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1、TheMysteriousIslandbyJulesVerne1874Part1-DroppedfromtheCloudsChapter1"Arewerisingagain?""No.Onthecontrary.""Arewedescending?""Worsethanthat,captain!wearefalling!""ForHeaven'ssakeheaveouttheballast!""There!thelastsackisempty!""Doestheballoonrise?""No!"
2、"Ihearanoiselikethedashingofwaves.Theseaisbelowthecar!Itcannotbemorethan500feetfromus!""Overboardwitheveryweight!...everything!"Suchweretheloudandstartlingwordswhichresoundedthroughtheair,abovethevastwaterydesertofthePacific,aboutfouro'clockintheeveni
3、ngofthe23rdofMarch,1865.Fewcanpossiblyhaveforgottentheterriblestormfromthenortheast,inthemiddleoftheequinoxofthatyear.Thetempestragedwithoutintermissionfromthe18thtothe26thofMarch.ItsravageswereterribleinAmerica,Europe,andAsia,coveringadistanceofeight
4、eenhundredmiles,andextendingobliquelytotheequatorfromthethirty-fifthnorthparalleltothefortiethsouthparallel.Townswereoverthrown,forestsuprooted,coastsdevastatedbythemountainsofwaterwhichwereprecipitatedonthem,vesselscastontheshore,whichthepublishedacc
5、ountsnumberedbyhundreds,wholedistrictsleveledbywaterspoutswhichdestroyedeverythingtheypassedover,severalthousandpeoplecrushedonlandordrownedatsea;suchwerethetracesofitsfury,leftbythisdevastatingtempest.Itsurpassedindisastersthosewhichsofrightfullyrava
6、gedHavanaandGuadalupe,oneonthe25thofOctober,1810,theotheronthe26thofJuly,1825.Butwhilesomanycatastrophesweretakingplaceonlandandatsea,adramanotlessexcitingwasbeingenactedintheagitatedair.Infact,aballoon,asaballmightbecarriedonthesummitofawaterspout,ha
7、dbeentakenintothecirclingmovementofacolumnofairandhadtraversedspaceattherateofninetymilesanhour,turningroundandroundasifseizedbysomeaerialmaelstrom.Beneaththelowerpointoftheballoonswungacar,containingfivepassengers,scarcelyvisibleinthemidstofthethickv
8、apormingledwithspraywhichhungoverthesurfaceoftheocean.Whence,itmaybeasked,hadcomethatplaythingofthetempest?Fromwhatpartoftheworlddiditrise?Itsurelycouldnothavestartedduringthestorm.Butthestormhadragedfivedaysalready,andthefirstsymptomsweremani
