英语听书《白鲸记》第379期

 BOOK I. (Folio) CHAPTER IV. (Hump Back).--This whale is often seen on the northern American coast.  第一篇(对开型)　第四章(座头鲸)...这种鲸常见于北美洲沿海一带。它经常在那边被捉到后,拖进了港埠。

He has been frequently captured there, and towed into harbor. He has a great pack on him like a peddler; or you might call him the Elephant and Castle whale.  它象一个行贩一样,背上有个大包袱;或者你不妨就管它叫象鲸和城堡鲸吧。总之,它这一公认的名称仍不足以区别出它的特点。

At any rate, the popular name for him does not sufficiently¹ distinguish him, since the sperm² whale also has a hump though a smaller one. His oil is not very valuable.  因为抹香鲸也有个背峰,不过稍为小一些罢了。它的油并不很贵重。它也有须。

He has baleen³. He is the most gamesome and light-hearted of all the whales, making more gay foam⁴ and white water generally than any other of them. 它是一切鲸类中最爱玩和最快活的鲸,比之其它任何的鲸更会弄出花花哨哨的泡沫和白水来。

BOOK I. (Folio), CHAPTER V. ( Razor Back).--Of this whale little is known but his name. I have seen him at a distance off Cape⁵ Horn.  第一篇(对开型)　第五章(剃刀鲸)...关于这一种鲸,除了它的名称以外,是不大见得到的。我曾在距合恩角不远的地方看到过它一次。

Of a retiring nature, he eludes⁶ both hunters and philosophers. Though no coward, he has never yet shown any part of him but his back, which rises in a long sharp ridge⁷.  它天性孤僻,既回避猎手,又回避哲学家们。虽然它不是胆小鬼,可是它除了露出它的背部以外,其它任何部分都从来没有露出来过,它那背部一耸出来就象个高高的陡峰。

Let him go. I know little more of him, nor does anybody else. 随它去吧。我对它所知道的仅此而已,随便哪一个人也不会知道得更多。

BOOK I. (Folio), CHAPTER VI. (Sulphur Bottom).--Another retiring gentleman, with a brimstone belly⁸, doubtless got by scraping along the Tartarian tiles in some of his profounder divings.  第一篇(对开型)　第六章(黄腹

1 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。

2 sperm   

n.精子，精液

参考例句：

• Only one sperm fertilises an egg.只有一个精子使卵子受精。
• In human reproduction,one female egg is usually fertilized by one sperm.在人体生殖过程中，一个精子使一个卵子受精。

3 baleen   

n.鲸须

参考例句：

• Other baleen whales have splash guards too,but not like this.一些须鲸物种头顶也有护住喷水孔的构造，但并不长成这样。
• Baleen whales often appear in this region. Be careful!这一带经常有须鲸出没，要注意安全啊。

4 foam   

v./n.泡沫，起泡沫

参考例句：

• The glass of beer was mostly foam.这杯啤酒大部分是泡沫。
• The surface of the water is full of foam.水面都是泡沫。

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 eludes   

v.（尤指机敏地）避开( elude的第三人称单数 )；逃避；躲避；使达不到

参考例句：

• His name eludes me for the moment. 他的名字我一时想不起来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• But philosophers seek a special sort of knowledge that eludes exact definition. 但是，哲学家所追求的是一种难以精确定义的特殊知识。 来自哲学部分

7 ridge   

n.山脊；鼻梁；分水岭

参考例句：

• We clambered up the hillside to the ridge above.我们沿着山坡费力地爬上了山脊。
• The infantry were advancing to attack the ridge.步兵部队正在向前挺进攻打山脊。

8 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。