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No small part of those winter months was lived underground by Byrd and his men, or nearly underground.
在冬季的那幾個月的大多數(shù)時間里，伯德和他的手下都住在地下，或是接近地下的地方。
They went by tunnel from the Administration Building to the Mess Hall.
他們穿過隧道從行政大樓進(jìn)入食堂。
By tunnel, too, they could reach others of the most important buildings.
通過隧道也可能進(jìn)入其他地方。
Poking their heads out of doors into the gray blackness of the night, Byrd's men were almost sure at times that they heard the singing of birds.
伯德的手下把頭伸到門外就會感到無盡的黑暗，有時有人幾乎確定聽到了鳥兒的歌唱聲。
Often two of the men would look sharply at each other in wondering surprise as their ears caught sounds which were strangely like the shrill, sharp cries of animals.
通常是兩個人警惕地盯著對方，他們驚訝地聽到了奇怪的聲音，就像動物們尖銳刺耳的叫聲。
At other times there were curious groans and moans.
有時也會聽到奇怪的嘆息和呻吟。
And even in the shelter of their quarters sometimes the men caught a rumbling, rolling murmur which could have been nothing but a trolley car in the distance, except that they knew that there were no such things as trolley cars about.
甚至在他們住處的掩蔽處，有時他們聽到一陣轟隆隆滾動的雜音，有時那可能只是遠(yuǎn)方的電車，只是他們知道根本沒有電車這種東西。
All these magic sounds, and more were made by the restless shifting of the ice upon which their houses stood;
這些神奇的聲音，更多是由于他們的房子所處的冰層不停地移動而發(fā)出的；
by the pressure of the water beneath the ice; and by the furious winds which tore constantly at the roofs.
這是由于冰下的水的壓力引起的；還有狂風(fēng)不停地掛著屋頂引起的。
These magic sounds would have been even more disturbing than they were if the inside of the Mess Hall and the Administration Building had been as dark as was the icy snow-field without.
如果食堂和行政大樓的內(nèi)部和外面冰冷的雪地一樣黑暗，這些神奇的聲音會比它們更令人不安。
Happily, the Byrd expedition brought with it a complete outfit of electric equipment to brighten its antarctic home.
令人高興的是，伯德探險隊(duì)帶來了一套完整的電力設(shè)備來照亮南極的家園。
