英语听书《白鲸记》第554期

 　　It was given him--neither twine¹ nor lanyard were seen again; 他拿到他要的麻线——可是后来什么麻线、索带都再也看不到了。

　　but the next night an iron ball, closely netted, partly rolled from the pocket of the Lakeman's monkey jacket, 隔天晚上，他的上衣口袋里，却半露出一只编扎得十分牢靠，像只铁球似的东西来，

　　as he was tucking the coat into his hammock for a pillow. 当湖上人把上衣塞在吊铺上当枕头的时候。

　　Twenty-four hours after, his trick at the silent helm--nigh to the man who was apt to doze² over the grave always ready dug to the seaman's hand 二十四小时后，他就悄悄的在值掌舵的班——旁边，正是那个注定要打盹打到这个水手时刻准备为他挖掘的坟墓里去的人

　　that fatal hour was then to come; 他的致命的时刻就要到来了；

　　and in the fore-ordaining soul of Steelkilt, the mate was already stark³ and stretched as a corpse⁴, with his forehead crushed in. 而在斯蒂尔基尔特的预先安排的心底里，这个大副应是早已砸碎额头，僵挺得像一具死尸了。

　　"But, gentlemen, a fool saved the would-be murderer from the bloody⁵ deed he had planned. “不过，诸位先生，一个笨蛋却把这个谋杀未遂犯从他所计划周全的恶行中搭救出来了。

　　Yet complete revenge he had, and without being the avenger⁶. 他仍然把仇全报了，却不是他亲手干的。

　　For by a mysterious fatality⁷, Heaven itself seemed to step in to take out of his hands into its own the damning thing he would have done. 因为，由于一种神秘的天意，上天似乎亲自出场干涉，把这个报仇者所要做的恶事，从他手里夺了过去，由上天自己亲手来做。

　　"It was just between daybreak and sunrise of the morning of the second day, “第二天早晨，就在拂晓到日出之间，

　　when they were washing down the decks, that a stupid Teneriffe man, drawing water in the main-chains,  大家正在冲洗甲板的时候，那个在水里拉大链的腾涅立夫(腾涅立夫——非洲北部的加拿利群岛中一个最大的岛名。)笨蛋

　　all at once shouted out, There she rolls! there she rolls!  突然一下子高声大叫起来，它在那儿翻动啦！它在翻动啦！

　　Jesu, what a whale! It was Moby Dick. 天啊，多大的一条鲸呀！原来就是莫比－迪克。

　　"Moby Dick! cried Don Sebastian; St. Dominic! Sir sailor, but do whales have christenings? Whom call you Moby Dick? “莫比－迪克！塞瓦斯蒂安先生叫了出来；天呀！不过，水手先生，鲸也得命名吗？你叫的莫比－迪克是谁呀？

1 twine   

v.搓，织，编饰；（使）缠绕

参考例句：

• He tied the parcel with twine.他用细绳捆包裹。
• Their cardboard boxes were wrapped and tied neatly with waxed twine.他们的纸板盒用蜡线扎得整整齐齐。

2 doze   

v.打瞌睡；n.打盹，假寐

参考例句：

• He likes to have a doze after lunch.他喜欢午饭后打个盹。
• While the adults doze,the young play.大人们在打瞌睡，而孩子们在玩耍。

3 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。

4 corpse   

n.尸体，死尸

参考例句：

• What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。
• The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。

5 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

6 avenger   

n. 复仇者

参考例句：

• "Tom Sawyer, the Black Avenger of the Spanish Main. “我乃西班牙海黑衣侠盗，汤姆 - 索亚。
• Avenger's Shield-0.26 threat per hit (0.008 threat per second) 飞盾-0.26仇恨每击（0.08仇恨每秒）

7 fatality   

n.不幸，灾祸，天命

参考例句：

• She struggle against fatality in vain.她徒然奋斗反抗宿命。
• He began to have a growing sense of fatality.他开始有一种越来越强烈的宿命感。