英语听书《白鲸记》第923期

 The long-drawn virgin¹ vales; the mild blue hill-sides; as over these there steals the hush², the hum; 这些人迹未到的漫长的溪谷；这些柔和青苍的山腰；一经过这些地方，不禁使人屏声弃息；

you almost swear that play-wearied children lie sleeping in these solitudes³, in some glad May-time, when the flowers of the woods are plucked. 简直叫人敢于发誓：在这样静穆的境地里，就象是在一种快乐的五月天里，玩累了的小孩，把树林里的野花都摘光后，正在大睡一通了。

And all this mixes with your most mystic mood; so that fact and fancy, half-way meeting, interpenetrate, and form one seamless whole. 因为所有这一切跟你那最为神秘的心情交融在一起，所以，事实。幻想和偶然的遭遇就互相贯穿起来，形成一个天衣无缝的整体。

Nor did such soothing⁴ scenes, however temporary, fail of at least as temporary an effect on Ahab. 尽管这种令人获得慰藉的景色是多么的短暂，它至少对亚哈也暂时起了作用。

But if these secret golden keys did seem to open in him his own secret golden treasuries⁵, yet did his breath upon them prove but tarnishing⁶. 不过，如果这些神秘的金钥匙真会打开他身上那秘密的金银宝库的话，但只消他一个哈气，又会使它失去光泽了。

Oh, grassy⁷ glades⁸! oh ever vernal endless landscapes in the soul; 长满青草的林间空地呵！愿无穷的春色永存在生命中；

in ye, — though long parched⁹ by the dead drought of the earthly life, — in ye, men yet may roll, like young horses in new morning clover; 你虽然久经人间的苦旱生活而长期龟裂——人类却还可以象小马在清晨的三叶草上一般，在你身上打滚；

and for some few fleeting¹⁰ moments, feel the cool dew of the life immortal¹¹ on them. 还可以在霎忽而逝的工夫里，身上感到有生命不朽的凉露。

Would to God these blessed calms would last. 但愿上帝让这种福祉的静穆永垂久远。

But the mingled¹², mingling¹³ threads of life are woven by warp¹⁴ and woof: calms crossed by storms, a storm for every calm. 可是生命的线已被经纬织成一片，混杂不清了：风暴勾消了宁静，一次风暴换来万般宁静。

There is no steady unretracing progress in this life; 生命里并没有什么一定不能折回的进程；

we do not advance through fixed¹⁵ gradations, and at the last one pause: — through infancy's unconscious spell, boyhood's thoughtless faith, 我们并不是循着固定的层次前进，最后就停将下来的——由孩提时代的无意识的牙牙学语，而少年时代的无思无想的信念，

adolescence¹⁶' doubt (the common doom), then scepticism, then disbelief, resting at last in manhood's pondering repose¹⁷ of If. 成人时代的怀疑（一般的命数），接着是疑惑，再接着是不信仰，最后寄托在人类的最具深思熟虑的"假定"上。

 

1 virgin   

n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
• There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。

2 hush   

int.嘘，别出声；n.沉默，静寂；v.使安静

参考例句：

• A hush fell over the onlookers.旁观者们突然静了下来。
• Do hush up the scandal!不要把这丑事声张出去！

3 solitudes   

n.独居( solitude的名词复数 )；孤独；荒僻的地方；人迹罕至的地方

参考例句：

• Africa is going at last to give up the secret of its vast solitudes. 非洲无边无际的荒野的秘密就要被揭穿了。 来自辞典例句
• The scientist has spent six months in the solitudes of the Antarctic. 这位科学家已经在人迹罕至的南极待了六个月了。 来自互联网

4 soothing   

adj.慰藉的；使人宽心的；镇静的

参考例句：

• Put on some nice soothing music.播放一些柔和舒缓的音乐。
• His casual, relaxed manner was very soothing.他随意而放松的举动让人很快便平静下来。

5 treasuries   

n.（政府的）财政部( treasury的名词复数 )；国库，金库

参考例句：

• Yields on Treasuries, Bunds and gilts can remain at historically low levels. 美国国债、德国国债和英国国债的收益率仍然可以维持在历史低位。 来自互联网
• Treasuries and gold rose in response but the dollar fell sharply. 接着，国债和黄金的价格上涨，而美元价格则猛跌。 来自互联网

6 tarnishing   

（印花）白地沾色

参考例句：

• The causes of tarnishing gold and silver-plated connectors were studied respectively. 分别探讨了接插件镀金和镀银层变色的原因。
• Bright tin electrodeposits on copper wire are susceptible to tarnishing. 铜线材经光亮镀锡后易产生腐蚀变色。

7 grassy   

adj.盖满草的；长满草的

参考例句：

• They sat and had their lunch on a grassy hillside.他们坐在长满草的山坡上吃午饭。
• Cattle move freely across the grassy plain.牛群自由自在地走过草原。

8 glades   

n.林中空地( glade的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Maggie and Philip had been meeting secretly in the glades near the mill. 玛吉和菲利曾经常在磨坊附近的林中空地幽会。 来自辞典例句
• Still the outlaw band throve in Sherwood, and hunted the deer in its glades. 当他在沉思中变老了，世界还是照样走它的路，亡命之徒仍然在修武德日渐壮大，在空地里猎鹿。 来自互联网

9 parched   

adj.焦干的；极渴的；v.（使）焦干

参考例句：

• Hot winds parched the crops.热风使庄稼干透了。
• The land in this region is rather dry and parched.这片土地十分干燥。

10 fleeting   

adj.短暂的，飞逝的

参考例句：

• The girls caught only a fleeting glimpse of the driver.女孩们只匆匆瞥了一眼司机。
• Knowing the life fleeting,she set herself to enjoy if as best as she could.她知道这种日子转瞬即逝，于是让自已尽情地享受。

11 immortal   

adj.不朽的；永生的，不死的；神的

参考例句：

• The wild cocoa tree is effectively immortal.野生可可树实际上是不会死的。
• The heroes of the people are immortal!人民英雄永垂不朽！

12 mingled   

混合，混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 )； 混进，与…交往[联系]

参考例句：

• The sounds of laughter and singing mingled in the evening air. 笑声和歌声交织在夜空中。
• The man and the woman mingled as everyone started to relax. 当大家开始放松的时候，这一男一女就开始交往了。

13 mingling   

adj.混合的

参考例句：

• There was a spring of bitterness mingling with that fountain of sweets. 在这个甜蜜的源泉中间，已经掺和进苦涩的山水了。
• The mingling of inconsequence belongs to us all. 这场矛盾混和物是我们大家所共有的。

14 warp   

vt.弄歪，使翘曲，使不正常，歪曲，使有偏见

参考例句：

• The damp wood began to warp.这块潮湿的木材有些翘曲了。
• A steel girder may warp in a fire.钢梁遇火会变弯。

15 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

16 adolescence   

n.青春期，青少年

参考例句：

• Adolescence is the process of going from childhood to maturity.青春期是从少年到成年的过渡期。
• The film is about the trials and tribulations of adolescence.这部电影讲述了青春期的麻烦和苦恼。

17 repose   

v.(使)休息；n.安息

参考例句：

• Don't disturb her repose.不要打扰她休息。
• Her mouth seemed always to be smiling,even in repose.她的嘴角似乎总是挂着微笑，即使在睡眠时也是这样。