英语听书《白鲸记》第1015期

At the well known, methodic intervals¹, the whale's glittering spout² was regularly announced from the manned mast-heads; and when he would be reported as just gone down, Ahab would take the time, and then pacing the deck, binnacle-watch in hand, so soon as the last second of the allotted³ hour expired, his voice was heard. — "Whose is the doubloon now? D'ye see him?" and if the reply was No, sir! straightway he commanded them to lift him to his perch⁴. In this way the day wore on; Ahab, now aloft and motionless; anon, unrestingly pacing the planks⁵.

桅顶上的人，按部就班地定时定刻报告大鲸的闪光的喷水；每当报告它刚刚沉下去了时，亚哈就把时辰记下，然后，手里拿着罗盘表，在甲板上踱来踱去，一到过了预定时刻的最后一秒钟，便听到了他的声音——。"这会儿那枚金币该谁的喽？你们可看到白鲸嘛？"如果回答是：没有，先生！他就立即叫人把他升到他的守望岗位上去。一天就这样地过去；亚哈一会儿高高在上，一动不动；一会儿又爬下来，心绪不宁地在船板上踱来踱去。

As he was thus walking, uttering no sound, except to hail the men aloft, or to bid them hoist⁶ a sail still higher, or to spread one to a still greater breadth — thus to and fro pacing, beneath his slouched hat, at every turn he passed his own wrecked⁹ boat, which had been dropped upon the quarter-deck, and lay there reversed; broken bow to shattered stern. At last he paused before it; and as in an already over-clouded sky fresh troops of clouds will sometimes sail across, so over the old man's face there now stole some such added gloom as this.

他这样走来走去，一声不吭，除了招呼一下上边的人，或者教他们把一张风帆再扯高些，或者把另一张风帆再张大些——他就这样低挂着帽子，来回地踱着，每一转身，他总要望一望他自己那只破艇。这只破艇放在后甲板上，倒头放在那里，残破的艇头跟粉碎的艇梢对换了位置。最后，他在小艇跟前停将下来；好象在那本来已是满天乌黑的天空中，不时又有阵阵的流云掠过那样，这个老人脸上，这会儿也是这样，又悄悄添上一层忧郁的神色。

Stubb saw him pause; and perhaps intending, not vainly, though, to evince his own unabated fortitude¹⁰, and thus keep up a valiant¹¹ place in his Captain's mind, he advanced, and eyeing the wreck⁸ exclaimed — "The thistle the ass⁷ refused; it pricked¹² his mouth too keenly, sir; ha! ha! ha!"

斯塔布看到亚哈停下来；也许是有意（虽说并无得意洋洋之概）要表现一下他自己的毫不衰退的坚忍不拔的精神，从而使他在船长心里留下一个勇敢的印象，他走上前去，眼睛瞪着那只破艇，喊道——"这是连驴子也不吃的蓟；因为会把它的嘴戳得太厉害，先生，哈！哈！"

1 intervals   

n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 )；间隔时间；[数学]区间；（戏剧、电影或音乐会的）幕间休息

参考例句：

• The forecast said there would be sunny intervals and showers. 预报间晴，有阵雨。
• Meetings take place at fortnightly intervals. 每两周开一次会。

2 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。

3 allotted   

分配，拨给，摊派( allot的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I completed the test within the time allotted . 我在限定的时间内完成了试验。
• Each passenger slept on the berth allotted to him. 每个旅客都睡在分配给他的铺位上。

4 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。

5 planks   

（厚）木板( plank的名词复数 )； 政纲条目，政策要点

参考例句：

• The house was built solidly of rough wooden planks. 这房子是用粗木板牢固地建造的。
• We sawed the log into planks. 我们把木头锯成了木板。

6 hoist   

n.升高，起重机，推动；v.升起，升高，举起

参考例句：

• By using a hoist the movers were able to sling the piano to the third floor.搬运工人用吊车才把钢琴吊到3楼。
• Hoist the Chinese flag on the flagpole,please!请在旗杆上升起中国国旗！

7 ass   

n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人

参考例句：

• He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
• An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。

8 wreck   

n.失事，遇难；沉船；vt.(船等)失事，遇难

参考例句：

• Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
• No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。

9 wrecked   

adj.失事的，遇难的

参考例句：

• the hulk of a wrecked ship 遇难轮船的残骸
• the salvage of the wrecked tanker 对失事油轮的打捞

10 fortitude   

n.坚忍不拔；刚毅

参考例句：

• His dauntless fortitude makes him absolutely fearless.他不屈不挠的坚韧让他绝无恐惧。
• He bore the pain with great fortitude.他以极大的毅力忍受了痛苦。

11 valiant   

adj.勇敢的，英勇的；n.勇士，勇敢的人

参考例句：

• He had the fame of being very valiant.他的勇敢是出名的。
• Despite valiant efforts by the finance minister,inflation rose to 36%.尽管财政部部长采取了一系列果决措施，通货膨胀率还是涨到了36%。

12 pricked   

刺，扎，戳( prick的过去式和过去分词 )； 刺伤； 刺痛； 使剧痛

参考例句：

• The cook pricked a few holes in the pastry. 厨师在馅饼上戳了几个洞。
• He was pricked by his conscience. 他受到良心的谴责。