英语听书《白鲸记》第968期

 Lo! ye believers in gods all goodness, and in man all ill, lo you! see the omniscient¹ gods oblivious² of suffering man; 你瞧！你们这些把神明当作大慈大悲。把人类当作十恶不赦的人们呀，你们瞧呀！看看那全能的神明竟不理睬受难的人类；

and man, though idiotic³, and knowing not what he does, yet full of the sweet things of love and gratitude⁴. 人类虽是愚笨，却不知他所行何事，然而，却都有着恩和爱的快乐的事儿。

Come! I feel prouder leading thee by thy black hand, than though I grasped an Emperor's! 走吧！我牵着你这只黑手，比我握着皇帝的手还更觉得自豪哪！

There go two daft ones now, muttered the old Manxman. 瞧！两个痴子一起走啦，那个人岛老头喃喃道。

"One daft with strength, the other daft  with weakness. But here's the end of the rotten line — all dripping, too. Mend it, eh? "一个是有魄力的痴子，一个是很懦弱的痴子。可是，这根烂绳头——全都湿淋淋了。把它修一修嘛？

I think we had best have a new line altogether. I'll see Mr. Stubb about it." 我想，我们最好还是去弄根崭新的绳子来吧。让我去跟斯塔布谈谈看。"

Chapter 126 The Life-Buoy 第一百二十六章 救生圈

Steering⁵ now south-eastward by Ahab's levelled steel, 裴廓德号靠了亚哈亲自校准的罗盘针，

and her progress solely⁶ determined⁷ by Ahab's level log and line; the Pequod held on her path towards the Equator. 又完全靠了亚哈所设计的测程仪来记录航速，现在正向着东南方，继续往赤道驶去。

Making so long a passage through such unfrequented waters, descrying⁸ no ships, 在这种人迹罕到的水域中作这样漫长的航行，连一艘船也看不到。

and ere long, sideways impelled⁹ by unvarying trade winds, over waves monotonously¹⁰ mild; 不一会儿，一阵打斜吹来的千篇一律的贸易风，把它推在和缓得使人厌倦的波涛上。

all these seemed the strange calm things preluding some riotous¹¹ and desperate scene. 所有这些看似平静得出奇的情况，正是行将出现一种骚乱和险恶的场面的预兆。

 

1 omniscient   

adj.无所不知的；博识的

参考例句：

• He's nervous when trying to potray himself as omniscient.当他试图把自己描绘得无所不知时，内心其实很紧张。
• Christians believe that God is omniscient.基督教徒相信上帝是无所不知的。

2 oblivious   

adj.易忘的，遗忘的，忘却的，健忘的

参考例句：

• Mother has become quite oblivious after the illness.这次病后，妈妈变得特别健忘。
• He was quite oblivious of the danger.他完全没有察觉到危险。

3 idiotic   

adj.白痴的

参考例句：

• It is idiotic to go shopping with no money.去买东西而不带钱是很蠢的。
• The child's idiotic deeds caused his family much trouble.那小孩愚蠢的行为给家庭带来许多麻烦。

4 gratitude   

adj.感激，感谢

参考例句：

• I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
• She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。

5 steering   

n.操舵装置

参考例句：

• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration. 他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
• Steering according to the wind, he also framed his words more amicably. 他真会看风使舵，口吻也马上变得温和了。

6 solely   

adv.仅仅，唯一地

参考例句：

• Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.成功与否不应只用学业成绩来衡量。
• The town depends almost solely on the tourist trade.这座城市几乎完全靠旅游业维持。

7 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

8 descrying   

v.被看到的，被发现的，被注意到的( descried的过去分词 )

参考例句：

9 impelled   

v.推动、推进或敦促某人做某事( impel的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He felt impelled to investigate further. 他觉得有必要作进一步调查。
• I feel impelled to express grave doubts about the project. 我觉得不得不对这项计划深表怀疑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 monotonously   

adv.单调地，无变化地

参考例句：

• The lecturer phrased monotonously. 这位讲师用词单调。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The maid, still in tears, sniffed monotonously. 侍女还在哭，发出单调的抽泣声。 来自辞典例句

11 riotous   

adj.骚乱的；狂欢的

参考例句：

• Summer is in riotous profusion.盛夏的大地热闹纷繁。
• We spent a riotous night at Christmas.我们度过了一个狂欢之夜。