英语听书《白鲸记》第689期

 my God! poor Tashtego—like the twin reciprocating¹ bucket in a veritable well, dropped head-foremost down into this great Tun of Heidelburgh, 天呀！可怜的塔斯蒂哥——象只竖井的往复轮替的吊桶一般，头一冲，直掉进了那只海德堡大桶里去了，

and with a horrible oily gurgling, went clean out of sight! 而且，随着一阵可怕的咯咯油声后，就此完全不见踪影。

Man overboard! cried Daggoo, who amid the general consternation² first came to his senses. 人掉下去啦！大个儿高声大叫起来，在惊惶失措的人群中，他是第一个定过神来的人。

"Swing the bucket this way!" and putting one foot into it, "把桶甩到这边来！"于是他把一只脚跨进去，

so as the better to secure his slippery hand-hold on the whip itself the hoisters ran him high up to the top of the head, 以便先抓住那滑溜溜的小滑车上的把手，下边那些拉滑车的人就把他高高升起，升到那只鲸头上边，

almost before Tashtego could have reached its interior bottom. 可是在塔斯蒂哥差不多还没有落到最底里去的时候，

Meantime, there was a terrible tumult³. 又发生一阵惊人的大哄乱了。

Looking over the side, they saw the before lifeless head throbbing⁴ and heaving just below the surface of the sea, 人们掠过船舷望去，看到那只先前毫无生气的鲸头正在水平线下面直腾直跳，

as if that moment seized with some momentous⁵ idea; 仿佛那时它又起了什么大念头似的；

whereas it was only the poor Indian unconsciously revealing by those struggles the perilous⁶ depth to which he had sunk. 其实，不过是那个可怜的印第安人，在他冲了进去的那个可怕的深渊里挣扎，无意间所引起的罢了。

At this instant, while Daggoo, on the summit of the head, was clearing the whip 这时，大个儿已经甩掉了小滑车，站在那只鲸头上，

which had somehow got foul⁷ of the great cutting tackles—a sharp cracking noise was heard; 那只小滑车，不知怎地，却撞到了那架大复滑车，发出一阵清晰可闻的克拉拉声。

and to the unspeakable horror of all, one of the two enormous hooks suspending the head tore out, 叫大家都吓得开不出口来的是，那两只吊着鲸头的大钩中，有一只已经给扯脱了，

and with a vast vibration⁸ the enormous mass sideways swung, till the drunk ship reeled and shook as if smitten⁹ by an iceberg¹⁰. 于是，一阵大震动，那只大头就侧斜地晃晃荡荡，真教这艘如喝醉了酒的大船，象陷进了冰块般晃个不停。

The one remaining hook, upon which the entire strain now depended, seemed every instant to be on the point of giving way; 那一只还钩牢着的钩子（现在只有全仗它独力支撑了），看来好象随时都有支持不住的可能；

an event still more likely from the violent motions of the head. 而那只剧烈晃动的鲸头也好象更有随时脱钩的可能。

1 reciprocating   

adj.往复的；来回的；交替的；摆动的v.报答，酬答( reciprocate的现在分词 )；（机器的部件）直线往复运动

参考例句：

• Dynamic loading is produced by seismic forces, non-steady wind, blast, reciprocating machinery. 动荷载是由于地震力、不稳定的风、冲击波，往复式机器所产生。 来自辞典例句
• The prime mover may be a gas reciprocating engine. 原动机可能是燃气往复式发动机。 来自辞典例句

2 consternation   

n.大为吃惊，惊骇

参考例句：

• He was filled with consternation to hear that his friend was so ill.他听说朋友病得那么厉害，感到非常震惊。
• Sam stared at him in consternation.萨姆惊恐不安地注视着他。

3 tumult   

n.喧哗；激动，混乱；吵闹

参考例句：

• The tumult in the streets awakened everyone in the house.街上的喧哗吵醒了屋子里的每一个人。
• His voice disappeared under growing tumult.他的声音消失在越来越响的喧哗声中。

4 throbbing   

a. 跳动的,悸动的

参考例句：

• My heart is throbbing and I'm shaking. 我的心在猛烈跳动，身子在不住颤抖。
• There was a throbbing in her temples. 她的太阳穴直跳。

5 momentous   

adj.重要的，重大的

参考例句：

• I am deeply honoured to be invited to this momentous occasion.能应邀出席如此重要的场合，我深感荣幸。
• The momentous news was that war had begun.重大的新闻是战争已经开始。

6 perilous   

adj.危险的，冒险的

参考例句：

• The journey through the jungle was perilous.穿过丛林的旅行充满了危险。
• We have been carried in safety through a perilous crisis.历经一连串危机，我们如今已安然无恙。

7 foul   

adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规

参考例句：

• Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
• What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！

8 vibration   

n.颤动，振动；摆动

参考例句：

• There is so much vibration on a ship that one cannot write.船上的震动大得使人无法书写。
• The vibration of the window woke me up.窗子的震动把我惊醒了。

9 smitten   

猛打，重击，打击( smite的过去分词 )

参考例句：

• From the moment they met, he was completely smitten by her. 从一见面的那一刻起，他就完全被她迷住了。
• It was easy to see why she was smitten with him. 她很容易看出为何她为他倾倒。

10 iceberg   

n.冰山，流冰，冷冰冰的人

参考例句：

• The ship hit an iceberg and went under.船撞上一座冰山而沉没了。
• The glacier calved a large iceberg.冰河崩解而形成一个大冰山。