海底两万里第十一章电子书（海底两万里）

海底两万里 # 第8章 “Mobilis in Mobili”（15） 第8章 动中之动 ( 15 )

原文赏析：

Bah! replied the rancorous harpooner. What the devil do you suppose they eat around here? Turtle livers, loin of shark, dogfish steaks?

We'll soon find out! Conseil said.

Overlaid with silver dish covers, various platters had been neatly positioned on the table cloth, and we sat down to eat.

Assuredly, we were dealing with civilized people, and if it hadn't been for this electric light flooding over us,I would have thought we were in the dining room of the Hotel Adelphi in Liverpool, or the Grand Hotel in Paris.

However,I feel compelled to mention that bread and wine were totally absent. The water was fresh and clear, but it was still water-which wasn't what Ned Land had in mind.

Among the foods we were served, I was able to identify various daintily dressed fish;but I couldn't make up my mind about certain otherwise excellent dishes, and I couldn't even tell whether their contents belonged to the vegetable or the animal kingdom.

中文译文：

算了吧！心中忿恨的鱼叉手说，这里有什么可吃的？至多是甲鱼肝、鲨鱼片，海狗排？

我们看吧！康塞尔说。

各种各样的大盘子用银色的盘子盖着，整齐地放在桌布上，我们在饭桌前坐下。

很显然，我们是跟有文化和有礼貌的人打交道，如果没有那照耀着我们的电光，我还以为我们是在利物浦阿德尔菲酒店的餐厅里，或者是在巴黎的格兰德酒店。

然而，我不得不提到面包和葡萄酒完全没有。水是新鲜清澈的，但它仍然是水，这不是尼德·兰想要的。

在提供给我们的食物中，有几种我认得是烹调得很精致的鱼；但有几盘很好吃的菜，我说不出来名字，我甚至无法判断它们是属于植物还是动物。