英语听书《白鲸记》第1022期

For not by any calm and indolent spoutings; not by the peaceable gush¹ of that mystic fountain in his head, did the White Whale now reveal his vicinity; but by the far more wondrous² phenomenon of breaching⁴. Rising with his utmost velocity⁵ from the furthest depths, the Sperm⁶ Whale thus booms his entire bulk into the pure element of air, and piling up a mountain of dazzling foam⁷, shows his place to the distance of seven miles and more. In those moments, the torn, enraged⁸ waves he shakes off, seem his mane; in some cases, this breaching is his act of defiance⁹.

白鲸是这样近在眼前，人们不是看到它那平静而旁若无人的喷水；也不是看到它那发自它头部的神秘喷泉的平和的迸射；而是看到了远更奇妙的跳跃。这条抹香鲸从非常深的海底里用尽全力直冒了起来后，就此把它整个身躯全部显现在清澈的空中，高高地滚起一丘炫目的泡沫，教人看到它已在相距七英里多的地方。这时，它所震撼起来的飞溅的狂涛，似乎就是它的鬃毛。在某些方面说来，这种跳跃就是它的挑衅行为。

There she breaches¹⁰! there she breaches! was the cry, as in his immeasurable bravadoes the White Whale tossed himself salmon-like to Heaven. So suddenly seen in the blue plain of the sea, and relieved against the still bluer margin¹¹ of the sky, the spray that he raised, for the moment, intolerably glittered and glared like a glacier¹²; and stood there gradually fading and fading away from its first sparkling intensity¹³, to the dim mistiness¹⁴ of an advancing shower in a vale.

它在跳啦！它在跳啦！又是一阵叫声，这时，这条白鲸以它无限的骁勇，身子象只鲑鱼直冲云霄。在青翠的草原也似的海面上，衬着那个还要青翠的天边，突然看到它喷出来的水雾，顿时有如看到一条闪烁的冰河，闪闪发光，叫人眼睛难耐；接着，那条冰河从那开始时的炫眼的强度逐渐逐渐消退，终于变成山谷中行将到来的阵雨那么迷雾朦胧。

Aye, breach³ your last to the sun, Moby Dick! cried Ahab, "thy hour and thy harpoon¹⁵ are at hand! — Down! down all of ye, but one man at the fore¹⁶. The boats! — stand by!"

喂，莫比－迪克，向太阳跳你的终吧！亚哈叫道，"你的时辰和你的标枪已是近在眼前了！——下来！你们统统下来，留一个人在前桅上。小艇！——准备！"

Unmindful of the tedious rope-ladders of the shrouds¹⁷, the men, like shooting stars, slid to the deck, by the isolated¹⁸ backstays and halyards; while Ahab, less dartingly, but still rapidly was dropped from his perch¹⁹.

那些水手忘记踩着那些用护桅索做成的劳什子索梯，大家都象流星般从孤零零的后支索和桅索上一溜就溜到甲板上；亚哈虽然不象他们那样冲下来，还是很快就从他的岗位上落下来。

1 gush   

v.喷，涌；滔滔不绝(说话)；n.喷，涌流；迸发

参考例句：

• There was a gush of blood from the wound.血从伤口流出。
• There was a gush of blood as the arrow was pulled out from the arm.当从手臂上拔出箭来时，一股鲜血涌了出来。

2 wondrous   

adj.令人惊奇的，奇妙的；adv.惊人地；异乎寻常地；令人惊叹地

参考例句：

• The internal structure of the Department is wondrous to behold.看一下国务院的内部结构是很有意思的。
• We were driven across this wondrous vast land of lakes and forests.我们乘车穿越这片有着湖泊及森林的广袤而神奇的土地。

3 breach   

n.违反，不履行；破裂；vt.冲破，攻破

参考例句：

• We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
• He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。

4 breaching   

攻破( breach的过去式 )； 破坏，违反

参考例句：

• The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act. 这家公司被控违反《卫生安全条例》。
• Third, an agency can abuse its discretion by breaching certain principles of judge-made law. 第三，行政机关会因违反某些法官制定的法律原则而构成滥用自由裁量权。

5 velocity   

n.速度，速率

参考例句：

• Einstein's theory links energy with mass and velocity of light.爱因斯坦的理论把能量同质量和光速联系起来。
• The velocity of light is about 300000 kilometres per second.光速约为每秒300000公里。

6 sperm   

n.精子，精液

参考例句：

• Only one sperm fertilises an egg.只有一个精子使卵子受精。
• In human reproduction,one female egg is usually fertilized by one sperm.在人体生殖过程中，一个精子使一个卵子受精。

7 foam   

v./n.泡沫，起泡沫

参考例句：

• The glass of beer was mostly foam.这杯啤酒大部分是泡沫。
• The surface of the water is full of foam.水面都是泡沫。

8 enraged   

使暴怒( enrage的过去式和过去分词 )； 歜； 激愤

参考例句：

• I was enraged to find they had disobeyed my orders. 发现他们违抗了我的命令，我极为恼火。
• The judge was enraged and stroke the table for several times. 大法官被气得连连拍案。

9 defiance   

n.挑战，挑衅，蔑视，违抗

参考例句：

• He climbed the ladder in defiance of the warning.他无视警告爬上了那架梯子。
• He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance.他以挑衅性的态度把门砰地一下关上。

10 breaches   

破坏( breach的名词复数 )； 破裂； 缺口； 违背

参考例句：

• He imposed heavy penalties for breaches of oath or pledges. 他对违反誓言和保证的行为给予严厉的惩罚。
• This renders all breaches of morality before marriage very uncommon. 这样一来，婚前败坏道德的事就少见了。

11 margin   

n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘

参考例句：

• We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。

12 glacier   

n.冰川，冰河

参考例句：

• The glacier calved a large iceberg.冰河崩解而形成一个大冰山。
• The upper surface of glacier is riven by crevasses.冰川的上表面已裂成冰隙。

13 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。

14 mistiness   

n.雾，模糊，不清楚

参考例句：

• Through this low-lit mistiness Tess walked leisurely along. 苔丝就在这样光线暗淡的暮霭里，往前从从容容地走。 来自辞典例句

15 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。

16 fore   

adv.在前面；adj.先前的；在前部的；n.前部

参考例句：

• Your seat is in the fore part of the aircraft.你的座位在飞机的前部。
• I have the gift of fore knowledge.我能够未卜先知。

17 shrouds   

n.裹尸布( shroud的名词复数 )；寿衣；遮蔽物；覆盖物v.隐瞒( shroud的第三人称单数 )；保密

参考例句：

• 'For instance,' returned Madame Defarge, composedly,'shrouds.' “比如说，”德伐日太太平静地回答，“裹尸布。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
• Figure 3-10 illustrates the result of a study or conical shrouds. 图3-10表明了对锥形外壳的研究结果。 来自辞典例句

18 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

19 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。