Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

单词提示

1.tunnel 隧道

2.torches 火把

3.pickaxe  镐

原文

Chapter 5: Lost in the Tunnels

We put our rope through holes in the rocks on the sides of the walls, then climbed down.

Hans went first, then my uncle, then me.

Every two hundred feet, we found a flat rock to stop on.

We pulled the rope down from above us, tied it to a new rock, then started again.

We did this for almost ten hours.

We travelled 2,000 feet down.

Finally,Hans said something. "Stop!"

It was only one word, but it was nice to finally hear his voice.

"What happened?"

"We're at the bottom."

The professor and I looked at him.

"Of what?"

"I don't know."

There was a turn in the hole.

There was an open area like a cave at the bottom of the hole, which continued to the right.

Our bags were there.

After ten hours of climbing down, we were very tired.

We decided to spend the night there.

In the morning, we continued our journey down.

The hole now opened and looked more like a tunnel.

We did not need to climb because we could walk down this tunnel.

We used our torches, so we could see the rock on the walls clearly.

It looked like glass of different colors.

Some of it was red, some was brown, and some was yellow.

My uncle saw me looking at it.

"That's from the lava."

"It's beautiful."

"So,you're starting to enjoy our journey. There's more to see. Come along."

We walked for two more days and we found other tunnels.

There were tunnels everywhere, but we did not know which was the right one.

Unluckily,our water finished.

"Now,what are we going to do?"

"We're going to find a spring. There are many, but we have to go down further."

I could not move. I was very tired and thirsty and thinking of Grauben.

"Uncle,I can't go on."

"Axel,please. We are going to find water."

"Water!"It was Hans' voice.

"What did you say?"

"Water!"There was a loud sound behind the wall next to us.

It sounded like the water of a river.

Hans took a pickaxe and made a hole in the wall.

Water came out onto the floor around us.

"It old you, Axel. Water! Ow! It's hot. Don't touch it. It needs air. We're too far underground."

The water was cold enough to drink after a few minutes and we all felt strong again.

We continued our journey but I made a serious mistake.

I was very excited about finding the water and I went first.

I walked too far in front of the others and I got lost.

I tried to go back, but I could not find them.

I shouted their names.

"Uncle!Hans!" I could only hear my own voice in the tunnel.

I was afraid. I ran.

Then I fell. I fell through the air down along tunnel.

Then I hit my head and everything went black around me.

翻译

第五章：在隧道里迷路

我们把绳子穿过墙边岩石上的洞，然后往下爬。
汉斯先去，然后是我叔叔，最后是我。
每隔200英尺，我们就找一块平坦的岩石停下来。
我们把绳子从头上拉下来，把它系在一块新的岩石上，然后又开始了。
我们这样做了将近10个小时。
我们向下飞行了2000英尺。
最后，汉斯说了些什么。“住手!”
虽然只有一个词，但终于听到了他的声音，感觉很好。
“发生什么事了?”
“我们在最底层。”
教授和我看着他。
“什么底部?”
“我不知道。”
洞里有个转弯。
在洞的底部有一块像洞穴一样的空地，一直延伸到右边。
我们的行李在那里。
爬了十个小时下来，我们都很累了。
我们决定在那里过夜。
早上，我们继续下山的旅程。
这个洞现在打开了，看起来更像一条隧道。
我们不需要爬，因为我们可以走下这条隧道。
我们用了手电筒，所以我们能清楚地看到墙上的岩石。
它看起来像不同颜色的玻璃。
有些是红色的，有些是棕色的，还有一些是黄色的。
我叔叔看见我在看它。
“那是熔岩留下的。”
“很漂亮。”
“所以，你开始享受我们的旅程了。还有更多的东西要看。过来。”
我们又走了两天，发现了其他地道。
到处都是隧道，但我们不知道哪一条是正确的。
不幸的是，我们的水喝完了。
“现在，我们该怎么办呢？”
“我们要去找一个泉水。有很多，但我们必须进一步深入。”
我动弹不得。我又累又渴，想起了格劳本。
“叔叔，我走不下去了。”
“阿克塞尔。我们会找到水的。”
“水!”那是汉斯的声音。
“你说什么？”
“水!”我们旁边的墙后面有一声巨响。
这声音听起来像河水的声音。
汉斯拿起鹤嘴锄，在墙上挖了一个洞。
水涌到了我们周围的地板上。
“我告诉过你，阿克塞尔。水!噢!它是热的。别碰它。它需要空气。我们在地下太深了。”
水凉了，几分钟后就可以喝了，我们都觉得精力充沛了。
我们继续我们的旅程，但我犯了一个严重的错误。
我很兴奋找到了水，我先去了。
我在别人前面走得太远了，所以迷路了。
我想回去，但找不到他们。
我喊着他们的名字。
“叔叔!汉斯!”我只能在隧道里听到自己的声音。
我很害怕。我跑。
然后我摔倒了。我顺着隧道从空中掉了下来。
然后我撞到了头，周围一片漆黑。