海底兩萬里 第118期 第9章 尼德·蘭的憤怒(3)

　　Perhaps. Or, proceeding in a more convenient, more economical, and consequently more probable fashion,

　　或者是這樣?；蛘撸怯酶奖?，更經(jīng)濟，而且更可能的方法，

　　was he satisfied with merely returning to breathe at the surface of the water like a cetacean, renewing his oxygen supply every twenty-four hours?

　　那就是像鯨魚類動物一樣，浮到水面上來呼吸，二十四小時換一次空氣。

　　In any event, whatever his method was, it seemed prudent to me that he use this method without delay.

　　不管怎樣，不管用哪種方法，我覺得為了慎重起見，現(xiàn)在應該趕快使用了。

　　In fact, I had already resorted to speeding up my inhalations in order to extract from the cell what little oxygen it contained,

　　事實上，我不得不加緊呼吸，把這房間里很少的一點氧氣都吸取了，

　　when suddenly I was refreshed by a current of clean air, scented with a salty aroma.

　　這時候，我忽然吸到一股帶海水咸味的新鮮空氣，我感到?jīng)鏊p快。

　　It had to be a sea breeze, life-giving and charged with iodine!

　　這正是使人精神煥發(fā)的海風;含有大量碘質(zhì)的海風!

　　I opened my mouth wide, and my lungs glutted themselves on the fresh particles.

　　我張大了嘴，讓肺部充滿了新鮮氣體。

　　At the same time, I felt a swaying, a rolling of moderate magnitude but definitely noticeable.

　　同時我感到船在搖擺。