英语听书《白鲸记》第56期

 Chowder for breakfast, and chowder for dinner, and chowder for supper, till you began to look for fish-bones coming through your clothes.  早餐杂烩汤,晚餐海鲜汤,晚饭海鲜杂烩浓汤,直到你开始寻找藏身于衣服中的鱼骨。

The area before the house was paved with clam-shells.  客店里到处都是蛤蜊壳，

Mrs. Hussey wore a polished necklace of codfish vertebra; and Hosea Hussey had his account books bound in superior old shark-skin.  胡赛太太的项链是用鳘鱼脊骨做成的，胡赛先生的账本也是用上好的鳘鱼皮制成的，

There was a fishy¹ flavor to the milk, too, which I could not at all account for, till one morning happening to take a stroll along the beach among some fishermen's boats,  就连牛奶里也有股鱼味儿！ 这就有点让我百思不得其解了。直到早晨散步时我看见奶牛在吃鱼骨头时，心中才豁然。

I saw Hosea's brindled² cow feeding on fish remnants, and marching along the sand with each foot in a cod's decapitated head, looking very slip-shod, I assure yes.  那奶牛不仅在吃鱼骨头，四个脚上还套着四个鳘鱼头，像拖鞋似的。 

Supper concluded, we received a lamp, and directions from Mrs. Hussey concerning the nearest way to bed;  晚饭后胡赛太太给了我们一盏灯，指点了去客房的路。

but, as Queequeg was about to precede me up the stairs, the lady reached forth³ her arm, and demanded his harpoon⁴;  我们刚要走，胡赛太太一伸手，拦住了魁魁格。 

she allowed no harpoon in her chambers⁵.  不能带标枪！

Why not? said I; every true whaleman sleeps with his harpoon，but why not? Because it's dangerous, says she.  为什么？每个真正的捕鲸者都是和标枪共枕同眠的！我辩解着。 这很危险！她说道。

1 fishy   

adj. 值得怀疑的

参考例句：

• It all sounds very fishy to me.所有这些在我听起来都很可疑。
• There was definitely something fishy going on.肯定当时有可疑的事情在进行中。

2 brindled   

adj.有斑纹的

参考例句：

• I saw his brindled cow feeding on fish remnants.我看见他的用鱼杂碎喂养的斑纹奶牛。
• He had one brindled eye that sometimes made him look like a clown.他一只眼睛上有块花斑，这使得他有时看上去活象个小丑。

3 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

4 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。

5 chambers   

n.房间( chamber的名词复数 )；（议会的）议院；卧室；会议厅

参考例句：

• The body will be removed into one of the cold storage chambers. 尸体将被移到一个冷冻间里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Mr Chambers's readable book concentrates on the middle passage: the time Ransome spent in Russia. Chambers先生的这本值得一看的书重点在中间：Ransome在俄国的那几年。 来自互联网