英语听书《白鲸记》第350期

 Next was Tashtego, an unmixed Indian from Gay Head, the most westerly promontory¹ of Martha's Vineyard,  其次就是塔斯蒂哥,他是一个该黑特的纯种印第安人,那地方还有一群红种人的遗民,

where there still exists the last remnant of a village of red men, which has long supplied the neighboring island of Nantucket with many of her most daring harpooneers.  也是长期把许多最勇敢的标枪手供给附近的南塔开特岛的地方。

In the fishery, they usually go by the generic³ name of Gay-Headers.  在捕鲸业中,一般都管他们叫该黑特佬。

Tashtego's long, lean, sable⁴ hair, his high cheek bones, and black rounding eyes-for an Indian, Oriental in their largeness,  塔斯蒂哥那头细长的黑发,他那高高的颧骨,和一双滚圆的眼睛...

but Antarctic in their glittering expression-all this sufficiently⁵ proclaimed him an inheritor of the unvitiated blood of those proud warrior⁶ hunters, who, in quest of the great New England moose, had scoured⁷, bow in hand, the aboriginal⁸ forests of the main.  因为一个印第安人,虽然有东方式的魁梧,却也有南极式那种闪闪发光的脸色...这一切都足以说明他是那些自豪的武士猎人的纯血统后裔,他们在搜索新英格兰的大麋时,手里拿着弓,已经跑遍了那些主要的原始山林。

But no longer snuffing in the trail of the wild beasts of the woodland, Tashtego now hunted in the wake of the great whales of the sea;  但是,塔斯蒂哥现在已不再想探索山林里的野兽的踪迹,而来到海上紧追大鲸了;这个后裔已经用那百发百中的标枪,

the unerring harpoon² of the son fitly replacing the infallible arrow of the sires.  恰如其份地替代了他祖先的万无一失的弓箭。

To look at the tawny⁹ brawn¹⁰ of his lithe¹¹ snaky limbs, you would almost have credited the superstitions¹² of some of the earlier Puritans and half-believed this wild Indian to be a son of the Prince of the Powers of the Air.  看到他那柔软如蛇的四肢上的茶色肌肉,简直教人相信起早期若干清教徒的迷信,而五分相信这个野蛮的印第安人就是魔王的后代。

Tashtego was Stubb the second mate's squire¹³. 塔斯蒂哥是二副斯塔布的随从。

Third among the harpooneers was Daggoo, a gigantic, coal-black negro-savage, with a lion-like tread--an Ahasuerus to behold¹⁴.  在标枪手中名列第三的是大个儿,这个巨人似的,脸膛煤黑的野黑人,走起路来活象一只狮子...看来就象是亚哈随鲁王。

Suspended from his ears were two golden hoops¹⁵, so large that the sailors called them ringbolts, and would talk of securing the top-sail halyards to them.  他两只耳朵挂有两个大金箍,大得水手们都把它叫做螺钉环,说是这两只环环可以用来缚中桅帆的升降索。

1 promontory   

n.海角；岬

参考例句：

• Genius is a promontory jutting out of the infinite.天才是茫茫大地突出的岬角。
• On the map that promontory looks like a nose,naughtily turned up.从地图上面，那个海角就像一只调皮地翘起来的鼻子。

2 harpoon   

n.鱼叉；vt.用鱼叉叉，用鱼叉捕获

参考例句：

• The harpoon drove deep into the body of the whale.渔叉深深地扎进鲸鱼体内。
• The fisherman transfixed the shark with a harpoon.渔夫用鱼叉刺住鲨鱼。

3 generic   

adj.一般的，普通的，共有的

参考例句：

• I usually buy generic clothes instead of name brands.我通常买普通的衣服，不买名牌。
• The generic woman appears to have an extraordinary faculty for swallowing the individual.一般妇女在婚后似乎有特别突出的抑制个性的能力。

4 sable   

n.黑貂；adj.黑色的

参考例句：

• Artists' brushes are sometimes made of sable.画家的画笔有的是用貂毛制的。
• Down the sable flood they glided.他们在黑黝黝的洪水中随波逐流。

5 sufficiently   

adv.足够地，充分地

参考例句：

• It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
• The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。

6 warrior   

n.勇士，武士，斗士

参考例句：

• The young man is a bold warrior.这个年轻人是个很英勇的武士。
• A true warrior values glory and honor above life.一个真正的勇士珍视荣誉胜过生命。

7 scoured   

走遍（某地）搜寻（人或物）( scour的过去式和过去分词 )； （用力）刷； 擦净； 擦亮

参考例句：

• We scoured the area for somewhere to pitch our tent. 我们四处查看，想找一个搭帐篷的地方。
• The torrents scoured out a channel down the hill side. 急流沿着山腰冲刷出一条水沟。

8 aboriginal   

adj.（指动植物）土生的，原产地的，土著的

参考例句：

• They managed to wipe out the entire aboriginal population.他们终于把那些土著人全部消灭了。
• The lndians are the aboriginal Americans.印第安人是美国的土著人。

9 tawny   

adj.茶色的，黄褐色的；n.黄褐色

参考例句：

• Her black hair springs in fine strands across her tawny,ruddy cheek.她的一头乌发分披在健康红润的脸颊旁。
• None of them noticed a large,tawny owl flutter past the window.他们谁也没注意到一只大的、褐色的猫头鹰飞过了窗户。

10 brawn   

n.体力

参考例句：

• In this job you need both brains and brawn.做这份工作既劳神又费力。
• They relied on brains rather than brawn.他们靠的是脑力，而不是体力。

11 lithe   

adj.(指人、身体)柔软的，易弯的

参考例句：

• His lithe athlete's body had been his pride through most of the fifty - six years.他那轻巧自如的运动员体格，五十六年来几乎一直使他感到自豪。
• His walk was lithe and graceful.他走路轻盈而优雅。

12 superstitions   

迷信，迷信行为( superstition的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Old superstitions seem incredible to educated people. 旧的迷信对于受过教育的人来说是不可思议的。
• Do away with all fetishes and superstitions. 破除一切盲目崇拜和迷信。

13 squire   

n.护卫, 侍从, 乡绅

参考例句：

• I told him the squire was the most liberal of men.我告诉他乡绅是世界上最宽宏大量的人。
• The squire was hard at work at Bristol.乡绅在布里斯托尔热衷于他的工作。

14 behold   

v.看，注视，看到

参考例句：

• The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
• The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold.海滨日出真是个奇景。

15 hoops   

n.箍( hoop的名词复数 )；（篮球）篮圈；（旧时儿童玩的）大环子；（两端埋在地里的）小铁弓

参考例句：

• a barrel bound with iron hoops 用铁箍箍紧的桶
• Hoops in Paris were wider this season and skirts were shorter. 在巴黎，这个季节的裙圈比较宽大，裙裾却短一些。 来自飘（部分）