英语听书《白鲸记》第1005期

 

I saw him almost that same instant, sir, that Captain Ahab did, and I cried out, said Tashtego.

我差不多是跟亚哈船长同时同刻看到了它，我就叫起来的，先生，塔斯蒂哥说道。

Not the same instant; not the same — no, the doubloon is mine, Fate reserved the doubloon for me. I only; none of ye could have raised the White Whale first. There she blows! there she blows! — there she blows! — there she blows! There again! — there again! he cried, in long-drawn, lingering, methodic tones, attuned¹ to the gradual prolongings of the whale's visible jets. "He's going to sound! In stunsails! Down top-gallant-sails! Stand by three boats. Mr. Starbuck, remember, stay on board, and keep the ship. Helm there! Luff, luff a point! So; steady, man, steady! There go flukes! No, no; only black water! All ready the boats there? Stand by, stand by! Lower me, Mr. Starbuck; lower, lower, — quick, quicker!" and he slid through the air to the deck.

不是同时同刻；不是同——不，那只金币是我的啦，命运之神为我保存了那只金币。只有我，你们一个也没能首先发现这条白鲸。瞧，它又在喷水，它又在喷水！——它又在喷水了！它又喷起来！——又喷起来了！他高声叫喊，声调曳长、悠扬、富有节奏，跟那条鲸慢悠悠迸射出来的明显的喷水遥相配合。"它要钻进水里去了！扯挺副帆！放下上帆！三只小艇都准备起来。斯达巴克先生，请记住，你留在船上，看守船。注意舵呀！稍微贴近风向行驶，贴近风向行驶！好，别慌，喂，别慌！又在喷水啦！不，不；只是一团黑水！小艇都准备好了嘛？准备，准备！斯达巴克先生，把我放下来；放下来，——快点，还要快点！"说着，他就从空中滑到甲板上。

He is heading straight to leeward², sir, cried Stubb, "right away from us; cannot have seen the ship yet."

它在往下风笔直奔去啦，先生，斯塔布喊道，"就要离开我们了，还没有看到我们的船呢。"

Be dumb, man! Stand by the braces⁴! Hard down the helm! — brace³ up! Shiver her! — shiver her! — So; well that! Boats, boats!

住嘴，喂！准备好转帆索！扳住舵！——撑住帆桁！滚起滑车轮！——滚起滑车轮——唔；行啦！小艇，小艇！

Soon all the boats but Starbuck's were dropped; all the boat-sails set — all the paddles plying⁵; with rippling⁶ swiftness, shooting to leeward; and Ahab heading the onset⁷. A pale, death-glimmer lit up Fedallah's sunken eyes; a hideous⁸ motion gnawed⁹ his mouth.

不一会，除了斯达巴克的小艇外，其余的小艇都被放下水去；所有的小艇全都扯起了帆——全都划起了桨；迅疾地激起阵阵涟漪，直向下风射去，亚哈领头当先。费达拉那双凹陷的眼睛里闪起一阵灰蒙蒙的死光；嘴巴一咬，煞是吓人。

1 attuned   

v.使协调( attune的过去式和过去分词 )；调音

参考例句：

• She wasn't yet attuned to her baby's needs. 她还没有熟悉她宝宝的需要。
• Women attuned to sensitive men found Vincent Lord attractive. 偏爱敏感男子的女人，觉得文森特·洛德具有魅力。 来自辞典例句

2 leeward   

adj.背风的；下风的

参考例句：

• The trees all listed to leeward.树木统统向下风方向倾。
• We steered a course to leeward.我们向下风航驶。

3 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。

4 braces   

n.吊带，背带；托架( brace的名词复数 )；箍子；括弧；（儿童）牙箍v.支住( brace的第三人称单数 )；撑牢；使自己站稳；振作起来

参考例句：

• The table is shaky because the braces are loose. 这张桌子摇摇晃晃，因为支架全松了。
• You don't need braces if you're wearing a belt! 要系腰带，就用不着吊带了。

5 plying   

v.使用（工具）( ply的现在分词 )；经常供应（食物、饮料）；固定往来；经营生意

参考例句：

• All manner of hawkers and street sellers were plying their trade. 形形色色的沿街小贩都在做着自己的买卖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It was rather Mrs. Wang who led the conversation, plying Miss Liu with questions. 倒是汪太太谈锋甚健，向刘小姐问长问短。 来自汉英文学 - 围城

6 rippling   

起涟漪的，潺潺流水般声音的

参考例句：

• I could see the dawn breeze rippling the shining water. 我能看见黎明的微风在波光粼粼的水面上吹出道道涟漪。
• The pool rippling was caused by the waving of the reeds. 池塘里的潺潺声是芦苇摇动时引起的。

7 onset   

n.进攻，袭击，开始，突然开始

参考例句：

• The drug must be taken from the onset of the infection.这种药必须在感染的最初期就开始服用。
• Our troops withstood the onset of the enemy.我们的部队抵挡住了敌人的进攻。

8 hideous   

adj.丑陋的，可憎的，可怕的，恐怖的

参考例句：

• The whole experience had been like some hideous nightmare.整个经历就像一场可怕的噩梦。
• They're not like dogs,they're hideous brutes.它们不像狗，是丑陋的畜牲。

9 gnawed   

咬( gnaw的过去式和过去分词 )； （长时间） 折磨某人； （使）苦恼； （长时间）危害某事物

参考例句：

• His attitude towards her gnawed away at her confidence. 他对她的态度一直在削弱她的自尊心。
• The root of this dead tree has been gnawed away by ants. 这棵死树根被蚂蚁唼了。