英语听书《白鲸记》第995期

Then turning to his crew — "Are ye ready there? place the plank¹ then on the rail, and lift the body; so, then — Oh! God" — advancing towards the hammock with uplifted hands — "may the resurrection and the life-"

接着，他对着他的水手说——"你们都准备好了嘛？那么，把木板搁在栏杆上，把尸体抬起来；唔，好——天呵！"他高举起双手，向那吊铺走去——"但愿超生——"

Brace² forward! Up helm! cried Ahab like lightning to his men.

转起帆桁！转舵迎风！亚哈象闪电般对水手叫道。

But the suddenly started Pequod was not quick enough to escape the sound of the splash that the corpse³ soon made as it struck the sea; not so quick, indeed, but that some of the flying bubbles might have sprinkled her hull⁴ with their ghostly baptism.

但是，这艘蓦地驶去的"裴廓德号"，却来不及回避那架尸体落进海里所激起的泼溅声；确实是来不及回避，那些飞沫还可能以它们的鬼魂洗礼式泼在船身上。

As Ahab now glided⁵ from the dejected Delight, the strange life-buoy hanging at the Pequod's stern came into conspicuous⁶ relief.

就在亚哈避开了那艘垂头丧气的"欢喜号"的时候，那只挂在"裴廓德号"船梢的奇特救生圈，越来越叫人看得清晰了。

Ha! yonder! look yonder, men! cried a foreboding voice in her wake. "In vain, oh, ye strangers, ye fly our sad burial; ye but turn us your taffrail to show us your coffin⁷!"

哈哈！那边，看那边！你们大家！"裴廓德号的后边传来了一声预言的叫喊。"枉费的，你们这些陌生人呵，你们避开了我们的悲伤的葬礼；可是，一转屁股，却让我们看到你们的棺材啦！"

Chapter 132 The Symphony

第一百三十二章 交响乐

It was a clear steel-blue day. The firmaments of air and sea were hardly separable in that all-pervading azure⁸; only, the pensive⁹ air was transparently¹⁰ pure and soft, with a woman's look, and the robust¹¹ and man-like sea heaved with long, strong, lingering swells¹², as Samson's chest in his sleep.

天空晴朗，呈钢青色。在一片蔚蓝中，海空简直交融在一起；只是那显得焦虑的天际明朗得又清又滑，象个女人的脸，而那个粗犷、男人也似的海洋，却不住地起伏，有力而迟缓，象是熟睡的参孙的胸脯。

1 plank   

n.板条，木板，政策要点，政纲条目

参考例句：

• The plank was set against the wall.木板靠着墙壁。
• They intend to win the next election on the plank of developing trade.他们想以发展贸易的纲领来赢得下次选举。

2 brace   

n. 支柱,曲柄,大括号; v. 绷紧,顶住,(为困难或坏事)做准备

参考例句：

• My daughter has to wear a brace on her teeth. 我的女儿得戴牙套以矫正牙齿。
• You had better brace yourself for some bad news. 有些坏消息,你最好做好准备。

3 corpse   

n.尸体，死尸

参考例句：

• What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。
• The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。

4 hull   

n.船身；(果、实等的)外壳；vt.去(谷物等)壳

参考例句：

• The outer surface of ship's hull is very hard.船体的外表面非常坚硬。
• The boat's hull has been staved in by the tremendous seas.小船壳让巨浪打穿了。

5 glided   

v.滑动( glide的过去式和过去分词 )；掠过；（鸟或飞机 ） 滑翔

参考例句：

• The President's motorcade glided by. 总统的车队一溜烟开了过去。
• They glided along the wall until they were out of sight. 他们沿着墙壁溜得无影无踪。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 conspicuous   

adj.明眼的，惹人注目的；炫耀的，摆阔气的

参考例句：

• It is conspicuous that smoking is harmful to health.很明显，抽烟对健康有害。
• Its colouring makes it highly conspicuous.它的色彩使它非常惹人注目。

7 coffin   

n.棺材，灵柩

参考例句：

• When one's coffin is covered,all discussion about him can be settled.盖棺论定。
• The coffin was placed in the grave.那口棺材已安放到坟墓里去了。

8 azure   

adj.天蓝色的，蔚蓝色的

参考例句：

• His eyes are azure.他的眼睛是天蓝色的。
• The sun shone out of a clear azure sky.清朗蔚蓝的天空中阳光明媚。

9 pensive   

a.沉思的,哀思的,忧沉的

参考例句：

• He looked suddenly sombre,pensive.他突然看起来很阴郁，一副忧虑的样子。
• He became so pensive that she didn't like to break into his thought.他陷入沉思之中,她不想打断他的思路。

10 transparently   

明亮地，显然地，易觉察地

参考例句：

• "Clearly plots,'said Jacques Three. "Transparently!" “显然是搞阴谋，”雅克三号说，“再清楚不过了。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
• All design transparently, convenient for the file identification inside the bag. 全透明设计，方便袋内文件识别。

11 robust   

adj.强壮的，强健的，粗野的，需要体力的，浓的

参考例句：

• She is too tall and robust.她个子太高，身体太壮。
• China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道，中国希望保持经济强势增长，以减少贫困和失业状况。

12 swells   

增强( swell的第三人称单数 )； 肿胀； （使）凸出； 充满（激情）

参考例句：

• The waters were heaving up in great swells. 河水正在急剧上升。
• A barrel swells in the middle. 水桶中部隆起。