Ned screamed at the locked door, but no one answered his call.
尼德对着锁着的门尖叫，但没有人回他的话。
“They mustn’t treat me like this. I didn’t do anything wrong. I’m getting out of here. Do you hear me? I want out!”
“他们不能这样对待我。我没有做错什么事。我要离开这里了。你听见我说话了吗？我要出去！”
They took us through a long dark tunnel. We could see nothing around us. They put us into a dark room, then closed the door behind us. A light came on. The room was empty. It only had a table and five chairs in the middle. Ned Land got very angry.
他们带我们穿过一条长长的黑暗隧道。我们看不清周围。他们把我们关在一间漆黑的房间里，然后关上了我们身后的门。灯光亮了。房间是空的。它只有一张桌子和五张椅子在中间。尼德·兰非常生气。
“Quite right, Conseil. As usual, you speak with your mind and not your heart.”
“完全正确，康塞尔。像往常一样，你用你的思想说话，而不是用你的心说话。”
They spoke a language which I did not understand. I spoke to them in French, German and English. I told them our story, but they did not seem to understand. Mr Land got angry again.
他们说的语言，我不明白。我向他们讲法语德语和英语。我告诉他们我们的故事，但他们似乎并不理解。兰先生又生气了。
“Don’t use all your energy, Mr Land. We may need it later.”
“不要用完你所有的体力，兰先生。我们可能以后会需要它。”
The door opened again after some minutes. Two men stood there in front of us. One was tall with dark serious eyes. The other was short. He looked at us without any interest. The two men wore black hats and shoes made from seal skin. Their clothes looked thin and comfortable.
几分钟后门又开了。两个男人站在我们面前。一个高大的眼睛黑暗严肃的。另一个是矮的。他看着我们没有任何兴趣。两人戴着黑帽子，用海豹皮鞋。他们的衣服看起来紧身和舒适。
“That means that you are free to see all the wonderful things under the sea. No man in your world can ever see these things. I am saying, gentlemen, that you are very lucky!”
“这意味着你可以自由地把观赏海底所有美好的事物。在你的世界里，没有人能看到这些东西。我说，先生，你很幸运！”
“There’s no reason to be angry, Mr Land. It is I who should be angry with you.”
“你没有理由生气，兰先生。生气应该是我。”
“You listen to me! You let us off this ship or…”
“你听我说！你让我们离开这艘船或者…”
“You mean well never go home again? That’s impossible!”
“你的意思是永远都不能再回家了吗？那是不可能的！”
“Mr Land, you gave me no choice. I do not want anybody to know my secret. You attacked my ship. You found me. Now, you must do what I say.”
“兰先生，你别无选择。我不想让任何人知道我的秘密。你袭击了我的船。你发现了我。现在，你必须照我说的去做。”
Ned Land was not happy at all. I can only say that I was very interested in this strange man. Where did he come from? Why did he leave “our” world?
尼德·兰一点都不快乐。我只能说我对这个怪人很感兴趣。他从哪里来？他为什么离开我们的世界？
The tall man was calm and he spoke perfect English. He surprised all of us, and we didn’t say a word.
那个高个子男人很镇静，英语说得很好。他使我们大家都感到惊讶，我们一句话也没说。
“What does that mean, Captain?”
“你这是什么意思，船长？”
“You are on the Nautilus. I am its captain, and my name is Captain Nemo. This ship, and my own life, is a secret to the outside world. I do not want to see that world again. I live here, under the sea. You will stay here with me, but you will have the same freedom everyone else on the ship has.”
“你在鹦鹉螺号上。我是船长，我的名字是尼莫船长。这艘船和我，是外界的是一个秘密。我不想再看到这个世界。我住在这里，在海底。你会留在这里和我在一起，但你会有和船上其他人一样的自由。”
“Professor, may I show you something?”
“教授，我可以给你看些东西么？”
Captain Nemo spoke to the short man in their strange language, then the short man left us. Then he tried to be friendly.
尼莫上尉用他们奇怪的语言对矮个子说话，然后矮个子离开了我们。然后他试着友好相处。
“You will not find life on the Nautilus so bad. We have wonderful food, and your rooms are very comfortable.”
“你会发觉在鹦鹉螺号生活并不如此糟糕。我们有美味的食物，您的房间也很舒适。
The Captain showed Ned and Conseil to their rooms, but he stopped me for a moment.
船长带尼德和康塞尔去参观他们的房间，他阻止了我一会儿。
“I read your book, Professor. You know a lot about sea life. You see. I enjoy sea life.”
“我读过你的书，教授。你知道很多关于海的生活。你看。我喜欢海洋生活。
“Why, of course.”
“当然，为什么不呢。”
“Well, I enjoy this room, but what I really prefer is looking out there.”
“嗯，我喜欢这个房间，但我真正喜欢的是看外面的房间。”
Captain Nemo took me down to the bottom of the Nautilus, where there was a room like a large museum. It had pictures by famous painters on the walls and glass cases with beautiful shells from the sea.
队长尼莫带我到鹦鹉螺号的底部，那里有一个房间，像一个大博物馆。墙上有著名画家的画和玻璃盒子，里面有美丽的贝壳。
“You have things here that most people only read about, Captain.”
“这里有很多人都读过你的东西，船长。”
The Captain pressed a button and two of the walls opened up. Behind them, there were large glass windows looking out onto the sea. A white light coming from the ship made everything easy to see. I stood in front of the window like a small boy at the zoo, and, believe me, I didn’t feel at all like Captain Nemo’s prisoner.
船长按下一个按钮，两堵墙打开了。在他们身后，有一扇大玻璃窗可以向外眺望大海。船上发出的白光使一切都很容易看见。我像动物园里的一个小男孩一样站在窗前，相信我，我一点也不像尼莫船长的囚犯。
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