英语听书《白鲸记》第202期

 For who could tell but what the next morning, so soon as I popped out of the room, the harpooneer might be standing¹ in the entry, all ready to knock me down! 因为哪个敢保到了明天早晨,我一走出房间,那个标枪手不会站在门口,一拳把我敲倒呢!

Still looking around me again, and seeing no possible chance of spending a sufferable night unless in some other person's bed,  我又四下一望,看到要度过这个苦恼的夜晚,除了睡别人的床而外,别无它法可想,

I began to think that after all I might be cherishing unwarrantable prejudices against this unknown harpooneer.  我心里开始想:我对这个陌生的标枪手所抱的种种偏见也许到头来是毫无根据的。

Thinks I, I'll wait awhile; he must be dropping in before long.  我想:还是再等一等吧;他总该快回来了。

I'll have a good look at him then, and perhaps we may become jolly good bedfellows after all--there's no telling. 那时候,让我对他好好端相一番,说不定结果我们还会成为一对极其相得的睡伴呢...谁说得准。

But though the other boarders kept coming in by ones, twos, and threes, and going to bed, yet no sign of my harpooneer. 但是,虽然其他的住客已经一个,两个,三个不断的走进来.睡觉去了,我那个标枪手却仍然不见踪影。

Landlord! said I, what sort of a chap is he--does he always keep such late hours? It was now hard upon twelve o'clock. 老板!我说,他是怎样一个家伙...他老是这样晚回来的吗?这时已经快十二点了。

The landlord chuckled³ again with his lean chuckle², and seemed to be mightily⁴ tickled⁵ at something beyond my comprehension.  店老板又用他那乏味的笑声吃吃地笑起来,而且觉得非常好笑似的,弄得我摸不着头脑。

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 chuckle   

vi.／n.轻声笑，咯咯笑

参考例句：

• He shook his head with a soft chuckle.他轻轻地笑着摇了摇头。
• I couldn't suppress a soft chuckle at the thought of it.想到这个，我忍不住轻轻地笑起来。

3 chuckled   

轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She chuckled at the memory. 想起这件事她就暗自发笑。
• She chuckled softly to herself as she remembered his astonished look. 想起他那惊讶的表情，她就轻轻地暗自发笑。

4 mightily   

ad.强烈地；非常地

参考例句：

• He hit the peg mightily on the top with a mallet. 他用木槌猛敲木栓顶。
• This seemed mightily to relieve him. 干完这件事后，他似乎轻松了许多。

5 tickled   

（使）发痒( tickle的过去式和过去分词 )； （使）愉快，逗乐

参考例句：

• We were tickled pink to see our friends on television. 在电视中看到我们的一些朋友，我们高兴极了。
• I tickled the baby's feet and made her laugh. 我胳肢孩子的脚，使她发笑。