英语听书《白鲸记》第385期

 Their appearance is generally hailed with delight by the mariner¹. Full of fine spirits, they invariably come from the breezy billows to windward.  它们一出现,总要受到水手们的兴高采烈的欢呼。它们总是精神饱满地打从微风的波涛游向上风的地方去。

They are the lads that always live before the wind. They are accounted a lucky omen².  它们都是始终顺风过活的小伙子。它们还被认为是一种吉兆。

If you yourself can withstand three cheers at beholding³ these vivacious⁴ fish, then heaven help ye; the spirit of godly gamesomeness is not in ye.  如果你看到了这些生龙活虎似的鱼群,而能连作三呼的话,那么上天就会赐助于你;你就没有那种善意的爱闹玩儿的兴致了。

A well-fed, plump Huzza Porpoise⁵ will yield you one good gallon of good oil. But the fine and delicate fluid extracted from his jaws⁶ is exceedingly valuable.  一只养尊处优的。肥肥胖胖的乌拉鲸可让你获得足足一加仑的纯油。而且从它嘴巴所提炼出来的芬香可口的油是极其名贵的。

It is in request among jewellers and watchmakers.  这是珠宝商和钟表匠所竭力搜求的东西。

Sailors put it on their hones.  水手们还把油滴在磨刀石上,

Porpoise meat is good eating, you know. It may never have occurred to you that a porpoise spouts⁸.  而且,须知这种鲸的肉非常好吃。你也许从来不会看到一条小鲸的喷水。

Indeed, his spout⁷ is so small that it is not very readily discernible. But the next time you have a chance, watch him; and you will then see the great Sperm⁹ whale himself in miniature. 不错,它的喷水很小,教人不很容易辨识出来。不过,下次如有机会,那你就仔细地瞧一瞧吧;那么,你就可以看出那是大抹香鲸本身的袖珍型。

BOOK III. (Duodecimo), CHAPTER II. (Algerine Porpoise).A pirate. Very savage¹⁰. He is only found, I think, in the Pacific.  第三篇(十二开型)　第二章(海盗鲸)一种海盗。生性十分凶悍。我认为,人们只有在太平洋上才找得到它。

He is somewhat larger than the Huzza Porpoise, but much of the same general make. Provoke him, and he will buckle¹¹ to a shark.  它稍为比乌拉鲸大一些;但大体上是相差不多的。一触怒它,它就准备把你吞了。

I have lowered for him many times, but never yet saw him captured. 我曾经好几次放下小艇想去捉它,可是,迄今还没有捉到过。

BOOK III. (Duodecimo), CHAPTER III. (Mealy-mouthed Porpoise). 第三篇(十二开型)　第三章(粉嘴鲸)

The largest kind of Porpoise; and only found in the Pacific, so far as it is known.  这是小鲸中最大的一种,而且,据说迄今只在太平洋上才找得到它。

The only English name, by which he has hitherto been designated, is that of the fisher-Right-Whale Porpoise, from the circumstance that he is chiefly found in the vicinity of that Folio.  它至今所用的这个唯一的英文名称。露脊小鲸,是由那些渔夫给取出来的,主要是根据它经常出没于这种对开鲸的附近。

1 mariner   

n.水手号不载人航天探测器，海员，航海者

参考例句：

• A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.平静的大海决不能造就熟练的水手。
• A mariner must have his eye upon rocks and sands as well as upon the North Star.海员不仅要盯着北极星，还要注意暗礁和险滩。

2 omen   

n.征兆，预兆；vt.预示

参考例句：

• The superstitious regard it as a bad omen.迷信的人认为那是一种恶兆。
• Could this at last be a good omen for peace?这是否终于可以视作和平的吉兆了？

3 beholding   

v.看，注视( behold的现在分词 )；瞧；看呀；（叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现）哎哟

参考例句：

• Beholding, besides love, the end of love,/Hearing oblivion beyond memory! 我看见了爱，还看到了爱的结局，／听到了记忆外层的哪一片寂寥！ 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
• Hence people who began by beholding him ended by perusing him. 所以人们从随便看一看他开始的，都要以仔细捉摸他而终结。 来自辞典例句

4 vivacious   

adj.活泼的，快活的

参考例句：

• She is an artless,vivacious girl.她是一个天真活泼的女孩。
• The picture has a vivacious artistic conception.这幅画气韵生动。

5 porpoise   

n.鼠海豚

参考例句：

• What is the difference between a dolphin and porpoise?海豚和和鼠海豚有什么区别？
• Mexico strives to save endangered porpoise.墨西哥努力拯救濒危的鼠海豚。

6 jaws   

n.口部；嘴

参考例句：

• The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。
• The scored jaws of a vise help it bite the work. 台钳上有刻痕的虎钳牙帮助它紧咬住工件。

7 spout   

v.喷出，涌出；滔滔不绝地讲；n.喷管；水柱

参考例句：

• Implication in folk wealth creativity and undertaking vigor spout.蕴藏于民间的财富创造力和创业活力喷涌而出。
• This acts as a spout to drain off water during a rainstorm.在暴风雨季，这东西被用作喷管来排水。

8 spouts   

n.管口( spout的名词复数 )；（喷出的）水柱；（容器的）嘴；在困难中v.（指液体）喷出( spout的第三人称单数 )；滔滔不绝地讲；喋喋不休地说；喷水

参考例句：

• A volcano spouts flame and lava. 火山喷出火焰和岩浆。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The oil rushes up the tube and spouts up as a gusher. 石油会沿着钢管上涌，如同自喷井那样喷射出来。 来自辞典例句

9 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。

10 savage   

adj.野蛮的；凶恶的，残暴的；n.未开化的人

参考例句：

• The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。
• He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。

11 buckle   

n.扣子，带扣；v.把...扣住，由于压力而弯曲

参考例句：

• The two ends buckle at the back.带子两端在背后扣起来。
• She found it hard to buckle down.她很难专心做一件事情。