英语听书《白鲸记》第74期

 And though the 275th lay was what they call a rather LONG LAY, yet it was better than nothing;  二百七十五分之一无疑是大拆账， 

and if we had a lucky voyage, might pretty nearly pay for the clothing I would wear out on it,  如果我们有一次幸运的航程,我的衣服钱就省下了,

not to speak of my three years' beef and board, for which I would not have to pay one stiver.  但我还可以在船上白吃白住三年呢！

It might be thought that this was a poor way to accumulate a princely fortune—and so it was, a very poor way indeed.  可能你会说，这么挣钱也太可怜了！确实如此。

But I am one of those that never take on about princely fortunes, and am quite content if the world is ready to board and lodge¹ me,  我也从来没有想发什么大财，在这个世界上，

while I am putting up at this grim sign of the Thunder Cloud.  有我的立锥之地便已足矣。

Upon the whole, I thought that the 275th lay would be about the fair thing,  所以，我自认为二百七十五分之一就算公平了，

but would not have been surprised had I been offered the 200th, considering I was of a broad-shouldered make.  当然，如果再小一些，到二百分之一，那最理想！ 

But one thing, nevertheless, that made me a little distrustful about receiving a generous share of the profits was this:  但有一件事,这让我有点不信任获得如此慷慨的利润份额:

Ashore², I had heard something of both Captain Peleg and his unaccountable old crony Bildad; how that they being the principal proprietors³ of the Pequod,  在岸上我听说过一些法勒船长和他的不负责任的老朋友比勒达;他们如何成为裴廓德号的大股东,

therefore the other and more inconsiderable and scattered⁴ owners, left nearly the whole management of the ship's affairs to these two.  此二人掌握着船上大到雇用什么样的水手，小到该不该为船上采购一根绳子的所有权利。 

1 lodge   

v.临时住宿，寄宿，寄存，容纳；n.传达室，小旅馆

参考例句：

• Is there anywhere that I can lodge in the village tonight?村里有我今晚过夜的地方吗？
• I shall lodge at the inn for two nights.我要在这家小店住两个晚上。

2 ashore   

adv.在(向)岸上，上岸

参考例句：

• The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前，孩子们就上岸了。
• He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。

3 proprietors   

n.所有人，业主( proprietor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• These little proprietors of businesses are lords indeed on their own ground. 这些小业主们，在他们自己的行当中，就是真正的至高无上的统治者。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Many proprietors try to furnish their hotels with antiques. 许多经营者都想用古董装饰他们的酒店。 来自辞典例句

4 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。