英语听书《白鲸记》第806期

 　　By the merest chance the ship itself at last rescued him; 就在这千钧一发的时分，那艘大船终于把他救起；

　　but from that hour the little negro went about the deck an idiot; such, at least, they said he was. 可是，打那时起，这个小黑人就成了个白痴，在甲板上走来走去，至少他们是这么说。

　　The sea had jeeringly¹ kept his finite body up, but drowned the infinite of his soul. 大海开玩笑似地没叫他那有限的身躯给沉下去，却把他那无限的灵魂给淹死了。

　　Not drowned entirely², though. Rather carried down alive to wondrous³ depths, 虽说没有把他完全淹死，却把他活生生的拉到那个奇妙的深渊里去过，

　　where strange shapes of the unwarped primal⁴ world glided⁵ to and fro before his passive eyes; 在那里，他那双不由自主的眼睛看到的是，原形毕露的世界的那些怪物在他眼前闪来闪去；

　　and the miser-merman, Wisdom, revealed his hoarded⁶ heaps; 那个吝啬鬼的人鱼——智慧之神，也把他所囤藏的无数财宝都显露了出来；

　　and among the joyous⁷, heartless, ever-juvenile eternities, Pip saw the multitudinous, God-omnipresent, coral insects, that out of the firmament⁸ of waters heaved the colossal⁹ orbs¹⁰. 比普从海里的苍穹冒出来，而鼓起的那两只奇大的眼珠，在那快活、无情、长春、永恒不变的事物中，看到了上帝所普遍创造的、各种各样珊瑚似的昆虫，

　　He saw God's foot upon the treadle of the loom¹¹, and spoke¹² it; and therefore his shipmates called him mad. 他说，他看到了上帝的脚踩在纺车的踏板上；因此，他的伙伴们管他叫疯子。

　　So man's insanity¹³ is heaven's sense; 所以，人的神经错乱就是天意；

　　and wandering from all mortal reason, man comes at last to that celestial¹⁴ thought, which, to reason, is absurd and frantic¹⁵; 人一失去了所有的性命交关的理性，终于不免要有升天的念头，这种念头，在有理性的人看来，是荒谬而疯狂的。

　　and weal or woe¹⁶, feels then uncompromised, indifferent as his God. 那么，是祸是福，就让那个顽固、淡漠的上帝去想吧。

　　For the rest blame not Stubb too hardly. 至于其他的人，倒不很责怪斯塔布。

　　The thing is common in that fishery; and in the sequel of the narrative¹⁷, it will then be seen what like abandonment befell myself. 这种事情在捕鱼业中本来就是司空见惯的。而且，到了本书结束时，还将看到我也遭到什么样的抛弃。

1 jeeringly   

adv.嘲弄地

参考例句：

• But Twain, Howells, and James were jeeringly described by Mencken as "draft-dodgers". 不过吐温、豪威尔斯和詹姆斯都是被门肯讥诮地叫做“逃避兵役的人。” 来自辞典例句

2 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

3 wondrous   

adj.令人惊奇的，奇妙的；adv.惊人地；异乎寻常地；令人惊叹地

参考例句：

• The internal structure of the Department is wondrous to behold.看一下国务院的内部结构是很有意思的。
• We were driven across this wondrous vast land of lakes and forests.我们乘车穿越这片有着湖泊及森林的广袤而神奇的土地。

4 primal   

adj.原始的；最重要的

参考例句：

• Jealousy is a primal emotion.嫉妒是最原始的情感。
• Money was a primal necessity to them.对于他们，钱是主要的需要。

5 glided   

v.滑动( glide的过去式和过去分词 )；掠过；（鸟或飞机 ） 滑翔

参考例句：

• The President's motorcade glided by. 总统的车队一溜烟开了过去。
• They glided along the wall until they were out of sight. 他们沿着墙壁溜得无影无踪。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 hoarded   

v.积蓄并储藏（某物）( hoard的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• It owned great properties and often hoarded huge treasures. 它拥有庞大的财产，同时往往窖藏巨额的财宝。 来自辞典例句
• Sylvia among them, good-naturedly applaud so much long-hoarded treasure of useless knowing. 西尔维亚也在他们中间，为那些长期珍藏的无用知识，友好地、起劲地鼓掌。 来自互联网

7 joyous   

adj.充满快乐的；令人高兴的

参考例句：

• The lively dance heightened the joyous atmosphere of the scene.轻快的舞蹈给这场戏渲染了欢乐气氛。
• They conveyed the joyous news to us soon.他们把这一佳音很快地传递给我们。

8 firmament   

n.苍穹；最高层

参考例句：

• There are no stars in the firmament.天空没有一颗星星。
• He was rich,and a rising star in the political firmament.他十分富有，并且是政治高层一颗冉冉升起的新星。

9 colossal   

adj.异常的，庞大的

参考例句：

• There has been a colossal waste of public money.一直存在巨大的公款浪费。
• Some of the tall buildings in that city are colossal.那座城市里的一些高层建筑很庞大。

10 orbs   

abbr.off-reservation boarding school 在校寄宿学校n.球，天体，圆形物( orb的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• So strange did It'seem that those dark wild orbs were ignorant of the day. 那双狂热的深色眼珠竟然没有见过天日，这似乎太奇怪了。 来自辞典例句
• HELPERKALECGOSORB01.wav-> I will channel my power into the orbs! Be ready! 我会把我的力量引导进宝珠里！准备！ 来自互联网

11 loom   

n.织布机，织机；v.隐现，(危险、忧虑等)迫近

参考例句：

• The old woman was weaving on her loom.那位老太太正在织布机上织布。
• The shuttle flies back and forth on the loom.织布机上梭子来回飞动。

12 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

13 insanity   

n.疯狂，精神错乱；极端的愚蠢，荒唐

参考例句：

• In his defense he alleged temporary insanity.他伪称一时精神错乱，为自己辩解。
• He remained in his cell,and this visit only increased the belief in his insanity.他依旧还是住在他的地牢里，这次视察只是更加使人相信他是个疯子了。

14 celestial   

adj.天体的；天上的

参考例句：

• The rosy light yet beamed like a celestial dawn.玫瑰色的红光依然象天上的朝霞一样绚丽。
• Gravity governs the motions of celestial bodies.万有引力控制着天体的运动。

15 frantic   

adj.狂乱的，错乱的，激昂的

参考例句：

• I've had a frantic rush to get my work done.我急急忙忙地赶完工作。
• He made frantic dash for the departing train.他发疯似地冲向正开出的火车。

16 woe   

n.悲哀，苦痛，不幸，困难；int.用来表达悲伤或惊慌

参考例句：

• Our two peoples are brothers sharing weal and woe.我们两国人民是患难与共的兄弟。
• A man is well or woe as he thinks himself so.自认祸是祸，自认福是福。

17 narrative   

n.叙述，故事；adj.叙事的，故事体的

参考例句：

• He was a writer of great narrative power.他是一位颇有记述能力的作家。
• Neither author was very strong on narrative.两个作者都不是很善于讲故事。