Seeing how confident my uncle was about his decision to go to the center of the earth, I realized that there was no way I could persuade him not to go; and I would be forced to go along, as well.
看到我叔叔去地心的决定毫无动摇,我意识到我无法劝阻他,而且我将被迫前往。
"Yes, I believe this document could be real," I said, "and perhaps Saknussemm did go to the center of the earth, but I so not believe he could have gone and come back from the center of the earth alone."
"And why do you have such an opinion?" my uncle asked with a smile.
“那么你为什么这么认为呢?”我叔叔微笑着问。
"Most scientists say it cannot be done; they believe the earth is quite hot at the center of the earth, which would not allow us to reach the center alive. It is well-known that heat rises about one degree for every forty feet below the surface of the earth. From the surface of the earth to the center, there is a distance of nearly thirty-eight hundred miles, so the temperature at the center of the earth should be about half a million degrees."