英语听书《白鲸记》第301期

 Wood-house! cried I, which way to it?  堆柴房!我嚷道,该往哪里走?

Run for God's sake, and fetch something to pry¹ open the door-the axe²!-the axe!  赶快,看在老天爷份上,找件什么东西把那扇门给撬开来...斧头!斧头!

he's had a stroke; depend upon it!-and so saying I was unmethodically rushing up stairs again empty-handed,  他中风了;准保不错!...我这么说过后,又无头无脑地。空着手冲上楼去,

when Mrs.Hussey interposed the mustard-pot and vinegar-cruet, and the entire castor of her countenance³. 这时候,胡赛太太一手拿着芥末罐,一手拿着醋瓶子,脸色好象一只五味瓶,拦住了我。

What's the matter with you, young man? 你怎么啦,小伙子?

Get the axe! For God's sake, run for the doctor, some one, while I pry it open! 拿斧头来!赶快,看在老天爷份上,快找医生去,要随便哪一个去跑一趟,我去把门给撬开来!

Look here, said the landlady⁴, quickly putting down the vinegar-cruet, so as to have one hand free;  喂!老板娘说,连忙放下醋瓶子,腾出一只手来,

look here; are you talking about prying⁵ open any of my doors? 喂;你是说要撬开我的房门吗?

and with that she seized my arm. What's the matter with you? What's the matter with you, shipmate? 说着,她就抓住我的胳膊。你怎么啦?你怎么啦?船友?

In as calm, but rapid a manner as possible, I gave her to understand the whole case. Unconsciously clapping the vinegar-cruet to one side of her nose,  我尽量镇定而迅速地把整个事情说给她听。她不知不觉地把醋瓶子轻拍着她半边鼻子,

she ruminated⁶ for an instant; then exclaimed-No! I haven't seen it since I put it there.  沉思了一刻后,大声叫喊起来...不!我把它放在那里后一直没去看过它。

Running to a little closet under the landing of the stairs, she glanced in, and returning, told me that Queequeg's harpoon⁷ was missing. He's killed himself, she cried.  她奔到扶梯底下的小房间,往里瞧了一下,又赶回来,对我说魁魁格的标枪不见了。他自杀了,她叫嚷道。

It's unfort'nate Stiggs done over again there goes another counterpane-God pity his poor mother! 又是一个可怜的斯蒂格斯...又是一条被单完蛋喽...上帝怜恤他可怜的母亲!

it will be the ruin of my house. Has the poor lad a sister? Where's that girl? 这就把我的屋子给毁了啊。那可怜的小伙子可有个姊妹吗?

there, Betty, go to Snarles the Painter, and tell him to paint me a sign, with-no suicides permitted here, and no smoking in the parlor;-might as well kill both birds at once.  那女孩在什么地方?...啊,倍蒂,到漆匠斯拿尔斯那里走一趟,要他给我漆块牌子,写...'这里不准自杀,客厅不许吸烟,;这就一举两得了。

Kill? The Lord be merciful to his ghost!  杀死啦?愿上帝怜恤他的鬼魂吧!

What's that noise there? You, young man, avast there! 噫,那是什么声音?你,小伙子,停住!

And running up after me, she caught me as I was again trying to force open the door. 当我又想去撞开那房门时,她追了上来,把我抓住了。

1 pry   

vi.窥(刺)探，打听；vt.撬动(开，起)

参考例句：

• He's always ready to pry into other people's business.他总爱探听别人的事。
• We use an iron bar to pry open the box.我们用铁棍撬开箱子。

2 axe   

n.斧子；v.用斧头砍，削减

参考例句：

• Be careful with that sharp axe.那把斧子很锋利，你要当心。
• The edge of this axe has turned.这把斧子卷了刃了。

3 countenance   

n.脸色，面容；面部表情；vt.支持，赞同

参考例句：

• At the sight of this photograph he changed his countenance.他一看见这张照片脸色就变了。
• I made a fierce countenance as if I would eat him alive.我脸色恶狠狠地，仿佛要把他活生生地吞下去。

4 landlady   

n.女房东，女地主

参考例句：

• I heard my landlady creeping stealthily up to my door.我听到我的女房东偷偷地来到我的门前。
• The landlady came over to serve me.女店主过来接待我。

5 prying   

adj.爱打听的v.打听，刺探（他人的私事）( pry的现在分词 )；撬开

参考例句：

• I'm sick of you prying into my personal life! 我讨厌你刺探我的私生活！
• She is always prying into other people's affairs. 她总是打听别人的私事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 ruminated   

v.沉思( ruminate的过去式和过去分词 )；反复考虑；反刍；倒嚼

参考例句：

• In the article she ruminated about what recreations she would have. 她在文章里认真考虑了她应做些什么消遣活动。 来自辞典例句
• He ruminated on his defenses before he should accost her father. 他在与她父亲搭话前，仔细地考虑着他的防范措施。 来自辞典例句

7 harpoon   

n.鱼叉；vt.用鱼叉叉，用鱼叉捕获

参考例句：

• The harpoon drove deep into the body of the whale.渔叉深深地扎进鲸鱼体内。
• The fisherman transfixed the shark with a harpoon.渔夫用鱼叉刺住鲨鱼。