英语听书《白鲸记》第1004期

What d'ye see? cried Ahab, flattening¹ his face to the sky.

你们看到什么嘛？亚哈仰脸朝天叫道。

Nothing, nothing sir! was the sound hailing down in reply.

一点也没看到什么，一点也没有看到什么，先生！上面传下了回答声。

T'gallant sails! — stunsails! alow and aloft, and on both sides!

上帆——副帆！高高低低，前后两边都扯上去！

All sail being set, he now cast loose the life-line, reserved for swaying him to the main royal-mast head; and in a few moments they were hoisting² him thither³, when, while but two thirds of the way aloft, and while peering ahead through the horizontal vacancy⁴ between the main-top-sail and top-gallant-sail, he raised a gull-like cry in the air. "There she blows! — there she blows! A hump like a snow-hill! It is Moby Dick!"

所有的帆都扯上了，他把准备在那里以便把他扯到主最上桅顶去的救生索一解；不一会，人们便把他升了上去，可是，在升到三分之二的高处，等他在主上桅和主中桅的空隙间往前一望的时候，他在半空里象海鸥似的叫了起来。"它在那边喷水啦！——它就在那边喷水啦！象雪山一样的背峰！它就是莫比－迪克！"

Fired by the cry which seemed simultaneously⁵ taken up by the three look-outs, the men on deck rushed to the rigging to behold⁶ the famous whale they had so long been pursuing. Ahab had now gained his final perch⁷, some feet above the other look-outs, Tashtego standing⁸ just beneath him on the cap of the top-gallant-mast, so that the Indian's head was almost on a level with Ahab's heel. From this height the whale was now seen some mile or so ahead, at every roll of the sea revealing his high sparkling hump, and regularly jetting his silent spout⁹ into the air. To the credulous¹⁰ mariners¹¹ it seemed the same silent spout they had so long ago beheld¹² in the moonlit Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

甲板上的人被那似乎是三个瞭望者同声喊出的呼号激动了，连忙奔向索具那边，去看一看他们久在追逐的那条著名大鲸。亚哈这时已经到了他最后的栖止地，地位约比其他的瞭望者高出几英尺，塔斯蒂哥就站在他下边的上桅顶上，因此，这个印第安人的头差不多齐亚哈的脚跟。从这个高处，可以看到现在那条在正前方几英里的大鲸，浪潮每一翻腾，就露出它的高大而闪光的驼峰，和它那按时喷向空中的悄莫声儿的喷水。在那些老实的水手看来，那似乎就是他们好久以前，在大西洋和印度洋的月光下所看到的同样的悄莫声儿的喷水。

And did none of ye see it before? cried Ahab, hailing the perched men all around him.

难道刚才你们一个人也没有看到它嘛？亚哈对他四下的桅顶上的人叫道。

1 flattening   

n. 修平 动词flatten的现在分词

参考例句：

• Flattening of the right atrial border is also seen in constrictive pericarditis. 右心房缘变平亦见于缩窄性心包炎。
• He busied his fingers with flattening the leaves of the book. 他手指忙着抚平书页。

2 hoisting   

起重，提升

参考例句：

• The hoisting capacity of that gin pole (girder pole, guy derrick) is sixty tons. 那个起重抱杆（格状抱杆、转盘抱杆）的起重能力为60吨。 来自口语例句
• We must use mechanical hoisting to load the goods. 我们必须用起重机来装载货物。

3 thither   

adv.向那里；adj.在那边的，对岸的

参考例句：

• He wandered hither and thither looking for a playmate.他逛来逛去找玩伴。
• He tramped hither and thither.他到处流浪。

4 vacancy   

n.（旅馆的）空位，空房，（职务的）空缺

参考例句：

• Her going on maternity leave will create a temporary vacancy.她休产假时将会有一个临时空缺。
• The vacancy of her expression made me doubt if she was listening.她茫然的神情让我怀疑她是否在听。

5 simultaneously   

adv.同时发生地，同时进行地

参考例句：

• The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
• The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。

6 behold   

v.看，注视，看到

参考例句：

• The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
• The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold.海滨日出真是个奇景。

7 perch   

n.栖木，高位，杆；v.栖息，就位，位于

参考例句：

• The bird took its perch.鸟停歇在栖木上。
• Little birds perch themselves on the branches.小鸟儿栖歇在树枝上。

8 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

9 spout   

v.喷出，涌出；滔滔不绝地讲；n.喷管；水柱

参考例句：

• Implication in folk wealth creativity and undertaking vigor spout.蕴藏于民间的财富创造力和创业活力喷涌而出。
• This acts as a spout to drain off water during a rainstorm.在暴风雨季，这东西被用作喷管来排水。

10 credulous   

adj.轻信的，易信的

参考例句：

• You must be credulous if she fooled you with that story.连她那种话都能把你骗倒，你一定是太容易相信别人了。
• Credulous attitude will only make you take anything for granted.轻信的态度只会使你想当然。

11 mariners   

海员，水手（mariner的复数形式）

参考例句：

• Mariners were also able to fix their latitude by using an instrument called astrolabe. 海员们还可使用星盘这种仪器确定纬度。
• The ancient mariners traversed the sea. 古代的海员漂洋过海。

12 beheld   

v.看，注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 )；瞧；看呀；（叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现）哎哟

参考例句：

• His eyes had never beheld such opulence. 他从未见过这样的财富。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The soul beheld its features in the mirror of the passing moment. 灵魂在逝去的瞬间的镜子中看到了自己的模样。 来自英汉文学 - 红字