英语听书《白鲸记》第943期

No, no, it wasn't; I said the corpusants have mercy on us all; and I hope they will, still. 不，不，那并不是哭声；我是说，电光可怜可怜我们大家吧；我直到此刻还是希望它会可怜我们。

But do they only have mercy on long faces? — have they no bowels¹ for a laugh? 难道电光只会可怜哭丧着脸的人吗？——对于笑容满面的人就不发慈悲心吗？

And look ye, Mr. Starbuck — but it's too dark to look. 你看，斯达巴克先生——唉，实在是黑得看都看不清。

Hear me, then; I take that mast-head flame we saw for a sign of good luck; 那么，听我说吧，我认为我们是把桅顶上的火光，看做好运气的兆头；

for those masts are rooted in a hold that is going to be chock a' block with sperm²-oil, d'ye see; 因为插着那些桅杆的船舱都塞满了鲸油，你可知道；

and so, all that sperm will work up into the masts, like sap in a tree. 因此，所有的鲸油都会渗透到桅杆里，就象树液渗透树木一样。

Yes, our three masts will yet be as three spermaceti candles — that's the good promise we saw. 是呀，我们那三根桅杆还是会象三根鲸油蜡烛一样——这就是我们看到的好指望。

At that moment Starbuck caught sight of Stubb's face slowly beginning to glimmer³ into sight. 这时，斯达巴克看到斯塔布的脸慢慢地开始叫人看得清了。

Glancing upwards⁴, he cried: "See! see!" and once more the high tapering⁵ flames were beheld⁶ with what seemed redoubled supernaturalness in their pallor. 他往上边一望，不禁叫了起来："瞧！瞧！"又看到那高高的细光了，那种灰蒙蒙的光彩似乎格外神奇。

The corpusants have mercy on us all, cried Stubb, again. 电光可怜可怜我们大家吧，斯塔布又叫了起来。

At the base of the main-mast, full beneath the doubloon and the flame, 在主桅脚的地方，就在那只金币和火光下面，

the Parsee was kneeling in Ahab's front, but with his head bowed away from him; 那个祆教徒跪在亚哈跟前，头往后仰着；

while near by, from the arched and overhanging rigging, where they had just been engaged securing a spar, 而在附近，一群水手在把高挂着的拱弯的索具缚在圆柱上，

a number of the seamen⁷, arrested by the glare, now cohered⁸ together, and hung pendulous⁹, like a knot of numbed¹⁰ wasps¹¹ from a drooping¹², orchard¹³ twig¹⁴. 他们都被那股火光吸住了。这会儿，大家的手都搭住绳索，象钟摆般挂在那里，活象一群粘在果树园里的下垂枝桠上的失去感觉的黄蜂。

In various enchanted¹⁵ attitudes like the standing¹⁶, or stepping, or running skeletons in Herculaneum, 从各人所表现出来的各种着迷似的姿势看来，就象是赫鸠娄尼恩发掘出来的一些骷髅：有的站着，有的跨步，有的正在奔跑，

others remained rooted to the deck; but all their eyes upcast. 还有一些人则象钉牢在甲板上似的动都不动。但是，大家的眼睛都往上瞪着。

 

1 bowels   

n.肠，内脏，内部；肠( bowel的名词复数 )；内部，最深处

参考例句：

• Salts is a medicine that causes movements of the bowels. 泻盐是一种促使肠子运动的药物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The cabins are in the bowels of the ship. 舱房设在船腹内。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 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。

3 glimmer   

v.发出闪烁的微光；n.微光，微弱的闪光

参考例句：

• I looked at her and felt a glimmer of hope.我注视她，感到了一线希望。
• A glimmer of amusement showed in her eyes.她的眼中露出一丝笑意。

4 upwards   

adv.向上，在更高处...以上

参考例句：

• The trend of prices is still upwards.物价的趋向是仍在上涨。
• The smoke rose straight upwards.烟一直向上升。

5 tapering   

adj.尖端细的

参考例句：

• Interest in the scandal seems to be tapering off. 人们对那件丑闻的兴趣似乎越来越小了。
• Nonproductive expenditures keep tapering down. 非生产性开支一直在下降。

6 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

7 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。

8 cohered   

v.黏合( cohere的过去式和过去分词 )；联合；结合；（指看法、推理等）前后一致

参考例句：

• Friendship, to be cohered due to my pursuits and effort. 友谊，因我的追求与努力而凝聚。 来自互联网
• Powerful human resources flow flowcapital flow and trade flow have integrated and cohered all around. 强大的人才流、信息流、资金流、贸易流全方位交汇贯通。 来自互联网

9 pendulous   

adj.下垂的；摆动的

参考例句：

• The oriole builds a pendulous nest.金莺鸟筑一个悬垂的巢。
• Her lip grew pendulous as she aged.由于老迈，她的嘴唇往下坠了。

10 numbed   

v.使麻木，使麻痹( numb的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• His mind has been numbed. 他已麻木不仁。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was numbed with grief. 他因悲伤而昏迷了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

11 wasps   

黄蜂( wasp的名词复数 )； 胡蜂； 易动怒的人； 刻毒的人

参考例句：

• There's a wasps' nest in that old tree. 那棵老树上有一个黄蜂巢。
• We live in dread not only of unpleasant insects like spiders or wasps, but of quite harmless ones like moths. 我们不仅生活在对象蜘蛛或黄蜂这样的小虫的惧怕中，而且生活在对诸如飞蛾这样无害昆虫的惧怕中

12 drooping   

adj. 下垂的，无力的 动词droop的现在分词

参考例句：

• The drooping willows are waving gently in the morning breeze. 晨风中垂柳袅袅。
• The branches of the drooping willows were swaying lightly. 垂柳轻飘飘地摆动。

13 orchard   

n.果园，果园里的全部果树，(美俚)棒球场

参考例句：

• My orchard is bearing well this year.今年我的果园果实累累。
• Each bamboo house was surrounded by a thriving orchard.每座竹楼周围都是茂密的果园。

14 twig   

n.小树枝，嫩枝；v.理解

参考例句：

• He heard the sharp crack of a twig.他听到树枝清脆的断裂声。
• The sharp sound of a twig snapping scared the badger away.细枝突然折断的刺耳声把獾惊跑了。

15 enchanted   

adj. 被施魔法的，陶醉的，入迷的 动词enchant的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• She was enchanted by the flowers you sent her. 她非常喜欢你送给她的花。
• He was enchanted by the idea. 他为这个主意而欣喜若狂。

16 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。