they came to a vast³ room with a large ocean inside.

多天以后，他们到达一处非常广阔的空间，那里还有个巨大的海洋。

On the shore of this ocean, there was a forest and huge mushrooms.

在这片海的岸边上，有一处森林和很多巨大的蘑菇。

High above, the sky was filled with gas that gave off light like the sun.

高处，天空充斥的天然气，像太阳一样释放着光芒。

The three men built a small boat and set sail.

三个人造了一艘小船，开始航行。

All of a sudden⁴, two dinosaurs⁵ rose to the surface and began to fight each other.

突然，两只恐龙出现在海面上，开始互相撕斗。

The small boat was almost sunk by the dinosaurs before they were able to get away.

等到他们离开之前，小船被恐龙撞得几乎就要沉了。

1 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 volcano   

n.火山

参考例句：

• The volcano unexpectedly blew up early in the morning.火山一早突然爆发了。
• It is most risky to go and examine an active volcano.去探察活火山是非常危险的。

3 vast   

adj.巨大的，庞大的；大量的，巨额的

参考例句：

• Tom has made a vast improvement in his German.汤姆的德语有了很大的进步。
• China has a vast territory and a large population.中国地域辽阔，人口众多。

4 sudden   

n.突然，忽然；adj.突然的，意外的，快速的

参考例句：

• All of a sudden he turned about and saw me.他突然转过身来看见了我。
• The horse was badly frightened by the sudden noise.那匹马被突然而来的嘈杂声吓坏了。

5 dinosaurs   

n.恐龙( dinosaur的名词复数 )；守旧落伍的人，过时落后的东西

参考例句：

• The brontosaurus was one of the largest of all dinosaurs. 雷龙是所有恐龙中最大的一种。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years. 恐龙绝种已有几百万年了。 来自《简明英汉词典》