英语听书《白鲸记》第352期

 In like manner, the Greenland whalers sailing out of Hull¹ or London, put in at the Shetland Islands, to receive the full complement² of their crew.  同样地,格陵兰的捕鲸船也从赫尔或者伦敦驶出来,开进设得兰群岛去招收他们的全部水手。

Upon the passage homewards, they drop them there again. How it is, there is no telling, but Islanders seem to make the best whalemen.  等到回航的时候,又再把他们卸在原地。究竟是怎么一回事,那可说不上来,不过,岛民似乎生来都是最优秀的捕鲸者。

They were nearly all Islanders in the Pequod, Isolatoes too, I call such, not acknowledging the common continent of men, but each Isolato living on a separate continent of his own.  "裴廓德号"上的水手,就几乎全是岛民,也是一些与世隔绝的人,我之所以这样称法,并不是泛指一般的陆地人,而是指各有一个小天地的与世隔绝者。

Yet now, federated along one keel, what a set these Isolatoes were!  不过现在是,大家都同在一条船上相依为命,还成什么与世隔绝者呢!

An Anacharsis Clootz deputation from all the isles³ of the sea, and all the ends of the earth, accompanying Old Ahab in the Pequod to lay the world's grievances⁴ before that bar from which not very many of them ever come back.  一个从天涯海角各岛各屿汇合拢来的安纳萨西。克罗茨的代表团陪着"裴廓德号"的亚哈老头,想把人间的牢骚诉诸那个庭上。可是,能够从那个法庭生还的却为数寥寥。比普这黑小子呀...

Black Little Pip--e never did--oh, no! he went before. Poor Alabama boy!  他从来就没有回来过...啊,不,他以前去过了。可怜的亚拉巴马。孩子呀!

On the grim Pequod's forecastle, ye shall ere long see him, beating his tambourine⁵;  在"裴廓德号"那不祥的船头楼上,你们不久就将看到他敲着他的小手鼓,弹出永恒的时间前奏曲。

prelusive of the eternal time, when sent for, to the great quarter-deck on high, he was bid strike in with angels, and beat his tambourine in glory; called a coward here, hailed a hero there! 当他被派到高高的后甲板去的时候,人家吩咐他响亮地敲起小手鼓,他便有如天使附体一般大敲特敲,一会儿叫懦夫壮起胆来,一会儿又向英雄致敬。

1 hull   

n.船身；(果、实等的)外壳；vt.去(谷物等)壳

参考例句：

• The outer surface of ship's hull is very hard.船体的外表面非常坚硬。
• The boat's hull has been staved in by the tremendous seas.小船壳让巨浪打穿了。

2 complement   

n.补足物，船上的定员；补语；vt.补充，补足

参考例句：

• The two suggestions complement each other.这两条建议相互补充。
• They oppose each other also complement each other.它们相辅相成。

3 isles   

岛( isle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• the geology of the British Isles 不列颠群岛的地质
• The boat left for the isles. 小船驶向那些小岛。

4 grievances   

n.委屈( grievance的名词复数 )；苦衷；不满；牢骚

参考例句：

• The trade union leader spoke about the grievances of the workers. 工会领袖述说工人们的苦情。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• He gave air to his grievances. 他申诉了他的冤情。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 tambourine   

n.铃鼓，手鼓

参考例句：

• A stew without an onion is like a dance without a tambourine.烧菜没有洋葱就像跳舞没有手鼓。
• He is really good at playing tambourine.他很擅长演奏铃鼓。