英语听书《白鲸记》第283期

 I protested my innocence¹ of these things.  我坚决声明我从来没有干过这些事情。

I saw that under the mask of these half humorous innuendoes², this old seaman³,  我看出,在这些半幽默的讽刺话底里,这个老水手,

as an insulated Quakerish Nantucketer, was full of his insular⁴ prejudices,  这个与世隔绝的桂克派的南塔开特人,是有满脑子的岛民偏见的,

and rather distrustful of all aliens, unless they hailed from Cape⁵ Cod⁶ or the Vineyard. 他除了科德角人或者是维因耶德以外,是很不信任一切外地人的。

But what takes thee a-whaling? I want to know that before I think of shipping⁷ ye. 但是,你为什么要干起捕鲸来呢?我得弄清楚这个后,才来考虑雇用你。

Well, sir, I want to see what whaling is. I want to see the world. 啊,先生,我想要看看捕鲸是怎么回事,我想见见世面,开开眼界。

Want to see what whaling is, eh? Have ye clapped eye on Captain Ahab? 要看看捕鲸是怎么回事,是吗?你可瞥见亚哈船长么?

Who is Captain Ahab, sir? 亚哈船长是谁,先生?

Aye, aye, I thought so. Captain Ahab is the Captain of this ship. 啊,啊,我想是这样。亚哈船长就是这只船的船长。

I am mistaken then. I thought I was speaking to the Captain himself. 那么,我弄错了。我还以为我是在跟船长本人谈话呢。

Thou art speaking to Captain Peleg--that's who ye are speaking to, young man.  你是在跟法勒船长谈话。这就是你跟他谈话的人,小伙子。

It belongs to me and Captain Bildad to see the Pequod fitted out for the voyage, and supplied with all her needs, including crew.  我跟比勒达船长一起负责准备'裴廓德号,开航种种事情,给它装备各种必需的东西,包括水手在内。

We are part owners and agents.  我们都是股东老板兼经理人。

But as I was going to say, if thou wantest to know what whaling is, as thou tellest ye do,  不过,我要说的是,如果你要想知道捕鲸是怎么一回事,

I can put ye in a way of finding it out before ye bind⁸ yourself to it, past backing out.  象你刚才所说的,那么,在你保证要干这行当,不打退堂鼓之前,我倒要让你弄弄明白。

Clap eye on Captain Ahab, young man, and thou wilt⁹ find that he has only one leg. 你得去瞧一瞧亚哈船长,小伙子,那么,你就可以看到,他只有一条腿。

What do you mean, sir? Was the other one lost by a whale? 你这是什么意思,先生?还有一条腿是让大鲸给搞掉的吗?

1 innocence   

n.无罪；天真；无害

参考例句：

• There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。
• The accused man proved his innocence of the crime.被告人经证实无罪。

2 innuendoes   

n.影射的话( innuendo的名词复数 )；讽刺的话；含沙射影；暗讽

参考例句：

• innuendoes about her private life 对她私生活含沙射影的指责
• I'm sure he thinks I stole the money—he kept making innuendoes about my \"new-found-wealth\". 我确信他一定以为钱是我偷的，因为他不断含沙射影地说我“新近发了财”。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 seaman   

n.海员，水手，水兵

参考例句：

• That young man is a experienced seaman.那个年轻人是一个经验丰富的水手。
• The Greek seaman went to the hospital five times.这位希腊海员到该医院去过五次。

4 insular   

adj.岛屿的，心胸狭窄的

参考例句：

• A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
• Having lived in one place all his life,his views are insular.他一辈子住在一个地方，所以思想狭隘。

5 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。

6 cod   

n.鳕鱼；v.愚弄；哄骗

参考例句：

• They salt down cod for winter use.他们腌鳕鱼留着冬天吃。
• Cod are found in the North Atlantic and the North Sea.北大西洋和北海有鳕鱼。

7 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。

8 bind   

vt.捆，包扎；装订；约束；使凝固；vi.变硬

参考例句：

• I will let the waiter bind up the parcel for you.我让服务生帮你把包裹包起来。
• He wants a shirt that does not bind him.他要一件不使他觉得过紧的衬衫。

9 wilt   

v.(使)植物凋谢或枯萎；(指人)疲倦，衰弱

参考例句：

• Golden roses do not wilt and will never need to be watered.金色的玫瑰不枯萎绝也不需要浇水。
• Several sleepless nights made him wilt.数个不眠之夜使他憔悴。