英语听书《白鲸记》第69期

 It turned out to be Captain Bildad, who along with Captain Peleg was one of the largest owners of the vessel¹;  比勒达船长，这位与法勒船长一样是本船的大股东的人，确实有一种非凡的气质。使人一见之下，便会留下永不磨灭的印象。 

the other shares, as is sometimes the case in these ports, being held by a crowd of old annuitants;  大股东是他们两位船长，其余的股份属于港口里一大群人，

widows, fatherless children, and chancery wards²;  有领退休金的老人，有孤儿寡妇，还有些受保护、被照顾的未成年人。 

each owning about the value of a timber head, or a foot of plank³, or a nail or two in the ship.  这些人的股份，形象地说可能只是一根船骨、一英尺船板、甚至是一两枚船钉。

People in Nantucket invest their money in whaling vessels⁴, the same way that you do yours in approved state stocks bringing in good interest.  南塔开特人手里的钱都投到了船上，就像别的地方的人把钱投入股票交易中一样。 

Now, Bildad, like Peleg, and indeed many other Nantucketers, was a Quaker, the island having been originally settled by that sect⁵;  比勒达和法勒以及岛上的大多数居民一样，也是个桂克教民。

and to this day its inhabitants in general retain in an uncommon⁶ measure the peculiarities⁷ of the Quaker,  即使在今天，你如果有机会到岛上转一转，也还可以看到许多岛民身上的桂克特征，

only variously and anomalously⁸ modified by things altogether alien and heterogeneous⁹.  不过随着时间的推移，这些特征有所减弱罢了。 

For some of these same Quakers are the most sanguinary of all sailors and whale-hunters.  这些桂克中，残忍的捕鲸者、报复心极重的水手、

They are fighting Quakers; they are Quakers with a vengeance¹⁰.  好斗的不法之徒层出不穷。 

1 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

2 wards   

区( ward的名词复数 )； 病房； 受监护的未成年者； 被人照顾或控制的状态

参考例句：

• This hospital has 20 medical [surgical] wards. 这所医院有 20 个内科[外科]病房。
• It was a big constituency divided into three wards. 这是一个大选区，下设三个分区。

3 plank   

n.板条，木板，政策要点，政纲条目

参考例句：

• The plank was set against the wall.木板靠着墙壁。
• They intend to win the next election on the plank of developing trade.他们想以发展贸易的纲领来赢得下次选举。

4 vessels   

n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人

参考例句：

• The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 sect   

n.派别，宗教，学派，派系

参考例句：

• When he was sixteen he joined a religious sect.他16岁的时候加入了一个宗教教派。
• Each religious sect in the town had its own church.该城每一个宗教教派都有自己的教堂。

6 uncommon   

adj.罕见的，非凡的，不平常的

参考例句：

• Such attitudes were not at all uncommon thirty years ago.这些看法在30年前很常见。
• Phil has uncommon intelligence.菲尔智力超群。

7 peculiarities   

n. 特质, 特性, 怪癖, 古怪

参考例句：

• the cultural peculiarities of the English 英国人的文化特点
• He used to mimic speech peculiarities of another. 他过去总是模仿别人讲话的特点。

8 anomalously   

参考例句：

• In this case an anomalously high oxidation rate is observed with respect to the model. 在这种情况下发现有比这模型要高得多的氧化速率。 来自辞典例句
• This man behaves anomalously. 这个人行事不正常。 来自互联网

9 heterogeneous   

adj.庞杂的；异类的

参考例句：

• There is a heterogeneous mass of papers in the teacher's office.老师的办公室里堆满了大批不同的论文。
• America has a very heterogeneous population.美国人口是由不同种族组成的。

10 vengeance   

n.报复，报仇，复仇

参考例句：

• He swore vengeance against the men who murdered his father.他发誓要向那些杀害他父亲的人报仇。
• For years he brooded vengeance.多年来他一直在盘算报仇。