The Giant Squid · 大烏賊之戰 · 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea · Traditional Mandarin · HSK 4

海面上的軍艦不停地向潛水艇開炮。尼莫船長不想被那些炮火打中。他立刻把潛水艇開進深海裡。只要潛得夠深，軍艦就打不到他們。可是未知深海裡的水壓非常大。潛水艇被水壓擠出可怕的聲音。教授和助手都覺得非常害怕。他們害怕潛水艇會被水壓弄壞。大家只能安靜地坐在房間裡等著。

突然，一隻巨大的大烏賊游了過來。這是一隻非常可怕的海底大野獸。大烏賊用長長的觸手把潛水艇抓起來。船長發現潛水艇已經不能動了。他馬上決定讓潛水艇浮出水面。這時海面上颳著大風，還下著大雨。這是一場非常危險的大風暴。雖然外面很危險，但是他們沒有選擇。大烏賊跟著他們一起從海裡浮出來。

潛水艇的門一打開，船員就衝出去。他們在大風雨中跟大烏賊打仗。大家勇敢地把武器拿出來。可是大烏賊的力量實在太大了。尼莫船長不小心被大烏賊抓住了。船長大聲地喊著：「快點來救命！」就在這時，尼德從下面衝出來。他拿著鋒利的魚叉跑過去救船長。他勇敢地把魚叉刺進大烏賊的身體。大烏賊痛得放開了受傷的船長。尼德馬上把船長安全地拉過去。

回到潛水艇以後，大家都鬆了一口氣。船長深深地被勇敢的尼德感動了。他沒想到這個人會跑出來保護他。這件事讓船長的想法完全改變了。船長感動地看著尼德和教授。他說：「謝謝你今天保護了我。」「我決定不再恨這個地上的世界了。」「只要大家願意，就能有真正的和平。」船長現在想要找尋真正的和平。他告訴教授，他已經準備好了。他不但決定放棄戰爭，而且要分享秘密。他要把自己的秘密告訴全人類。

語法 · Grammar

The 被 (bèi) Passive Voice

Receiver + 被 + (Doer) + Verb + Complement

The particle 被 marks a passive sentence, showing that the subject is the receiver of an action. In many of these examples, the subject experiences something undesirable, like being hit or grabbed, but it can also be used for being emotionally moved.

尼莫船長不想被那些炮火打中。Captain Nemo did not want to be hit by that artillery fire.

船長深深地被勇敢的尼德感動了。The captain was deeply moved by the brave Ned.

Conditions with 只要... 就...

只要 + Condition，就 + Result

This structure translates to 'As long as... then...'. It connects a required condition in the first clause to an inevitable result in the second clause.

只要潛得夠深，軍艦就打不到他們。As long as they dived deep enough, the warships could not hit them.

只要大家願意，就能有真正的和平。As long as everyone is willing, there can be true peace.

練習二 · Matching

Match each word to its meaning.

1.鋒利

2.風暴

3.戰爭

4.和平

5.巨大

a.peace

b.storm

c.giant

d.sharp

e.war

1-d · 2-b · 3-e · 4-a · 5-c

譯文 · Translation

The warships on the surface of the sea continuously fired at the submarine. Captain Nemo did not want to be hit by that artillery fire. He immediately drove the submarine into the deep sea. As long as they dived deep enough, the warships could not hit them. However, the water pressure in the unknown deep sea was very high. The submarine was squeezed by the water pressure, making terrifying sounds. Both the professor and the assistant felt extremely scared. They were afraid the submarine would be broken by the water pressure. Everyone could only sit quietly in their rooms and wait.

Suddenly, a giant squid swam over. This was a very terrifying giant beast of the seabed. The giant squid used its long tentacles to grab the submarine. The captain realized that the submarine could no longer move. He immediately decided to let the submarine surface. At this time, a strong wind was blowing and heavy rain was falling on the surface of the sea. This was a very dangerous severe storm. Although it was very dangerous outside, they had no choice. The giant squid followed them and surfaced from the sea together.

As soon as the submarine's door opened, the crew rushed out. They fought a battle with the giant squid in the heavy wind and rain. Everyone bravely took out their weapons. But the giant squid's strength was truly too great. Captain Nemo was accidentally grabbed by the giant squid. The captain shouted loudly, "Hurry up and save me!" Just at this moment, Ned rushed out from below. He ran over holding a sharp harpoon to save the captain. He bravely thrust the harpoon into the giant squid's body. The giant squid was in so much pain that it let go of the injured captain. Ned immediately pulled the captain over safely.

After returning to the submarine, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The captain was deeply moved by the brave Ned. He hadn't expected this person to run out and protect him. This incident completely changed the captain's thinking. The captain looked at Ned and the professor with emotion. He said, "Thank you for protecting me today." "I have decided not to hate this surface world anymore." "As long as everyone is willing, there can be true peace." The captain now wanted to seek true peace. He told the professor that he was already prepared. Not only did he decide to give up war, but he also wanted to share his secrets. He was going to tell his secrets to all of humanity.