英语听书《白鲸记》第324期

 He was going on with some wild reminiscences about his tomahawk-pipe which, it seemed, had in its two uses both brained his foes¹ and soothed² his soul,  他是在对他那烟斗斧发狂思,那东西,在我们直接注意这个熟睡的索匠的时候,好象就有两种用处,既可以砍掉他的敌人的脑袋,又可以慰藉他的精神。

when we were directly attracted to the sleeping rigger. The strong vapor³ now completely filling the contracted hole,it began to tell upon him. 这时,这个狭小的洞穴里全都弥漫着浓烈的烟雾,烟雾开始对那个睡觉的人发生作用了。

He breathed with a sort of muffledness; then seemed troubled in the nose; then revolved⁴ over once or twice; then sat up and rubbed his eyes. 他发出一种咕哝咕哝的声响;好象鼻子里也很难受似的:于是他翻了两三回身,坐了起来,揉揉眼睛。

Holloa! he breathed at last, who be ye smokers⁵? 喂!他终于开口了,你们这些吸烟的是谁呀?

Shipped men, answered I, when does she sail? 做水手的呀,我说,船什么时候开呀?

Aye, aye, ye are going in her, be ye? She sails to-day. The Captain came aboard last night. 啊,啊,你们要在这条船上啦,是吗?它今天就开。船长昨天晚上已经上船了。

What Captain?Ahab? 哪个船长?亚哈?

Who but him indeed? 除了他,还有谁?

I was going to ask him some further questions concerning Ahab, when we heard a noise on deck. 我正想再问他一些关于亚哈的事情时,却听到了甲板上一阵声音。

Holloa! Starbuck's astir, said the rigger. He's a lively chief mate that; good man, and a pious⁶; but all alive now, I must turn to.  喂!斯达巴克起床啦,那索匠说。他是个生龙活虎的大副;是好人,也是一个虔诚的人;啊,现在大家都在忙着,我也得干活去了。

And so saying he went on deck, and we followed. 这样说过后,他就上了甲板,我们也跟着他走了。

It was now clear sunrise. Soon the crew came on board in twos and threes; the riggers bestirred themselves; the mates were actively⁷ engaged;  这时已是太阳高照了。不久就有三三两两的水手上船来;索匠们都在用劲大忙起来;大二三副也很忙;

and several of the shore people were busy in bringing various last things on board. Meanwhile Captain Ahab remained invisibly enshrined within his cabin. 几个岸上的人正在忙着把各种最后的东西搬上船来。这时候,亚哈船长仍然形影不见,深藏在他的船长室里。

1 foes   

敌人，仇敌( foe的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They steadily pushed their foes before them. 他们不停地追击敌人。
• She had fought many battles, vanquished many foes. 她身经百战，挫败过很多对手。

2 soothed   

v.安慰( soothe的过去式和过去分词 )；抚慰；使舒服；减轻痛苦

参考例句：

• The music soothed her for a while. 音乐让她稍微安静了一会儿。
• The soft modulation of her voice soothed the infant. 她柔和的声调使婴儿安静了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 vapor   

n.蒸汽，雾气

参考例句：

• The cold wind condenses vapor into rain.冷风使水蒸气凝结成雨。
• This new machine sometimes transpires a lot of hot vapor.这部机器有时排出大量的热气。

4 revolved   

v.（使）旋转( revolve的过去式和过去分词 )；细想

参考例句：

• The fan revolved slowly. 电扇缓慢地转动着。
• The wheel revolved on its centre. 轮子绕中心转动。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 smokers   

吸烟者( smoker的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily. 许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
• Chain smokers don't care about the dangers of smoking. 烟鬼似乎不在乎吸烟带来的种种危害。

6 pious   

adj.虔诚的；道貌岸然的

参考例句：

• Alexander is a pious follower of the faith.亚历山大是个虔诚的信徒。
• Her mother was a pious Christian.她母亲是一个虔诚的基督教徒。

7 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。