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Mr. Phileas Fogg's Wager of ￡20,000
菲利亞·福格先生的20000英鎊賭注
Jules Verne
儒勒·凡爾納
Mr. Phileas Fogg was a precise man living in London. He was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club. On October 2, 1872, Wednesday, at the Club, he wagered ￡20,000 against five club members and bet that he could go around the world in 80 days.
菲利亞·福格生活在倫敦，是一個(gè)嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)?shù)娜耍彩歉牧紓槝凡恐凶钜俗⒛康某蓡T之一。在 1872年10月2日星期三那天，福格先生在俱樂部里押注2萬英鎊，與另外五個(gè)倶樂部成員打賭他會(huì)在80天內(nèi)環(huán)游地球一周。
After dinner, at twenty minutes before six, Mr. Fogg re-appeared in the reading-room, sat down and began to read the newspapers again. Half an hour later several members of the Reform came in and drew up to the fireplace, where a coal fire was steadily burning. They were Mr. Fogg's usual partners at whist: Andrew Stuart, an engineer; John Sullivan and Samuel Fallentin, bankers; Thomas Flanagan, a brewer; and Gauthier Ralph, one of the Directors of the Bank of England—all rich and highly respectable people.
5點(diǎn)40分吃過晚飯后，福格先生又出現(xiàn)在閱讀室，他坐下來再次讀起了報(bào)紙。半小時(shí)后，一些改良倶樂部的會(huì)員也進(jìn)來了，緊挨著炭火燒得很旺的壁爐坐下。他們都是常和福格先生一起玩惠斯特牌的牌友：安德魯·斯圖爾特是工程師，約翰·蘇利萬和薩繆爾·法郎丹是銀行家，托馬斯·弗拉納根是啤酒商，高杰·拉爾夫是英格蘭銀行董事會(huì)董事。這些人都是既有錢又有聲望的人。
"Well, Ralph," said Thomas Flanagan, "what about that robbery?"
“喂，拉爾夫，”托馬斯·弗拉納根問，“那場盜竊案怎么樣了？”
"Oh," replied Stuart, "the Bank will lose the money."
斯圖爾特答道：“哦，銀行會(huì)損失那筆錢。”
"On the contrary," broke in Ralph, "I hope we may catch the robber. Skilful detectives have been sent to all the principal ports of America and the Continent, and he'll be a clever fellow if he slips through their fingers."
高杰·拉爾夫打斷他的話，說道：“相反，我想我們會(huì)抓住那個(gè)竊賊的。很多能干的偵探已經(jīng)被派往美洲和西歐的重要港口，這位梁上君子要想逃脫偵探的手心可不容易。”
