英语听书《白鲸记》第209期

 I put it on, to try it, and it weighed me down like a hamper¹, being uncommonly² shaggy and thick, and I thought a little damp,  我把它穿起来,试一试看,它又毛又厚,压在身上有如镣铐一样重,还感到有点湿濡濡的,

as though this mysterious harpooneer had been wearing it of a rainy day.  好象被这个神秘的标枪手在雨天穿过。

I went up in it to a bit of glass stuck against the wall, and I never saw such a sight in my life.  我穿着它,走到钉在墙上的一面破镜子跟前,呵,这副怪相我有生以来从没有看到过。

I tore myself out of it in such a hurry that I gave myself a kink in the neck. 我慌不迭地把它脱下来,连脖子都扭了一下。

I sat down on the side of the bed, and commenced³ thinking about this head-peddling harpooneer, and his door mat.  我在床沿上坐下,开始想起这个贩卖人头的标枪手,和他那块门毯。

After thinking some time on the bed-side, I got up and took off my monkey jacket, and then stood in the middle of the room thinking.  坐在床沿上想了一会后,我又站起来,脱掉短外衣,站在屋子中间想。

I then took off my coat, and thought a little more in my shirt sleeves.  后来,我脱掉上衣,只穿着衬衫又再想了一阵。

But beginning to feel very cold now, half undressed as I was, and remembering what the landlord said about the harpooneer's not coming home at all that night,  但是,这时因为我把上身的衣服都脱掉了,开始觉得冷起来,我又想起刚才店老板说过,

it being so very late, I made no more ado, but jumped out of my pantaloons and boots,  时间已经很晚,今儿晚上那个标枪手料想决计不会回来了,这样一想,我也就不再多费心机,一口气脱掉裤子,靴子,

and then blowing out the light tumbled⁴ into bed, and commended⁵ myself to the care of heaven. 吹熄蜡烛,翻身上床,一切听凭老天作主。

1 hamper   

vt.妨碍，束缚，限制；n.(有盖的)大篮子

参考例句：

• There are some apples in a picnic hamper.在野餐用的大篮子里有许多苹果。
• The emergence of such problems seriously hamper the development of enterprises.这些问题的出现严重阻碍了企业的发展。

2 uncommonly   

adv. 稀罕(极，非常)

参考例句：

• an uncommonly gifted child 一个天赋异禀的儿童
• My little Mary was feeling uncommonly empty. 我肚子当时正饿得厉害。

3 commenced   

开始( commence的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The little girl commenced to cry when she saw the snake. 这小女孩一看到蛇就开始哭了起来。
• She commenced her life as an actress in the 1930s. 从30年代她就开始舞台生涯。

4 tumbled   

v.倒塌( tumble的过去式和过去分词 )；翻滚；突然摔倒；恍然大悟

参考例句：

• He slipped and tumbled down the stairs. 他脚一滑滚下了楼梯。
• A hundred and fifty empty bottles tumbled onto the floor. 150个空瓶子滚落到地板上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 commended   

v.推荐( commend的过去式和过去分词 )；表扬；托付；受到赞同

参考例句：

• She was commended on her handling of the situation. 她因妥善处理了那个局面而受到表扬。
• He was commended for his statesmanlike handling of the crisis. 他处理那场危机，因表现出政治家的才干而受到称赞。