海底兩萬里 第339期 第23章 珊瑚王國(guó)(38)

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Then our ship went along at a distance of six miles from the Arabic coasts of Mahra and Hadhramaut, their undulating lines of mountains relieved by a few ancient ruins.

這一帶海岸線上有起伏不平的山嶺，間有一些古代遺跡。

On February 5 we finally put into the Gulf of Aden, a genuine funnel stuck into the neck of Bab el Mandeb and bottling these Indian waters in the Red Sea.

2月5月，我們進(jìn)人亞丁灣，這灣是巴布厄爾曼特長(zhǎng)頸形海峽的真正漏斗，把印度洋的水倒流入紅海中。

On February 6 the Nautilus cruised in sight of the city of Aden, perched on a promontory connected to the continent by a narrow isthmus, a sort of inaccessible Gibraltar whose fortifications the English rebuilt after capturing it in 1839.

2月6日，諾第留斯號(hào)浮出水面，遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)看見亞丁港，港筑在海呷上，一條很窄的地峽把它跟大陸連接起來。

I was convinced that when Captain Nemo reached this point, he would back out again; but I was mistaken, and much to my surprise, he did nothing of the sort.

我認(rèn)為尼摩船長(zhǎng)到了這個(gè)地方，一定要退回來，可是我錯(cuò)了，我很驚異，他并不這樣做。

The next day, February 7, we entered the Strait of Bab el Mandeb, whose name means "Gate of Tears" in the Arabic language.

第二天，2月7日，我們走進(jìn)巴布厄爾曼特海峽，這個(gè)名字照阿拉伯語是“淚門”的意思。

Twenty miles wide, it's only fifty-two kilometers long, and with the Nautilus launched at full speed, clearing it was the work of barely an hour.

海峽二十海里寬，只有五十二公里長(zhǎng)，對(duì)諾底留斯號(hào)來說。開足馬力走過去，不過是1小時(shí)的事，

But I didn't see a thing, not even Perim Island where the British government built fortifications to strengthen Aden's position.

但是我看不見什么，就是丕林島也沒有看到這島是英國(guó)政府拿來使亞丁港的防衛(wèi)更加鞏固的。

There were many English and French steamers plowing this narrow passageway, liners going from Suez to Bombay, Calcutta, Melbourne, Réunion Island, and Mauritius; far too much traffic for the Nautilus to make an appearance on the surface. So it wisely stayed in midwater

過多的英國(guó)船和法國(guó)船，從蘇伊士到孟買、到加爾各答、到墨爾本到波旁、到毛利斯，都經(jīng)過這狹窄的海峽，使諾第留斯號(hào)不慈浮出來。所以它很小心地只在水底下行駛。