英语听书《白鲸记》第129期

 With all her might she crowds all sail off shore; in so doing, fights 'gainst the very winds that fain would blow her homeward; seeks all the lashed¹ sea's landlessness again;  这种时候，你必须竭尽全力，扯帆转舵，避开陆地强力的吸力，和狂风抗争着再一次投向疯狂的大海的怀抱。

for refuge's sake forlornly rushing into peril²; her only friend her bitterest foe³!  此时此刻，船只的救难者，就是它们最危险的敌人！ 

Know ye now, Bulkington? Glimpses do ye seem to see of that mortally intolerable truth;  布金敦也许就是深刻地洞悉了这一点吧，

that all deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid⁴ effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea;  他知道自己毕生的努力就是要让船在海中，

while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire⁵ to cast her on the treacherous⁶, slavish shore?  让船在海中自由地行驶；宇宙间那股装出一副甜蜜的面孔的邪恶力量、那种要把他拉向死一般没有生气的陆地的力量，是他始终要抗拒的东西。 

But as in landlessness alone resides highest truth, shoreless, indefinite as God—so, better is it to perish in that howling infinite,  波涛滚滚，浩渺无垠的大海，像是高深莫测的上帝、喜怒无常的哲学家，

than be ingloriously dashed upon the lee, even if that were safety! For worm-like, then, oh!  躲避它是可耻的事，只有爬行着的蠢物才躲到下风头去、躲到干燥的陆地上去…

who would craven crawl to land! Terrors of the terrible! is all this agony so vain?  布金敦正是人们所期望的勇士吧！他的努力不会白费的，他不屈不挠的搏斗会有回报的。

Take heart, take heart, O Bulkington! Bear thee grimly, demigod! Up from the spray of thy ocean-perishing—straight up, leaps thy apotheosis⁷!  勇敢起来吧，像布金敦那样振奋精神，勇往直前！ 

1 lashed   

adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥

参考例句：

• The rain lashed at the windows. 雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。
• The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy. 这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 peril   

n.(严重的)危险；危险的事物

参考例句：

• The refugees were in peril of death from hunger.难民有饿死的危险。
• The embankment is in great peril.河堤岌岌可危。

3 foe   

n.敌人，仇敌

参考例句：

• He knew that Karl could be an implacable foe.他明白卡尔可能会成为他的死敌。
• A friend is a friend;a foe is a foe;one must be clearly distinguished from the other.敌是敌，友是友，必须分清界限。

4 intrepid   

adj.无畏的，刚毅的

参考例句：

• He is not really satisfied with his intrepid action.他没有真正满意他的无畏行动。
• John's intrepid personality made him a good choice for team leader.约翰勇敢的个性适合作领导工作。

5 conspire   

v.密谋，（事件等）巧合，共同导致

参考例句：

• They'd conspired to overthrow the government.他们曾经密谋推翻政府。
• History and geography have conspired to bring Greece to a moment of decision.历史和地理因素共同将希腊推至作出抉择的紧要关头。

6 treacherous   

adj.不可靠的，有暗藏的危险的；adj.背叛的，背信弃义的

参考例句：

• The surface water made the road treacherous for drivers.路面的积水对驾车者构成危险。
• The frozen snow was treacherous to walk on.在冻雪上行走有潜在危险。

7 apotheosis   

n.神圣之理想；美化；颂扬

参考例句：

• The legend of king arthur represent the apotheosis of chivalry.亚瑟王的传说代表骑士精神的顶峰。
• The Oriental in Bangkok is the apotheosis of the grand hotel.曼谷的东方饭店是豪华饭店的典范。