英语听书《白鲸记》第295期

 It's an all-fired outrage¹ to tell any human creature that he's bound to hell. Flukes and flames!  这真是一种恶毒的侮辱,随便骂人该入地狱。该死的东西!

Bildad, say that again to me, and start my soulbolts, but I'll-I'll-yes, I'll swallow a live goat with all his hair and horns on.  比勒达,你再对我说一遍,来挑动我的肝火吧,那我就...我就...不错,我就把一只活山羊都连毛带角吞下去。

Out of the cabin, ye canting, drab-colored son of a wooden gun-a straight wake with ye! 到外边去,你这个讲黑话的乌龟贼强盗的灰孙子。立刻给我滚出去!

As he thundered out this he made a rush at Bildad, but with a marvellous oblique², sliding celerity, Bildad for that time eluded³ him. 他一边破口大骂,一边冲到比勒达跟前,但是,这时,比勒达却出奇的神速,身子一闪,避开了他。

Alarmed at this terrible outburst between the two principal and responsible owners of the ship,  这两个负有主要和重大责任的船东这样骇人的吵架可把我吓呆了,

and feeling half a mind to give up all idea of sailing in a vessel⁴ so questionably⁵ owned and temporarily commanded,  我颇想打消一切的念头,不上这么一艘船权颇有疑问又是暂时给代管着的船只,

I stepped aside from the door to give egress⁶ to Bildad, who, I made no doubt, was all eagerness to vanish from before the awakened⁷ wrath⁸ of Peleg.  我打门边一闪,让路给比勒达逃出去,因为这家伙,毫无疑问地,一定急于要避开法勒的盛怒。

But to my astonishment⁹, he sat down again on the transom very quietly, and seemed to have not the slightest intention of withdrawing.  可是,使我诧异的是,他竟又十分泰然地坐到横木上去,看来毫无退却的意图。

He seemed quite used to impenitent¹⁰ Peleg and his ways.  他似乎已经看惯了这个不知悔悟的法勒和他那副脾气了。

As for Peleg, after letting off his rage as he had, there seemed no more left in him, and he, too, sat down like a lamb,  至于法勒,脾气发过后,也好象是太平无事了,他也坐了下来,象一只绵羊似的,

though he twitched¹¹ a little as if still nervously¹² agitated¹³.  虽然他还微显抽挛,宛似精神仍很激动。

Whew! he whistled at last-the squall's gone off to leeward¹⁴, I think.  呸!他最后啐了一下说...风暴已经消失了吧,我想。

Bildad, thou used to be good at sharpening a lance, mend that pen, will ye.  比勒达,你磨鱼枪一向很在行,给我修修这支笔吧。

My jack-knife here needs the grindstone. That's he; thank ye, Bildad.  我的小刀得上磨石啦,喏,谢谢你,比勒达。

Now then, my young man, Ishmael's thy name, didn't ye say?  那么,小伙子,刚才你不是说你叫以实玛利么?

Well then, down ye go here, Ishmael, for the three hundredth lay. 好吧,这就给你写下来啦,以实玛利,三百分之一的拆账。

1 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

2 oblique   

adj.斜的，倾斜的，无诚意的，不坦率的

参考例句：

• He made oblique references to her lack of experience.他拐弯抹角地说她缺乏经验。
• She gave an oblique look to one side.她向旁边斜看了一眼。

3 eluded   

v.（尤指机敏地）避开( elude的过去式和过去分词 )；逃避；躲避；使达不到

参考例句：

• The sly fox nimbly eluded the dogs. 那只狡猾的狐狸灵活地躲避开那群狗。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The criminal eluded the police. 那个罪犯甩掉了警察的追捕。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4 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。

5 questionably   

adv.可疑地；不真实地；有问题地

参考例句：

• These were estates his father questionably acquired. 这些财产不一定是他父亲努力获得的。 来自互联网

6 egress   

n.出去；出口

参考例句：

• Safe access and egress can be achieved by various methods.可以采用各种方法安全的进入或离开。
• Drains achieve a ready egress of the liquid blood.引流能为血液提供一个容易的出口。

7 awakened   

v.（使）醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）觉醒；弄醒；（使）意识到

参考例句：

• She awakened to the sound of birds singing. 她醒来听到鸟的叫声。
• The public has been awakened to the full horror of the situation. 公众完全意识到了这一状况的可怕程度。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 wrath   

n.愤怒，愤慨，暴怒

参考例句：

• His silence marked his wrath. 他的沉默表明了他的愤怒。
• The wrath of the people is now aroused. 人们被激怒了。

9 astonishment   

n.惊奇，惊异

参考例句：

• They heard him give a loud shout of astonishment.他们听见他惊奇地大叫一声。
• I was filled with astonishment at her strange action.我对她的奇怪举动不胜惊异。

10 impenitent   

adj.不悔悟的，顽固的

参考例句：

• His impenitent attitude is really annoying.他死不改悔的态度真令人生气。
• We need to remember that God's wrath does burn against impenitent sinners.我们必须铭记上帝的愤怒曾烧死了不知悔改的恶人。

11 twitched   

vt.& vi.（使）抽动，（使）颤动（twitch的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Her lips twitched with amusement. 她忍俊不禁地颤动着嘴唇。
• The child's mouth twitched as if she were about to cry. 这小孩的嘴抽动着，像是要哭。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 nervously   

adv.神情激动地，不安地

参考例句：

• He bit his lip nervously,trying not to cry.他紧张地咬着唇，努力忍着不哭出来。
• He paced nervously up and down on the platform.他在站台上情绪不安地走来走去。

13 agitated   

adj.被鼓动的，不安的

参考例句：

• His answers were all mixed up,so agitated was he.他是那样心神不定，回答全乱了。
• She was agitated because her train was an hour late.她乘坐的火车晚点一个小时，她十分焦虑。

14 leeward   

adj.背风的；下风的

参考例句：

• The trees all listed to leeward.树木统统向下风方向倾。
• We steered a course to leeward.我们向下风航驶。