英语听书《白鲸记》第652期

 　　Meantime, Ahab holding the letter, muttered, "Mr. Har— yes, Mr. Harry¹, 这时，亚哈捏着那封信，嘴里喃喃道，"哈——不错，哈利先生，

　　(a woman's pinny hand,—the man's wife, I'll wager) （是女人的纤细的笔迹——是收信人的老婆，我打赌）

　　Aye—Mr. Harry Macey, Ship Jeroboam; why it's Macey, and he's dead!" 哟——哈利。梅赛先生，'耶罗波安号'；——怎么，就是梅赛先生，他已经死啦！"

　　Poor fellow! poor fellow! and from his wife, sighed Mayhew; "but let me have it." 可怜的家伙！可怜的家伙！是他老婆写来的，梅休叹道；"把信交给我吧。"

　　Nay², keep it thyself, cried Gabriel to Ahab; "thou art soon going that way." 不，还是你自己藏着吧，迦百列对亚哈嚷道；"你就快上那边去啦。"

　　Curses throttle³ thee! yelled Ahab. "Captain Mayhew, stand by now to receive it"; 鬼卡住你的喉咙！亚哈高声叫喊。"梅休船长，现在请接吧；

　　and taking the fatal missive from Starbuck's hands, he caught it in the slit⁴ of the pole, and reached it over towards the boat. "他从斯达巴克手里拿过那封不祥的信，把它夹在柄端的缝里，向小艇那边伸过去。

　　But as he did so, the oarsmen expectantly desisted from rowing; the boat drifted a little towards the ship's stern; 可是，他在这样做的时候，桨手们都观望地停止扳桨；小艇稍微荡向船梢；

　　so that, as if by magic, the letter suddenly ranged along with Gabriel's eager hand. 所以，仿佛有一股魔力似的，那封信突然跟迦百列那只急切伸着的手并拢了。

　　He clutched it in an instant, seized the boat-knife, and impaling⁶ the letter on it, sent it thus loaded back into the ship. 他立刻把信攫住，抓起小刀，把信嵌在刀里，连刀带信掷进船里，

　　It fell at Ahab's feet. 恰好落在亚哈脚边。

　　Then Gabriel shrieked⁷ out to his comrades to give way with their oars⁵, 然后，迦百列对他的伙伴们尖声大叫，要他们赶紧扳桨。

　　and in that manner the mutinous⁸ boat rapidly shot away from the Pequod. 于是，那只抗命的小艇就快得象箭一般跟"裴廓德号"分开了。

　　As, after this interlude, the seamen⁹ resumed their work upon the jacket of the whale,  这段插曲过后，水手们又重新忙着处理大鲸那件外套（大鲸那件外套——指鲸皮。）了，

　　many strange things were hinted in reference to this wild affair. 可是，就这一荒唐的事件而论；它已经暗示出许多怪事来了。

1 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

2 nay   

adv.不；n.反对票，投反对票者

参考例句：

• He was grateful for and proud of his son's remarkable,nay,unique performance.他为儿子出色的，不，应该是独一无二的表演心怀感激和骄傲。
• Long essays,nay,whole books have been written on this.许多长篇大论的文章，不，应该说是整部整部的书都是关于这件事的。

3 throttle   

n.节流阀，节气阀，喉咙；v.扼喉咙，使窒息，压

参考例句：

• These government restrictions are going to throttle our trade.这些政府的限制将要扼杀我们的贸易。
• High tariffs throttle trade between countries.高的关税抑制了国与国之间的贸易。

4 slit   

n.狭长的切口；裂缝；vt.切开，撕裂

参考例句：

• The coat has been slit in two places.这件外衣有两处裂开了。
• He began to slit open each envelope.他开始裁开每个信封。

5 oars   

n.桨，橹( oar的名词复数 )；划手v.划（行）( oar的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He pulled as hard as he could on the oars. 他拼命地划桨。
• The sailors are bending to the oars. 水手们在拼命地划桨。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 impaling   

钉在尖桩上( impale的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The detective sat down facing John, his eyes impaling the young man. 侦探面对约翰坐下，犀利的目光逼视着这个年轻人。

7 shrieked   

v.尖叫( shriek的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She shrieked in fright. 她吓得尖叫起来。
• Li Mei-t'ing gave a shout, and Lu Tzu-hsiao shrieked, "Tell what? 李梅亭大声叫，陆子潇尖声叫：“告诉什么？ 来自汉英文学 - 围城

8 mutinous   

adj.叛变的，反抗的；adv.反抗地，叛变地；n.反抗，叛变

参考例句：

• The mutinous sailors took control of the ship.反叛的水手们接管了那艘船。
• His own army,stung by defeats,is mutinous.经历失败的痛楚后，他所率军队出现反叛情绪。

9 seamen   

n.海员

参考例句：

• Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather. 有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。
• In the storm, many seamen wished they were on shore. 在暴风雨中，许多海员想，要是他们在陆地上就好了。