英语听书《白鲸记》第1030期

And as mechanical, muttered Ahab. Then as the men went forward, he muttered on: "The things called omens¹! And yesterday I talked the same to Starbuck there, concerning my broken boat. Oh! how valiantly² I seek to drive out of others' hearts what's clinched³ so fast in mine! — The Parsee — the Parsee! — gone, gone? and he was to go before: — but still was to be seen again ere I could perish — How's that? — There's a riddle⁴ now might baffle all the lawyers backed by the ghosts of the whole line of judges: — like a hawk's beak⁵ it pecks my brain. I'll, I'll solve it, though!"

还象木瓜，亚哈喃喃道。接着，在大伙儿都向前走去时，他又喃喃着：“竟然有预兆这东西！我昨天跟斯达巴克在那边谈到我那只破艇时，就谈到这个。啊！我多勇敢，竟想打别人心里挖出那个在我心里贴得多紧的东西！——那?教徒——?教徒！——没啦，没啦？他竟不得不先走啦！——不过，在我完蛋以前，还是会再看到他的——这是怎么回事？——这个难解的谜，这会儿，也许会把那些有一长串鬼神的法官做后盾的律师们都难倒吧：——真象只鹰喙在啄我的脑子。可是，我一定，一定要来解这个谜！”

When dusk descended⁶, the whale was still in sight to leeward⁷.

这时，暮色拢来，还看到大鲸在下风的地方。

So once more the sail was shortened, and everything passed nearly as on the previous night; only, the sound of hammers, and the hum of the grindstone was heard till nearly daylight, as the men toiled⁸ by lanterns in the complete and careful rigging of the spare boats and sharpening their fresh weapons for the morrow. Meantime, of the broken keel of Ahab's wrecked⁹ craft the carpenter made him another leg; while still as on the night before, slouched Ahab stood fixed¹⁰ within his scuttle¹¹; his hid, heliotrope¹² glance anticipatingly gone backward on its dial; sat due eastward¹³ for the earliest sun.

于是，又再一次收缩篷帆，一切都跟上一天晚上差不多；只不过听到阵阵的锤子声和咿咿唔唔的磨刀石声，快近天亮才止息，因为大家都借着灯笼，有的忙着把备用的小艇仔细装配停妥，有的在磨他们的新刀枪，以备明天使用。与此同时，那个木匠正在用亚哈那只破艇的龙骨给亚哈再做一只腿；低挂着帽子的亚哈，则还是象昨天夜里一样，一动不动地站在小舱口中；他那遮盖着的反射器似的眼睛，有所期待地望着后边的罗盘面板，那只罗盘朝正东方摆在那儿，迎接晨曦降临。

1 omens   

n.前兆，预兆( omen的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The omens for the game are still not propitious. 这场比赛仍不被看好。 来自辞典例句
• Such omens betide no good. 这种征兆预示情况不妙。 来自辞典例句

2 valiantly   

adv.勇敢地，英勇地；雄赳赳

参考例句：

• He faced the enemy valiantly, shuned no difficulties and dangers and would not hesitate to lay down his life if need be. 他英勇对敌，不避艰险，赴汤蹈火在所不计。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Murcertach strove valiantly to meet the new order of things. 面对这个新事态，默克塔克英勇奋斗。 来自辞典例句

3 clinched   

v.（尤指两人）互相紧紧抱[扭]住( clinch的过去式和过去分词 )；解决（争端、交易），达成（协议）

参考例句：

• The two businessmen clinched the deal quickly. 两位生意人很快达成了协议。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Evidently this information clinched the matter. 显然，这一消息使问题得以最终解决。 来自辞典例句

4 riddle   

n.谜，谜语，粗筛；vt.解谜，给…出谜，筛，检查，鉴定，非难，充满于；vi.出谜

参考例句：

• The riddle couldn't be solved by the child.这个谜语孩子猜不出来。
• Her disappearance is a complete riddle.她的失踪完全是一个谜。

5 beak   

n.鸟嘴，茶壶嘴，钩形鼻

参考例句：

• The bird had a worm in its beak.鸟儿嘴里叼着一条虫。
• This bird employs its beak as a weapon.这种鸟用嘴作武器。

6 descended   

a.为...后裔的，出身于...的

参考例句：

• A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
• The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。

7 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。

8 toiled   

长时间或辛苦地工作( toil的过去式和过去分词 )； 艰难缓慢地移动，跋涉

参考例句：

• They toiled up the hill in the blazing sun. 他们冒着炎炎烈日艰难地一步一步爬上山冈。
• He toiled all day long but earned very little. 他整天劳碌但挣得很少。

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 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

11 scuttle   

v.急赶，疾走，逃避；n.天窗；舷窗

参考例句：

• There was a general scuttle for shelter when the rain began to fall heavily.下大雨了，人们都飞跑着寻找躲雨的地方。
• The scuttle was open,and the good daylight shone in.明朗的亮光从敞开的小窗中照了进来。

12 heliotrope   

n.天芥菜；淡紫色

参考例句：

• So Laurie played and Jo listened,with her nose luxuriously buried in heliotrope and tea roses.这样劳瑞便弹了起来，裘把自己的鼻子惬意地埋在无芥菜和庚申蔷薇花簇中倾听着。
• The dragon of eternity sustains the faceted heliotrope crystal of life.永恒不朽的飞龙支撑着寓意着生命的淡紫色多面水晶。

13 eastward   

adv.向东；adj.向东的；n.东方，东部

参考例句：

• The river here tends eastward.这条河从这里向东流。
• The crowd is heading eastward,believing that they can find gold there.人群正在向东移去，他们认为在那里可以找到黄金。