英语听书《白鲸记》第157期

 What do you mean, sir? Was the other one lost by a whale?  什么？鲸鱼吃了他的另一条腿？ 

Lost by a whale! Young man, come nearer to me: it was devoured¹, chewed up, crunched² by the monstrousest parmacetty that ever chipped a boat!ah, ah!  是的，抹香鲸把他的一条腿吃了！

I was a little alarmed by his energy, perhaps also a little touched at the hearty³ grief in his concluding exclamation⁴,  我几乎被他感动，他的声音中有一种抑制不住的悲凉。

but said as calmly as I could, What you say is no doubt true enough, sir;  我定了定神，你说的毫无疑问,先生,

but how could I know there was any peculiar⁵ ferocity in that particular whale, though indeed I might have inferred as much from the simple fact of the accident.  但我怎么能知道有任何特殊的凶猛,特别的鲸鱼,尽管事实上我可能会从一个简单事故中推断。

Look ye now, young man, thy lungs are a sort of soft, d'ye see; thou dost not talk shark a bit. SURE, ye've been to sea before now; sure of that?  小伙子，你尽管还嫩，但毕竟没冒充内行。你说你出过海…… 

Sir, said I, I thought I told you that I had been four voyages in the merchant. 先生，我出过四趟海了…

Hard down out of that! Mind what I said about the marchant service,don't aggravate⁶ me,I won't have it.  住嘴，别提你那让人讨厌的商船，我可不爱听！

But let us understand each other. I have given thee a hint about what whaling is; do ye yet feel inclined for it?  你还想干这可能丢了腿丢了命的捕鲸吗？

1 devoured   

吞没( devour的过去式和过去分词 )； 耗尽； 津津有味地看； 狼吞虎咽地吃光

参考例句：

• She devoured everything she could lay her hands on: books, magazines and newspapers. 无论是书、杂志，还是报纸，只要能弄得到，她都看得津津有味。
• The lions devoured a zebra in a short time. 狮子一会儿就吃掉了一匹斑马。

2 crunched   

v.嘎吱嘎吱地咬嚼( crunch的过去式和过去分词 )；嘎吱作响；（快速大量地）处理信息；数字捣弄

参考例句：

• Our feet crunched on the frozen snow. 我们的脚嘎吱嘎吱地踩在冻雪上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He closed his jaws on the bones and crunched. 他咬紧骨头，使劲地嚼。 来自英汉文学 - 热爱生命

3 hearty   

adj.热情友好的；衷心的；尽情的，纵情的

参考例句：

• After work they made a hearty meal in the worker's canteen.工作完了，他们在工人食堂饱餐了一顿。
• We accorded him a hearty welcome.我们给他热忱的欢迎。

4 exclamation   

n.感叹号，惊呼，惊叹词

参考例句：

• He could not restrain an exclamation of approval.他禁不住喝一声采。
• The author used three exclamation marks at the end of the last sentence to wake up the readers.作者在文章的最后一句连用了三个惊叹号，以引起读者的注意。

5 peculiar   

adj.古怪的，异常的；特殊的，特有的

参考例句：

• He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
• He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。

6 aggravate   

vt.加重(剧)，使恶化；激怒，使恼火

参考例句：

• Threats will only aggravate her.恐吓只能激怒她。
• He would only aggravate the injury by rubbing it.他揉擦伤口只会使伤势加重。