英语听书《白鲸记》第1013期

The Pequod's prows¹ were pointed-, and breaking up the charmed circle, she effectually parted the white whale from his victim. As he sullenly² swam off, the boats flew to the rescue.

裴廓德号船头一掉，迎风驶去，冲破那个魔法似的圈圈，总算把白鲸跟它那些受害者给隔开了。白鲸悻悻地游开了，小艇飞快地划去营救。

Dragged into Stubb's boat with blood-shot, blinded eyes, the white brine caking in his wrinkles; the long tension of Ahab's bodily strength did crack, and helplessly he yielded to his body's doom³ for a time, lying all crushed in the bottom of Stubb's boat, like one trodden under foot of herds⁴ of elephants. Far inland, nameless wails⁵ came from him, as desolate⁶ sounds from out ravines.

人们把亚哈拖进了斯塔布的小艇里，亚哈两眼充血，眼花缭乱，脸上的皱纹都粘着白花花的泪水；他那紧张了好久的体力确实是垮了，暂时不得不因他这个倒楣身体而服输，萎瘪瘪地躺在斯塔布的艇肚里，象个遭到象群践踏过的人。他发出的幽沉而难以形容的哭声，犹如来自远方的深谷孤音。

But this intensity⁷ of his physical prostration⁸ did but so much the more abbreviate⁹ it. In an instant's compass, great hearts sometimes condense to one deep pang¹⁰, the sum total of those shallow pains kindly¹¹ diffused¹² through feebler men's whole lives. And so, such hearts, though summary in each one suffering; still, if the gods decree it, in their life-time aggregate¹³ a whole age of woe¹⁴, wholly made up of instantaneous intensities¹⁵; for even in their pointless centres, those noble natures contain the entire circumferences¹⁶ of inferior souls.

可是，他这种体力上的剧烈虚脱，却反而来得快也消得快。伟大人物，刹那间所积起的深重痛苦，往往等于常人终其一生所经历的全部平淡痛苦。因此，这种人物，尽管是一桩一桩苦难加起来的，然而，如果天意已定，他们一生的经历便成了整整一个时代的悲痛；而且完全是多次的刹那间的剧烈痛苦积聚起来的，因为哪怕是他们的最微末的一点痛苦，就其高尚的性质说来，就抵得上低劣的人整整一生的痛苦。

The harpoon¹⁷, said Ahab, half way rising, and draggingly leaning on one bended arm — "is it safe?"

标枪，亚哈抬起半个身子来，慢吞吞地用一只曲起的胳臂支撑着——"没有出毛病吧？"

Aye, sir, for it was not darted¹⁸; this is it, said Stubb, showing it.

没有，先生，它还没有用过；喏，在这里，斯塔布把标枪拿给他看。

Lay it before me; — any missing men?

把它放在我面前；——有没有人失踪？

One, two, three, four, five; — there were five oars¹⁹, sir, and here are five men.

一，二，三，四，五；——一共五支桨，先生，五个人都在这里。

1 prows   

n.船首( prow的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The prows of the UNSC ships flared as their magnetic accelerator cannons fired. UNSC战舰的舰首展开，磁力大炮开火了。 来自互联网

2 sullenly   

不高兴地，绷着脸，忧郁地

参考例句：

• 'so what?" Tom said sullenly. “那又怎么样呢？”汤姆绷着脸说。
• Emptiness after the paper, I sIt'sullenly in front of the stove. 报看完，想不出能找点什么事做，只好一人坐在火炉旁生气。

3 doom   

n.厄运，劫数；v.注定，命定

参考例句：

• The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
• The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。

4 herds   

兽群( herd的名词复数 )； 牧群； 人群； 群众

参考例句：

• Regularly at daybreak they drive their herds to the pasture. 每天天一亮他们就把牲畜赶到草场上去。
• There we saw herds of cows grazing on the pasture. 我们在那里看到一群群的牛在草地上吃草。

5 wails   

痛哭，哭声( wail的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The child burst into loud wails. 那个孩子突然大哭起来。
• Through this glaciated silence the white wails of the apartment fixed arbitrary planes. 在这冰封似的沉寂中，公寓的白色墙壁构成了一个个任意的平面。 来自英汉非文学 - 科幻

6 desolate   

adj.荒凉的，荒芜的；孤独的，凄凉的；v.使荒芜，使孤寂

参考例句：

• The city was burned into a desolate waste.那座城市被烧成一片废墟。
• We all felt absolutely desolate when she left.她走后，我们都觉得万分孤寂。

7 intensity   

n.强烈，剧烈；强度；烈度

参考例句：

• I didn't realize the intensity of people's feelings on this issue.我没有意识到这一问题能引起群情激奋。
• The strike is growing in intensity.罢工日益加剧。

8 prostration   

n. 平伏, 跪倒, 疲劳

参考例句：

• a state of prostration brought on by the heat 暑热导致的虚脱状态
• A long period of worrying led to her nervous prostration. 长期的焦虑导致她的神经衰弱。

9 abbreviate   

v.缩写，使...简略，缩短

参考例句：

• She had lost the power to abbreviate the remaining steps of the way.她丧失了缩短这最后几步路的能力。
• It is seldom acceptable to abbreviate words in formal writing.在正式的书面语中使用缩写语通常是不能接受的。

10 pang   

n.剧痛，悲痛，苦闷

参考例句：

• She experienced a sharp pang of disappointment.她经历了失望的巨大痛苦。
• She was beginning to know the pang of disappointed love.她开始尝到了失恋的痛苦。

11 kindly   

adj.和蔼的，温和的，爽快的；adv.温和地，亲切地

参考例句：

• Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
• A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。

12 diffused   

散布的，普及的，扩散的

参考例句：

• A drop of milk diffused in the water. 一滴牛奶在水中扩散开来。
• Gases and liquids diffused. 气体和液体慢慢混合了。

13 aggregate   

adj.总计的，集合的；n.总数；v.合计；集合

参考例句：

• The football team had a low goal aggregate last season.这支足球队上个赛季的进球总数很少。
• The money collected will aggregate a thousand dollars.进帐总额将达一千美元。

14 woe   

n.悲哀，苦痛，不幸，困难；int.用来表达悲伤或惊慌

参考例句：

• Our two peoples are brothers sharing weal and woe.我们两国人民是患难与共的兄弟。
• A man is well or woe as he thinks himself so.自认祸是祸，自认福是福。

15 intensities   

n.强烈( intensity的名词复数 )；（感情的）强烈程度；强度；烈度

参考例句：

• At very high intensities, nuclear radiations cause itching and tingling of the skin. 当核辐射强度很高时，它能使皮肤感到发痒和刺痛。 来自辞典例句
• They ask again and again in a variety of ways and intensities. 他们会以不同的方式和强度来不停地问，直到他得到自己想要的答案为止。 来自互联网

16 circumferences   

周围，圆周( circumference的名词复数 )

参考例句：

17 harpoon   

n.鱼叉；vt.用鱼叉叉，用鱼叉捕获

参考例句：

• The harpoon drove deep into the body of the whale.渔叉深深地扎进鲸鱼体内。
• The fisherman transfixed the shark with a harpoon.渔夫用鱼叉刺住鲨鱼。

18 darted   

v.投掷，投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 )；向前冲，飞奔

参考例句：

• The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect. 蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The old man was displeased and darted an angry look at me. 老人不高兴了，瞪了我一眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》

19 oars   

n.桨，橹( oar的名词复数 )；划手v.划（行）( oar的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He pulled as hard as he could on the oars. 他拼命地划桨。
• The sailors are bending to the oars. 水手们在拼命地划桨。 来自《简明英汉词典》