英语听书《白鲸记》第411期

 The hours wore on;Ahab now shut up within his cabin; anon, pacing the deck, with the same intense bigotry¹ of purpose in his aspect. 时间在消逝...亚哈一会儿紧关在他的船长室里;再一会儿又在甲板上踱着,脸色依然显得非常固执坚决。

It drew near the close of day. Suddenly he came to a halt by the bulwarks², and inserting his bone leg into the auger-hole there, and with one hand grasping a shroud³, he ordered Starbuck to send everybody aft. 已是将近日暮时分。他突然在舷墙边立定,把他那只牙腿插在那边的镟孔里,一只手抓着护桅索,命令斯达巴克把大家都叫到船梢来。

Sir! said the mate, astonished at an order seldom or never given on ship-board except in some extraordinary case. 先生!那个大副说,他对这个除了遇到紧急情况,否则在船上是难得或者可说是从来不会发出的命令感到很为诧异。

Send everybody aft, repeated Ahab. Mast-heads, there! come down! 把大家都叫到船梢来,亚哈又说一遍。桅顶的人呀,喂!下来!

When the entire ship's company were assembled, and with curious and not wholly unapprehensive faces, were eyeing him, for he looked not unlike the weather horizon when a storm is coming up,  船上全体人员都集合拢来了,大家都以奇异而不是完全没有忧虑的脸色望着他,因为他的神色倒象是暴风雨正在到来的天气。

Ahab, after rapidly glancing over the bulwarks, and then darting⁴ his eyes among the crew, started from his standpoint; and as though not a soul were nigh him resumed his heavy turns upon the deck.  可是,亚哈迅疾地瞥一瞥舷墙后,他那双眼睛又在那些水手间扫射一下,接着便从他站着的地方起步,仿佛在他身旁,根本一个人也没有似的,他又在甲板上沉重地走来走去。

With bent⁵ head and half-slouched hat he continued to pace, unmindful of the wondering whispering among the men; till Stubb cautiously whispered to Flask⁶, that Ahab must have summoned them there for the purpose of witnessing a pedestrian feat⁷.  他低着头,半耷拉着帽子继续在踱方步,一点也不理会到人群里的诧异的嘁嘁喳喳声;后来斯塔布小心地对弗拉斯克咬着耳朵说,亚哈之所以要把大家召集拢来,一定是要大家来欣赏他那走路的技巧。

But this did not last long. Vehemently⁸ pausing, he cried: 但是,这种表演并没有持续多久,他陡地停了下来,喊道:

What do ye do when ye see a whale, men? 喂,你们看到一条鲸的时候,该怎么办?

Sing out for him! was the impulsive⁹ rejoinder from a score of clubbed voices. 高声叫喊!有二十个声音冲动地齐声应答。

Good! cried Ahab, with a wild approval in his tones; observing the hearty¹⁰ animation¹¹ into which his unexpected question had so magnetically thrown them. 好!亚哈看到他那突如其来的问题竟这么有吸引力,弄得大家都生气蓬勃了,不禁以一种狂热的赞许声气嚷道。

1 bigotry   

n.偏见，偏执，持偏见的行为[态度]等

参考例句：

• She tried to dissociate herself from the bigotry in her past.她力图使自己摆脱她以前的偏见。
• At least we can proceed in this matter without bigotry.目前这件事咱们至少可以毫无偏见地进行下去。

2 bulwarks   

n.堡垒( bulwark的名词复数 )；保障；支柱；舷墙

参考例句：

• The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty. 新闻自由是自由最大的保障之一。 来自辞典例句
• Surgery and X-irradiation nevertheless remain the bulwarks of cancer treatment throughout the world. 外科手术和X射线疗法依然是全世界治疗癌症的主要方法。 来自辞典例句

3 shroud   

n.裹尸布，寿衣；罩，幕；vt.覆盖，隐藏

参考例句：

• His past was enveloped in a shroud of mystery.他的过去被裹上一层神秘色彩。
• How can I do under shroud of a dark sky?在黑暗的天空的笼罩下，我该怎么做呢？

4 darting   

v.投掷，投射( dart的现在分词 )；向前冲，飞奔

参考例句：

• Swallows were darting through the clouds. 燕子穿云急飞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Swallows were darting through the air. 燕子在空中掠过。 来自辞典例句

5 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

6 flask   

n.瓶，火药筒，砂箱

参考例句：

• There is some deposit in the bottom of the flask.这只烧杯的底部有些沉淀物。
• He took out a metal flask from a canvas bag.他从帆布包里拿出一个金属瓶子。

7 feat   

n.功绩；武艺，技艺；adj.灵巧的，漂亮的，合适的

参考例句：

• Man's first landing on the moon was a feat of great daring.人类首次登月是一个勇敢的壮举。
• He received a medal for his heroic feat.他因其英雄业绩而获得一枚勋章。

8 vehemently   

adv. 热烈地

参考例句：

• He argued with his wife so vehemently that he talked himself hoarse. 他和妻子争论得很激烈，以致讲话的声音都嘶哑了。
• Both women vehemently deny the charges against them. 两名妇女都激烈地否认了对她们的指控。

9 impulsive   

adj.冲动的，刺激的；有推动力的

参考例句：

• She is impulsive in her actions.她的行为常出于冲动。
• He was neither an impulsive nor an emotional man,but a very honest and sincere one.他不是个一冲动就鲁莽行事的人，也不多愁善感.他为人十分正直、诚恳。

10 hearty   

adj.热情友好的；衷心的；尽情的，纵情的

参考例句：

• After work they made a hearty meal in the worker's canteen.工作完了，他们在工人食堂饱餐了一顿。
• We accorded him a hearty welcome.我们给他热忱的欢迎。

11 animation   

n.活泼，兴奋，卡通片／动画片的制作

参考例句：

• They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
• The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。