英语听书《白鲸记》第550期

 　　"But as for you, ye carrion¹ rogues², turning to the three men in the rigging for you, I mean to mince³ ye up for the try-pots; “不过，对你们，你们这些烂臭的恶棍，他转过身来，对那三个绑在索具上的人说，对你们，我是要把你们细细地剁后，放进炼锅里去的；

　　and, seizing a rope, he applied⁴ it with all his might to the backs of the two traitors⁵,  说着，他拿起一根绳子，用死劲地抽打那两个叛乱者的背脊，

　　till they yelled no more, but lifelessly hung their heads sideways, as the two crucified thieves are drawn⁶. 直打得他们再也叫骂不出，只是毫无生气地斜挂着头，就象图画上那两个钉在十字架上的强盗（《新约。路加福音》第二十三章，记耶稣被钉在十字架上，有两个犯人和耶稣被一同带来处死，一个在左边，一个在右边。）。

　　"My wrist is sprained⁷ with ye! he cried, at last; but there is still rope enough left for you, my fine bantam, that wouldn't give up.  “我的手腕也让你们给扭伤啦！他最后大声叫道；可是，绳子有的是呢，好小子，那是不会放松你的。

　　Take that gag from his mouth, and let us hear what he can say for himself. 把那家伙嘴里塞的东西拿掉，让我们来听听他还会说什么吧。

　　"For a moment the exhausted⁸ mutineer made a tremulous motion of his cramped⁹ jaws¹⁰, and then painfully twisting round his head, said in a sort of hiss¹¹, “那个精疲力竭的反叛者，他的痉挛的嘴巴抖动一会儿，然后痛苦地扭过头来，嘶嘶地说道，

　　What I say is this and mind it well if you flog me, I murder you! 我要说的是——请记牢——如果你鞭打我，我就要宰掉你！

　　"Say ye so? then see how ye frighten me and the Captain drew off with the rope to strike. “啊，你是这么说的么？那么，瞧你可吓得了我。——船长拉起绳子就要打。

　　"Best not, hissed¹² the Lakeman. “还是不打的好，湖上人嘶嘶地说。

　　"But I must, and the rope was once more drawn back for the stroke. “我偏要打，——绳子又往后一甩，要打下去。

　　"Steelkilt here hissed out something, inaudible to all but the Captain; “斯蒂尔基尔特这回又嘶嘶地说出些什么来，除了船长以外，大家都听不到；

　　who, to the amazement¹³ of all hands, started back, paced the deck rapidly two or three times, 叫大家都一楞的是，船长竟吓得往后一退，迅速在甲板上踱了两三转，

　　and then suddenly throwing down his rope, said, I won't do it let him go  cut him down: d'ye hear? 然后，突然丢下他的绳子，说道，我不打啦——随他吧——把他放下来，你们可听到？

1 carrion   

n.腐肉

参考例句：

• A crow of bloodthirsty ants is attracted by the carrion.一群嗜血的蚂蚁被腐肉所吸引。
• Vultures usually feed on carrion or roadkill.兀鹫通常以腐肉和公路上的死伤动物为食。

2 rogues   

n.流氓( rogue的名词复数 )；无赖；调皮捣蛋的人；离群的野兽

参考例句：

• 'I'll show these rogues that I'm an honest woman,'said my mother. “我要让那些恶棍知道，我是个诚实的女人。” 来自英汉文学 - 金银岛
• The rogues looked at each other, but swallowed the home-thrust in silence. 那些恶棍面面相觑，但只好默默咽下这正中要害的话。 来自英汉文学 - 金银岛

3 mince   

n.切碎物；v.切碎，矫揉做作地说

参考例句：

• Would you like me to mince the meat for you?你要我替你把肉切碎吗？
• Don't mince matters,but speak plainly.不要含糊其词，有话就直说吧。

4 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

5 traitors   

卖国贼( traitor的名词复数 )； 叛徒； 背叛者； 背信弃义的人

参考例句：

• Traitors are held in infamy. 叛徒为人所不齿。
• Traitors have always been treated with contempt. 叛徒永被人们唾弃。

6 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

7 sprained   

v.&n. 扭伤

参考例句：

• I stumbled and sprained my ankle. 我摔了一跤，把脚脖子扭了。
• When Mary sprained her ankles, John carried her piggyback to the doctors. 玛丽扭伤了足踝，约翰驮她去看医生。

8 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

9 cramped   

a.狭窄的

参考例句：

• The house was terribly small and cramped, but the agent described it as a bijou residence. 房子十分狭小拥挤，但经纪人却把它说成是小巧别致的住宅。
• working in cramped conditions 在拥挤的环境里工作

10 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。

11 hiss   

v.发出嘶嘶声；发嘘声表示不满

参考例句：

• We can hear the hiss of air escaping from a tire.我们能听到一只轮胎的嘶嘶漏气声。
• Don't hiss at the speaker.不要嘘演讲人。

12 hissed   

发嘶嘶声( hiss的过去式和过去分词 )； 发嘘声表示反对

参考例句：

• Have you ever been hissed at in the middle of a speech? 你在演讲中有没有被嘘过？
• The iron hissed as it pressed the wet cloth. 熨斗压在湿布上时发出了嘶嘶声。

13 amazement   

n.惊奇，惊讶

参考例句：

• All those around him looked at him with amazement.周围的人都对他投射出惊异的眼光。
• He looked at me in blank amazement.他带着迷茫惊诧的神情望着我。