英语听书《白鲸记》第268期

 The poor fellow whom Queequeg had handled so roughly, was swept overboard;  可怜那个吃了魁魁格的苦头的小子已给刮到海里去了;

all hands were in a panic; and to attempt snatching at the boom to stay it, seemed madness.  大家都象发狂一样,乱作一团;想抓着那帆杠使它停下来。

It flew from right to left, and back again, almost in one ticking of a watch, and every instant seemed on the point of snapping into splinters.  几乎时钟每滴答一下,帆杠就从左到右来回摆了一下,似乎随时都有断成碎片的可能。

Nothing was done, and nothing seemed capable of being done;  毫无办法,似乎也想不出什么办法来;

those on deck rushed toward the bows, and stood eyeing the boom as if it were the lower jaw¹ of an exasperated² whale.  甲板上的人们都争相奔到船头,站在那里呆望着那只帆杠,它仿佛就是一条怒不可遏的巨鲸的下颚。

In the midst of this consternation³, Queequeg dropped deftly⁴ to his knees, and crawling under the path of the boom,  在这种惊惶失措中,魁魁格灵巧地跪倒在甲板上,在帆杠晃来晃去的地方爬着,

whipped hold of a rope, secured one end to the bulwarks⁵, and then flinging the other like a lasso,  猛地抓住一根索子,他把索子的一端缚到舷墙上,然后等帆杠扫过他头顶的时候,他就象作套索一般急忙将另一端一抛,

caught it round the boom as it swept over his head, and at the next jerk, the spar was that way trapped, and all was safe.  把帆杠兜住了,他再猛地一拉,那根圆材就被这样套住,一切平安无事了。

The schooner⁶ was run into the wind, and while the hands were clearing away the stern boat,  当这条纵帆船望风驶去,大家正在收拾船尾的时候,

Queequeg, stripped to the waist, darted⁷ from the side with a long living arc of a leap.  魁魁格赤裸着上身,真象个长弧形那么纵身一跳打船侧冲了出去。

For three minutes or more he was seen swimming like a dog,  人们看到他象只狗似的游了三四分钟,

throwing his long arms straight out before him, and by turns revealing his brawny⁸ shoulders through the freezing foam⁹.  两条长胳膊直向前面摔去,在冰冷的浪沫里挨次地现出他那结实的左右肩。

I looked at the grand and glorious fellow, but saw no one to be saved.  我望着这个伟大而光荣的伙伴,可是,却看到并没有救起什么人来。

The greenhorn had gone down. Shooting himself perpendicularly¹⁰ from the water,  那个毛头小子已经沉到海里去了。

Queequeg, now took an instant's glance around him, and seeming to see just how matters were,  这时,魁魁格从水里笔直地冒了出来,眼睛迅疾地四下一瞥,似乎是要弄清一下情况,

dived down and disappeared.  又潜进水里。消失了。

A few minutes more, and he rose again, one arm still striking out, and with the other dragging a lifeless form.  再过几分钟,他又冒了出来,一只手仍在划水,另一只手拖着一个毫无生气的人体。

The boat soon picked them up.  船上的人立刻把他们拉上来。

The poor bumpkin was restored.  可怜那个乡巴佬苏醒过来了。

All hands voted Queequeg a noble trump¹¹; the captain begged his pardon.  大家都盛赞魁魁格是个了不起的好汉;船长也来对他道歉。

From that hour I clove¹² to Queequeg like a barnacle; yea, till poor Queequeg took his last long dive. 从那时起,我就象狗虱子一样死扳住魁魁格不放;而且直扳到可怜的魁魁格永远潜进水里为止。

1 jaw   

n.颚，颌，说教，流言蜚语；v.喋喋不休，教训

参考例句：

• He delivered a right hook to his opponent's jaw.他给了对方下巴一记右钩拳。
• A strong square jaw is a sign of firm character.强健的方下巴是刚毅性格的标志。

2 exasperated   

adj.恼怒的

参考例句：

• We were exasperated at his ill behaviour. 我们对他的恶劣行为感到非常恼怒。
• Constant interruption of his work exasperated him. 对他工作不断的干扰使他恼怒。

3 consternation   

n.大为吃惊，惊骇

参考例句：

• He was filled with consternation to hear that his friend was so ill.他听说朋友病得那么厉害，感到非常震惊。
• Sam stared at him in consternation.萨姆惊恐不安地注视着他。

4 deftly   

adv.灵巧地，熟练地，敏捷地

参考例句：

• He deftly folded the typed sheets and replaced them in the envelope. 他灵巧地将打有字的纸折好重新放回信封。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• At last he had a clew to her interest, and followed it deftly. 这一下终于让他发现了她的兴趣所在，于是他熟练地继续谈这个话题。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

5 bulwarks   

n.堡垒( bulwark的名词复数 )；保障；支柱；舷墙

参考例句：

• The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty. 新闻自由是自由最大的保障之一。 来自辞典例句
• Surgery and X-irradiation nevertheless remain the bulwarks of cancer treatment throughout the world. 外科手术和X射线疗法依然是全世界治疗癌症的主要方法。 来自辞典例句

6 schooner   

n.纵帆船

参考例句：

• The schooner was driven ashore.那条帆船被冲上了岸。
• The current was bearing coracle and schooner southward at an equal rate.急流正以同样的速度将小筏子和帆船一起冲向南方。

7 darted   

v.投掷，投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 )；向前冲，飞奔

参考例句：

• The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect. 蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The old man was displeased and darted an angry look at me. 老人不高兴了，瞪了我一眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 brawny   

adj.强壮的

参考例句：

• The blacksmith has a brawny arm.铁匠有强壮的胳膊。
• That same afternoon the marshal appeared with two brawny assistants.当天下午，警长带着两名身强力壮的助手来了。

9 foam   

v./n.泡沫，起泡沫

参考例句：

• The glass of beer was mostly foam.这杯啤酒大部分是泡沫。
• The surface of the water is full of foam.水面都是泡沫。

10 perpendicularly   

adv. 垂直地, 笔直地, 纵向地

参考例句：

• Fray's forehead was wrinkled both perpendicularly and crosswise. 弗雷的前额上纹路纵横。
• Automatic resquaring feature insures nozzle is perpendicularly to the part being cut. 自动垂直功能，可以确保刀头回到与工件完全垂直的位置去切割。

11 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

12 clove   

n.丁香味

参考例句：

• If tired,smell a whiff of clove oil and it will wake you up.如果疲倦，闻上一点丁香油将令人清醒。
• A sweet-smell comes from roses and clove trees.丁香与玫瑰的香味扑鼻而来。