英语听书《白鲸记》第239期

 See ye not then, shipmates, that Jonah sought to flee worldwide from God? Miserable¹ man!  那么,你们是否看到,船友们,约拿竟想远走高飞,避开上帝!这个可怜的家伙!

Oh! most contemptible² and worthy³ of all scorn; with slouched hat and guilty eye, skulking⁴ from his God;  啊!这个最卑鄙和合该万人唾骂的家伙;他把帽子拉得低低,神色不正地想避开他的上帝了;

prowling among the shipping⁵ like a vile⁶ burglar hastening to cross the seas.  他在船码头上蹑手蹑脚地荡来荡去,活象一个急想过海的邪恶的夜贼。

So disordered, self-condemning is his look, that had there been policemen in those days, Jonah, on the mere⁷ suspicion of something wrong, had been arrested ere he touched a deck.  他显得那么失常,一派自知有罪的神色,所以,当时要是有警察的话,只要稍微觉得形迹可疑,那约拿还没有踏上甲板可就给逮住了。

How plainly he's a fugitive⁸!  他是多么明显的一个逃亡者呀!

No baggage, not a hat-box, valise, or carpet-bag,--no friends accompany him to the wharf⁹ with their adieux.  没有行李,连一只帽盒子，提箱。或者一只旅行袋都没有...也没有朋友陪他上码头,给他送行。

At last, after much dodging¹⁰ search, he finds the Tarshish ship receiving the last items of her cargo¹¹;  最后,经过多番躲躲闪闪的寻找后,他找到了那只正在装最后一批货物的他施船;

and as he steps on board to see its Captain in the cabin, all the sailors for the moment desist from hoisting¹² in the goods, to mark the stranger's evil eye.  当他跨上船要到舱里去见船长的时候,一时间个个水手都停止吊装货物,注意这个陌生人的一双贼眼了。

Jonah sees this; but in vain he tries to look all ease and confidence; in vain essays his wretched smile.  约拿觉察到了,他虽然想装得从容自然,露出可怜的笑容,却都无济于事。

Strong intuitions of the man assure the mariners¹³ he can be no innocent. 由于天生的强烈的直觉,使得这些水手都确信他决不是个好人。

In their gamesome but still serious way, one whispers to the other-Jack, he's robbed a widow;or,Joe, do you mark him;  他们以开玩笑而又很认真的态度,彼此咬起耳朵来...杰克,他抢劫了一个寡妇;乔,你可注意到,

he's a bigamist;or,Harry lad, I guess he's the adulterer that broke jail in old Gomorrah, or belike, one of the missing murderers from Sodom. 他是个重婚者;哈利小伙子,我猜想他不是越狱逃出蛾摩拉古城的奸夫,就一定是所多玛逃出来的谋杀犯。

Another runs to read the bill that's stuck against the spile upon the wharf to which the ship is moored¹⁴,  还有一个水手跑到那只船碇泊着的码头上,去看那张贴在桩子上的告示,

offering five hundred gold coins for the apprehension¹⁵ of a parricide¹⁶, and containing a description of his person.  告示上写着要缉拿一个弑君者归案,悬赏五百金币,上面还有该犯的绘影图形。

1 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

2 contemptible   

adj.可鄙的，可轻视的，卑劣的

参考例句：

• His personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible.他气貌不扬，言语粗俗。
• That was a contemptible trick to play on a friend.那是对朋友玩弄的一出可鄙的把戏。

3 worthy   

adj.(of)值得的，配得上的；有价值的

参考例句：

• I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
• There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。

4 skulking   

v.潜伏，偷偷摸摸地走动，鬼鬼祟祟地活动( skulk的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• There was someone skulking behind the bushes. 有人藏在灌木后面。
• There were half a dozen foxes skulking in the undergrowth. 在林下灌丛中潜伏着五六只狐狸。 来自辞典例句

5 shipping   

n.船运（发货，运输，乘船）

参考例句：

• We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
• There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。

6 vile   

adj.卑鄙的，可耻的，邪恶的；坏透的

参考例句：

• Who could have carried out such a vile attack?会是谁发起这么卑鄙的攻击呢？
• Her talk was full of vile curses.她的话里充满着恶毒的咒骂。

7 mere   

adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过

参考例句：

• That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
• It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。

8 fugitive   

adj.逃亡的，易逝的；n.逃犯，逃亡者

参考例句：

• The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
• The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。

9 wharf   

n.码头，停泊处

参考例句：

• We fetch up at the wharf exactly on time.我们准时到达码头。
• We reached the wharf gasping for breath.我们气喘吁吁地抵达了码头。

10 dodging   

n.避开，闪过，音调改变v.闪躲( dodge的现在分词 )；回避

参考例句：

• He ran across the road, dodging the traffic. 他躲开来往的车辆跑过马路。
• I crossed the highway, dodging the traffic. 我避开车流穿过了公路。 来自辞典例句

11 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

12 hoisting   

起重，提升

参考例句：

• The hoisting capacity of that gin pole (girder pole, guy derrick) is sixty tons. 那个起重抱杆（格状抱杆、转盘抱杆）的起重能力为60吨。 来自口语例句
• We must use mechanical hoisting to load the goods. 我们必须用起重机来装载货物。

13 mariners   

海员，水手（mariner的复数形式）

参考例句：

• Mariners were also able to fix their latitude by using an instrument called astrolabe. 海员们还可使用星盘这种仪器确定纬度。
• The ancient mariners traversed the sea. 古代的海员漂洋过海。

14 moored   

adj. 系泊的 动词moor的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London. 该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。
• We shipped (the) oars and moored alongside the bank. 我们收起桨，把船泊在岸边。

15 apprehension   

n.理解，领悟；逮捕，拘捕；忧虑

参考例句：

• There were still areas of doubt and her apprehension grew.有些地方仍然存疑，于是她越来越担心。
• She is a girl of weak apprehension.她是一个理解力很差的女孩。

16 parricide   

n.杀父母；杀亲罪

参考例句：

• In ancient Greek stories,Oedipus was a parricide.在古希腊故事里，俄狄浦斯是个杀父者。
• There's a case of parricide immediately after,which will take them some time.在您之后，立刻就要办一件弑父案。