英语听书《白鲸记》第929期

 It was far down the afternoon; and when all the spearings of the crimson¹ fight were done; 已是将近傍晚时分，一切动刀动枪的血腥场面已告结束，

and floating in the lovely sunset sea and sky, sun and whale both stilly died together; 大鲸和太阳都一起静悄悄地断了气，漂泛在可爱的落日的海空中，

then, such a sweetness and such plaintiveness², such inwreathing orisons curled up in that rosy³ air, 这时，在那玫瑰色的空中，突然激起这样一种动人而又这样忧伤的情调，

that it almost seemed as if far over from the deep green convent valleys of the Manilla isles⁴, 这样一种象是在堆满花圈的氛围里作祷告的景况，简直象是远从马尼拉群岛那郁郁苍苍的修道院似的幽谷里，

the Spanish land-breeze, wantonly turned sailor, had gone to sea, freighted with these vesper hymns⁵. 刮来一阵西班牙的陆风，让个放荡不羁的水手载着这些晚祷的赞美歌声出海去了。

Soothed⁶ again, but only soothed to deeper gloom, 心里虽然又轻松了一阵，可是结果却更其感到忧郁。

Ahab, who had sterned off from the whale, sat intently watching his final wanings from the now tranquil⁷ boat. 亚哈往后倒划，离开了那条鲸后，坐在那只现在很平静的小艇上，全神贯注地望着那条鲸在作最后挣扎。

For that strange spectacle observable in all sperm⁸ whales dying — the turning sunwards of the head, 因为一般抹香鲸临死时都会出现这种奇特的景象——脑袋转向了太阳一会，

and so expiring — that strange spectacle, beheld⁹ of such a placid¹⁰ evening, somehow to Ahab conveyed a wondrousness¹¹ unknown before. 就慢慢地咽了气——在如此静谧的黄昏中，看到这种奇特的景象，好象让亚哈看到一种过去从未发现的奇妙的东西似的。

He turns and turns him to it, — how slowly, but how steadfastly¹², his homage-rendering and invoking¹³ brow, with his last dying motions. 它转呀转的，转向了太阳——转得多慢，可又转得多坚定，看它那股虔虔敬敬而又象是恳求的神情，还有它那最后的临终的动作。

He too worships fire; most faithful, broad, baronial vassal¹⁴ of the sun! — Oh that these too-favoring eyes should see these too-favoring sights. 它也是拜火的；是太阳的最明显。最忠诚的堂堂的臣民！——啊，它那双至福的眼睛当然应该看到这种至福的景象。

 

1 crimson   

n./adj.深(绯)红色(的)；vi.脸变绯红色

参考例句：

• She went crimson with embarrassment.她羞得满脸通红。
• Maple leaves have turned crimson.枫叶已经红了。

2 plaintiveness   

参考例句：

3 rosy   

adj.美好的，乐观的，玫瑰色的

参考例句：

• She got a new job and her life looks rosy.她找到一份新工作，生活看上去很美好。
• She always takes a rosy view of life.她总是对生活持乐观态度。

4 isles   

岛( isle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• the geology of the British Isles 不列颠群岛的地质
• The boat left for the isles. 小船驶向那些小岛。

5 hymns   

n.赞美诗，圣歌，颂歌( hymn的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• At first, they played the hymns and marches familiar to them. 起初他们只吹奏自己熟悉的赞美诗和进行曲。 来自英汉非文学 - 百科语料821
• I like singing hymns. 我喜欢唱圣歌。 来自辞典例句

6 soothed   

v.安慰( soothe的过去式和过去分词 )；抚慰；使舒服；减轻痛苦

参考例句：

• The music soothed her for a while. 音乐让她稍微安静了一会儿。
• The soft modulation of her voice soothed the infant. 她柔和的声调使婴儿安静了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

7 tranquil   

adj. 安静的, 宁静的, 稳定的, 不变的

参考例句：

• The boy disturbed the tranquil surface of the pond with a stick. 那男孩用棍子打破了平静的池面。
• The tranquil beauty of the village scenery is unique. 这乡村景色的宁静是绝无仅有的。

8 sperm   

n.精子，精液

参考例句：

• Only one sperm fertilises an egg.只有一个精子使卵子受精。
• In human reproduction,one female egg is usually fertilized by one sperm.在人体生殖过程中，一个精子使一个卵子受精。

9 beheld   

v.看，注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 )；瞧；看呀；（叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现）哎哟

参考例句：

• His eyes had never beheld such opulence. 他从未见过这样的财富。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The soul beheld its features in the mirror of the passing moment. 灵魂在逝去的瞬间的镜子中看到了自己的模样。 来自英汉文学 - 红字

10 placid   

adj.安静的，平和的

参考例句：

• He had been leading a placid life for the past eight years.八年来他一直过着平静的生活。
• You should be in a placid mood and have a heart-to- heart talk with her.你应该心平气和的好好和她谈谈心。

11 wondrousness   

Wondrousness

参考例句：

• A book so serious that It'sometimes subsided into ponderousness. 那本书非常严肃，以致有时显得沉闷。

12 steadfastly   

adv.踏实地，不变地；岿然；坚定不渝

参考例句：

• So he sat, with a steadfastly vacant gaze, pausing in his work. 他就像这样坐着，停止了工作，直勾勾地瞪着眼。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
• Defarge and his wife looked steadfastly at one another. 德伐日和他的妻子彼此凝视了一会儿。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记

13 invoking   

v.援引( invoke的现在分词 )；行使（权利等）；祈求救助；恳求

参考例句：

• You can customise the behavior of the Asynchronous Server and hence re-brand it by defining your own command set for invoking services. 通过定义自己调用服务的命令集，您可以定制自定义异步服务器的行为，通过为调用服务定义自己的命令集从而对它重新标记。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• You can customize the behavior of the Asynchronous Server and hence re-brand it by defining your own command set for invoking services. 通过定义自己调用服务的命令集，您可以定制自定义异步服务器的行为，通过为调用服务定义自己的命令集从而对它重新标记。 来自辞典例句

14 vassal   

n.附庸的；属下；adj.奴仆的

参考例句：

• Wales was a vassal kingdom at that time.那时威尔士是个附庸国。
• The vassal swore that he would be loyal to the king forever.这位封臣宣誓他将永远忠诚于国王。