英语听书《白鲸记》第35期

  But all in vain;the indignant gale¹ howls louder;then,with one hand raised invokingly to God,with the other they not unreluctantly lay hold of Jonah. 

 And now behold² Jonah taken up as an anchor and dropped into the sea;when instantly an oily calmness floats out from the east, 

 and the sea is still,as Jonah carries down the gale with him,leaving smooth water behind. 

 He goes down in the whirling heart of such a masterless commotion³ that he scarce heeds⁵ the moment when he drops seething⁶ into the yawning jaws⁷ awaiting him; 

 and the whale shoots to all his ivory teeth,like so many white bolts,upon his prison. 

 Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord out of the fish's belly⁸.But observe his prayer,and learn a weighty lesson.For sinful as he is,Jonah does not weep and wail⁹ for direct deliverance. 

 He feels that his dreadful punishment is just.He leaves all his deliverance to God,contenting himself with this,that spite of all his pains and pangs,he will still look towards His holy temple. 

 And here,shipmates,is true and faithful repentance¹¹;not clamorous¹² for pardon,but grateful for punishment.And how pleasing to God was this conduct in Jonah, 

 is shown in the eventual¹³ deliverance of him from the sea and the whale.Shipmates,I do not place Jonah before you to be copied for his sin but I do place him before you as a model for repentance. 

 Sin not;but if you do,take heed⁴ to repent¹⁰ of it like Jonah. 

 While he was speaking these words,the howling of the shrieking,slanting storm without seemed to add new power to the preacher, 

 who,when describing Jonah's sea storm,seemed tossed by a storm himself.His deep chest heaved as with a ground swell; 

 his tossed arms seemed the warring elements at work;and the thunders that rolled away from off his swarthy brow,and the light leaping from his eye, 

 made all his simple hearers look on him with a quick fear that was strange to them. 

 There now came a lull¹⁴ in his look,as he silently turned over the leaves of the Book once more;and,at last, 

 standing motionless,with closed eyes,for the moment,seemed communing with God and himself. 

 But again he leaned over towards the people,and bowing his head lowly,with an aspect of the deepest yet manliest¹⁵ humility,he spake these words: 

 Shipmates,God has laid but one hand upon you;both his hands press upon me.I have read ye by what murky¹⁶ light may be mine the lesson that Jonah teaches to all sinners; 

 and therefore to ye,and still more to me,for I am a greater sinner than ye.And now how gladly would I come down from this mast head and sit on the hatches there where you sit, 

 and listen as you listen,while some one of you reads ME that other and more awful lesson which Jonah teaches to ME,as a pilot of the living God. 

1 gale   

n.大风，强风，一阵闹声（尤指笑声等）

参考例句：

• We got our roof blown off in the gale last night.昨夜的大风把我们的房顶给掀掉了。
• According to the weather forecast,there will be a gale tomorrow.据气象台预报，明天有大风。

2 behold   

v.看，注视，看到

参考例句：

• The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
• The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold.海滨日出真是个奇景。

3 commotion   

n.骚动，动乱

参考例句：

• They made a commotion by yelling at each other in the theatre.他们在剧院里相互争吵，引起了一阵骚乱。
• Suddenly the whole street was in commotion.突然间，整条街道变得一片混乱。

4 heed   

v.注意，留意；n.注意，留心

参考例句：

• You must take heed of what he has told.你要注意他所告诉的事。
• For the first time he had to pay heed to his appearance.这是他第一次非得注意自己的外表不可了。

5 heeds   

n.留心，注意，听从( heed的名词复数 )v.听某人的劝告，听从( heed的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• You should never fight the band that heeds you. 从来不要攻击那些注意你行动的帮伙们。 来自互联网
• He who ignores discipline and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored. 弃绝管教的、必致贫受辱．领受责备的、必得尊荣。 来自互联网

6 seething   

沸腾的，火热的

参考例句：

• The stadium was a seething cauldron of emotion. 体育场内群情沸腾。
• The meeting hall was seething at once. 会场上顿时沸腾起来了。

7 jaws   

n.口部；嘴

参考例句：

• The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。
• The scored jaws of a vise help it bite the work. 台钳上有刻痕的虎钳牙帮助它紧咬住工件。

8 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。

9 wail   

vt./vi.大声哀号，恸哭；呼啸，尖啸

参考例句：

• Somewhere in the audience an old woman's voice began plaintive wail.观众席里，一位老太太伤心地哭起来。
• One of the small children began to wail with terror.小孩中的一个吓得大哭起来。

10 repent   

v.悔悟，悔改，忏悔，后悔

参考例句：

• He has nothing to repent of.他没有什么要懊悔的。
• Remission of sins is promised to those who repent.悔罪者可得到赦免。

11 repentance   

n.懊悔

参考例句：

• He shows no repentance for what he has done.他对他的所作所为一点也不懊悔。
• Christ is inviting sinners to repentance.基督正在敦请有罪的人悔悟。

12 clamorous   

adj.吵闹的，喧哗的

参考例句：

• They are clamorous for better pay.他们吵吵嚷嚷要求增加工资。
• The meeting began to become clamorous.会议开始变得喧哗了。

13 eventual   

adj.最后的，结局的，最终的

参考例句：

• Several schools face eventual closure.几所学校面临最终关闭。
• Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.双方对问题的最终解决都表示乐观。

14 lull   

v.使安静，使入睡，缓和，哄骗；n.暂停，间歇

参考例句：

• The drug put Simpson in a lull for thirty minutes.药物使辛普森安静了30分钟。
• Ground fighting flared up again after a two-week lull.经过两个星期的平静之后，地面战又突然爆发了。

15 manliest   

manly（有男子气概的）的最高级形式

参考例句：

16 murky   

adj.黑暗的，朦胧的；adv.阴暗地，混浊地；n.阴暗；昏暗

参考例句：

• She threw it into the river's murky depths.她把它扔进了混浊的河水深处。
• She had a decidedly murky past.她的历史背景令人捉摸不透。