英语听书《白鲸记》第193期

 Parallel meridians¹ rudely pecked into the glass, surround these footpads' goblets².  在这些拦路贼也似的酒杯四周,还粗拙地刻有平行的一格一格。

Fill to this mark, and your charge is but a penny; to this a penny more; and so on to the full glass-the Cape³ Horn measure, which you may gulp⁴ down for a shilling. 倒到这一格,只要你一个便士;再倒到这一格,又得再加一个便士;依此类推,直到倒满一杯。这种合恩角的量器,使人一口就可以喝掉一个先令。

Upon entering the place I found a number of young seamen⁵ gathered about a table, examining by a dim light divers⁶ specimens⁷ of skrimshander.  我进去后,看到几个年轻水手聚在桌旁,靠着暗淡的灯光,正在检视各式各样的解闷手工。

I sought the landlord, and telling him I desired to be accommodated with a room, received for answer that his house was full-not a bed unoccupied.  我找到了店老板,对他说,我要一个房间,得到的回答是屋子住满了...没有一张空床。

But avast, he added, tapping his forehead, you haint no objections to sharing a harpooneer's blanket, have ye?  不过,慢着,他敲着额头,又说,跟一个标枪手睡一床你反对不反对呢?

I s'pose you are goin' a-whalin', so you'd better get used to that sort of thing. 我想你是要去捕鲸的,所以,你还是习惯一下这种事情吧。

I told him that I never liked to sleep two in a bed; that if I should ever do so, it would depend upon who the harpooneer might be,  我对他说,我从来不喜欢两个人睡一只床;还说,我要是非这样做不可,也得看那个标枪手是怎样一种人。

and that if he (the landlord) really had no other place for me, and the harpooneer was not decidedly objectionable,  我又说,如果他(店老板)实在没有别的地方可给我住,那个标枪手又不是很叫人讨厌的,

why rather than wander further about a strange town on so bitter a night, I would put up with the half of any decent man's blanket. 那么,这样冰冷的夜晚,与其再到这个陌生的城市去乱闯,倒不如勉强跟任何一个规规矩矩的人睡一床算了。

1 meridians   

n.子午圈( meridian的名词复数 )；子午线；顶点；（权力，成就等的）全盛时期

参考例句：

• Meridians are great circles passing through both poles. 经线均为通过两极。 来自辞典例句
• The Cutaneous Regions are within the domains of the Twelve Regular Meridians. 十二皮部是十二经脉功能活动反映于体表的部位，也是络脉之气散布之所在。 来自互联网

2 goblets   

n.高脚酒杯( goblet的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Oh the goblets of the breast! Oh the eyes of absence! 噢，乳房的杯盏！噢，失神的双眼！ 来自互联网
• Divide the digestive biscuit crumbs mixture between 6 goblets. 消化？底分成6双玻璃杯中。 来自互联网

3 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

4 gulp   

vt.吞咽，大口地吸（气）；vi.哽住；n.吞咽

参考例句：

• She took down the tablets in one gulp.她把那些药片一口吞了下去。
• Don't gulp your food,chew it before you swallow it.吃东西不要狼吞虎咽，要嚼碎了再咽下去。

5 seamen   

n.海员

参考例句：

• Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather. 有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。
• In the storm, many seamen wished they were on shore. 在暴风雨中，许多海员想，要是他们在陆地上就好了。

6 divers   

adj.不同的；种种的

参考例句：

• He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。
• Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。

7 specimens   

n.样品( specimen的名词复数 )；范例；（化验的）抽样；某种类型的人

参考例句：

• Astronauts have brought back specimens of rock from the moon. 宇航员从月球带回了岩石标本。
• The traveler brought back some specimens of the rocks from the mountains. 那位旅行者从山上带回了一些岩石标本。 来自《简明英汉词典》