英语听书《白鲸记》第322期

 Very dim, very dim, said Elijah. Morning to ye. 很模糊,很模糊,以利亚说。祝你们早上好。

Once more we quitted him; but once more he came softly after us; and touching¹ my shoulder again, said, See if you can find 'em now, will ye?Find who? 我们又跟他分开了;但是,他又悄悄地跟上了我们;又碰起我的肩膀来,说,你试试看,现在可还找得到他们,好吗?找谁呀?

Morning to ye! morning to ye! he rejoined, again moving off. Oh! I was going to warn ye against-but never mind, never mind-it's all one, all in the family too; 祝你们早上好!祝你们早上好!他回答后,又走开了。啊!我想告诫你们...不过,不打紧,不打紧...都是一个,也都是自家人;

sharp frost this morning, ain't it? Good-bye to ye. Shan't see ye again very soon, I guess; unless it's before the Grand Jury.  今儿早上的霜很重吧,可不是吗?再见。我想不会很快就跟你们再见面的;除非是到大陪审团,跟前去碰头。

And with these cracked words he finally departed, leaving me, for the moment, in no small wonderment at his frantic² impudence³. 他说完这些疯疯癫癫的话后,终于走开了,一时间教我对着他那发狂似的冒失行为,惊讶不已。

At last, stepping on board the Pequod, we found everything in profound quiet, not a soul moving.  最后,我们跨上了裴廓德号,发觉四周非常静寂,一个人影子都没有。

The cabin entrance was locked within; the hatches were all on, and lumbered⁴ with coils of rigging.Going forward to the forecastle, we found the slide of the scuttle⁵ open.  舱口打里面反锁着;舱盖都盖起着,乱堆着一捆捆的绳索。再走到船头楼那边,我们看见小舱口的盖板开着。

Seeing a light, we went down, and found only an old rigger there, wrapped in a tattered⁶ pea-jacket.  我们一看到下面有灯光,就走了下去,却看到只有一个老索匠在那儿,裹着一件稀烂的厚呢上装。

He was thrown at whole length upon two chests, his face downwards⁷ and inclosed in his folded arms.The profoundest slumber⁸ slept upon him. 他僵挺挺地扑在两口箱子上,他的脸朝下,胸口压在交叉的胳膊上。他睡得挺香。

Those sailors we saw, Queequeg, where can they have gone to? said I, looking dubiously⁹ at the sleeper¹⁰.  我们刚才看到的那些水手,都到哪里去啦?魁魁格,我疑惑地望着那个睡着的人,说道。

But it seemed that, when on the wharf¹¹, Queequeg had not at all noticed what I now alluded¹² to;  但是,看来刚才在码头上的时候,魁魁格根本就没有注意到我现在所提的这事情;

hence I would have thought myself to have been optically deceived in that matter, were it not for Elijah's otherwise inexplicable¹³ question.  因此,要不是以利亚提出了那个费解的问题,我还认为是我一时眼力恍惚所致。

But I beat the thing down; and again marking the sleeper, jocularly hinted to Queequeg that perhaps we had best sit up with the body;  但是,我把这件事搁下了;又望着那个睡觉的人,诙谐地向魁魁格暗示说,我们还是坐在这儿,守着这人;

telling him to establish himself accordingly. He put his hand upon the sleeper's rear, as though feeling if it was soft enough;  并要他也坐定下来。魁魁格却把手放在那个睡觉的人的屁股上,象在试试它够不够软似的;

and then, without more ado, sat quietly down there. 当即泰然地坐下去。

1 touching   

adj.动人的，使人感伤的

参考例句：

• It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
• His letter was touching.他的信很感人。

2 frantic   

adj.狂乱的，错乱的，激昂的

参考例句：

• I've had a frantic rush to get my work done.我急急忙忙地赶完工作。
• He made frantic dash for the departing train.他发疯似地冲向正开出的火车。

3 impudence   

n.厚颜无耻；冒失；无礼

参考例句：

• His impudence provoked her into slapping his face.他的粗暴让她气愤地给了他一耳光。
• What knocks me is his impudence.他的厚颜无耻使我感到吃惊。

4 lumbered   

砍伐（lumber的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• A rhinoceros lumbered towards them. 一头犀牛笨重地向他们走来。
• A heavy truck lumbered by. 一辆重型卡车隆隆驶过。

5 scuttle   

v.急赶，疾走，逃避；n.天窗；舷窗

参考例句：

• There was a general scuttle for shelter when the rain began to fall heavily.下大雨了，人们都飞跑着寻找躲雨的地方。
• The scuttle was open,and the good daylight shone in.明朗的亮光从敞开的小窗中照了进来。

6 tattered   

adj.破旧的，衣衫破的

参考例句：

• Her tattered clothes in no way detracted from her beauty.她的破衣烂衫丝毫没有影响她的美貌。
• Their tattered clothing and broken furniture indicated their poverty.他们褴褛的衣服和破烂的家具显出他们的贫穷。

7 downwards   

adj./adv.向下的（地），下行的（地）

参考例句：

• He lay face downwards on his bed.他脸向下伏在床上。
• As the river flows downwards,it widens.这条河愈到下游愈宽。

8 slumber   

n.睡眠，沉睡状态

参考例句：

• All the people in the hotels were wrapped in deep slumber.住在各旅馆里的人都已进入梦乡。
• Don't wake him from his slumber because he needs the rest.不要把他从睡眠中唤醒，因为他需要休息。

9 dubiously   

adv.可疑地，怀疑地

参考例句：

• "What does he have to do?" queried Chin dubiously. “他有什么心事？”琴向觉民问道，她的脸上现出疑惑不解的神情。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
• He walked out fast, leaving the head waiter staring dubiously at the flimsy blue paper. 他很快地走出去，撇下侍者头儿半信半疑地瞪着这张薄薄的蓝纸。 来自辞典例句

10 sleeper   

n.睡眠者，卧车，卧铺

参考例句：

• I usually go up to London on the sleeper. 我一般都乘卧车去伦敦。
• But first he explained that he was a very heavy sleeper. 但首先他解释说自己睡觉很沉。

11 wharf   

n.码头，停泊处

参考例句：

• We fetch up at the wharf exactly on time.我们准时到达码头。
• We reached the wharf gasping for breath.我们气喘吁吁地抵达了码头。

12 alluded   

提及，暗指( allude的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• In your remarks you alluded to a certain sinister design. 在你的谈话中，你提到了某个阴谋。
• She also alluded to her rival's past marital troubles. 她还影射了对手过去的婚姻问题。

13 inexplicable   

adj.无法解释的，难理解的

参考例句：

• It is now inexplicable how that development was misinterpreted.当时对这一事态发展的错误理解究竟是怎么产生的，现在已经无法说清楚了。
• There are many things which are inexplicable by science.有很多事科学还无法解释。