海底兩萬(wàn)里 第351期 第23章 珊瑚王國(guó)(50)

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Well, captain, what the ancients hesitated to undertake, Mr.de Lesseps is now finishing up; his joining of these two seas will shorten the route from Cadiz to the East Indies by 9,000 kilometers, and he'll soon change Africa into an immense island.

船長(zhǎng)，那么，古代人不敢開(kāi)鑿的、把兩個(gè)海連結(jié)起來(lái)并使加的斯到印度的航程縮短九千公里的這條運(yùn)河，現(xiàn)在由德，勒賽普干起來(lái)了，不久，就要把非洲變?yōu)橐粋€(gè)巨大的海島了。

Unfortunately, he went on, I can't take you through that Suez Canal, but the day after tomorrow, you'll be able to see the long jetties of Port Said when we're in the Mediterranean.

很可惜，他又說(shuō)，我不能帶您穿過(guò)蘇伊士運(yùn)河，但后夫，我們?cè)诘刂泻５臅r(shí)候，您可以望見(jiàn)塞得港的長(zhǎng)堤。"

In the Mediterranean! I exclaimed.

在地中海！我喊道。

Yes, professor. Does that amaze you?

是的，教授，這事您覺(jué)得奇怪嗎？

What amazes me is thinking we'll be there the day after tomorrow.

"我覺(jué)得奇怪的是，后天我們就到地中海了。