英语听书《白鲸记》第419期

 But those wild eyes met his, as the bloodshot eyes of the prairie wolves meet the eye of their leader, ere he rushes on at their head in the trail of the bison; but, alas¹! only to fall into the hidden snare² of the Indian. 但是,那些迎着他的狂热的眼睛,就象大草原的狼群的充血的眼睛,在迎着它们的首领的眼睛后,那首领就领着它们向前冲去紧追野牛那样;不料,天啊!却冲进了印第安人隐设在那边的陷阱里了。

Drink and pass! he cried, handing the heavy charged flagon to the nearest seaman³.  喝呀,传过去啊!他一面把那只装得沉甸甸的细嘴酒瓶递给身边的水手,

The crew alone now drink. Round with it, round! Short draughts-long swallows, men;it's hot as Satan's hoof⁴.  一面叫道:现在水手们单独喝吧。挨次传下去,传下去!浅尝也好,猛喝也好,朋友们;这酒可跟撒旦的蹄子一般厉害。

So, so; it goes round excellently. It spiralizes in ye; forks out at the serpent-snapping eye. Well done; almost drained.  唔,唔,大家都递到了。它会弄得你天旋地转,弄得你鼓着恶蛇似的怒眼。好;差不多要光了。

That way it went, this way it comes. Hand it me--here's a hollow!  那边去,这边来。拿给我...空啦!

Men, ye seem the years; so brimming life is gulped⁵ and gone. Steward⁶, refill! 喂,你们好象催人的岁月;把满溢的生命,一口就喝光了。茶房,再斟酒来!

Attend now, my braves.  现在请注意,我的勇士们。

I have mustered⁷ ye all round this capstan; and ye mates, flank me with your lances; and ye harpooneers, stand there with your irons; and ye, stout⁸ mariners⁹, ring me in, that I may in some sort revive a noble custom of my fisherman fathers before me.  我把你们大家都集中在这只绞盘四周;你们大二三副三人,手里拿着鱼枪站在我身旁;你们这些标枪手,手里拿着标枪站在那一边;你们这些强壮的水手,把我紧紧箍起,弄得我好象把我的捕鱼祖先的高贵的风俗都恢复过来了。

O men, you will yet see that-Ha! boy, come back? bad pennies come not sooner.  伙伴们,你们还得留心...哈!茶房,回来啦?来得快的总是好的。

Hand it me. Why, now, this pewter had run brimming again, wert not thou St.Vitus' imp-away, thou ague! 拿给我。怎么,这只蜡锡杯又泼泼满啦,你不会是圣。维杜的小魔鬼吧...滚开,你这打冷颤的东西!

1 alas   

int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等)

参考例句：

• Alas!The window is broken!哎呀！窗子破了！
• Alas,the truth is less romantic.然而，真理很少带有浪漫色彩。

2 snare   

n.陷阱，诱惑，圈套；（去除息肉或者肿瘤的）勒除器；响弦，小军鼓；vt.以陷阱捕获，诱惑

参考例句：

• I used to snare small birds such as sparrows.我曾常用罗网捕捉麻雀等小鸟。
• Most of the people realized that their scheme was simply a snare and a delusion.大多数人都认识到他们的诡计不过是一个骗人的圈套。

3 seaman   

n.海员，水手，水兵

参考例句：

• That young man is a experienced seaman.那个年轻人是一个经验丰富的水手。
• The Greek seaman went to the hospital five times.这位希腊海员到该医院去过五次。

4 hoof   

n.(马，牛等的)蹄

参考例句：

• Suddenly he heard the quick,short click of a horse's hoof behind him.突然间，他听见背后响起一阵急骤的马蹄的得得声。
• I was kicked by a hoof.我被一只蹄子踢到了。

5 gulped   

v.狼吞虎咽地吃，吞咽( gulp的过去式和过去分词 )；大口地吸（气）；哽住

参考例句：

• He gulped down the rest of his tea and went out. 他把剩下的茶一饮而尽便出去了。
• She gulped nervously, as if the question bothered her. 她紧张地咽了一下，似乎那问题把她难住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 steward   

n.乘务员，服务员；看管人；膳食管理员

参考例句：

• He's the steward of the club.他是这家俱乐部的管理员。
• He went around the world as a ship's steward.他当客船服务员，到过世界各地。

7 mustered   

v.集合，召集，集结（尤指部队）( muster的过去式和过去分词 )；（自他人处）搜集某事物；聚集；激发

参考例句：

• We mustered what support we could for the plan. 我们极尽所能为这项计划寻求支持。
• The troops mustered on the square. 部队已在广场上集合。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 stout   

adj.强壮的，粗大的，结实的，勇猛的，矮胖的

参考例句：

• He cut a stout stick to help him walk.他砍了一根结实的枝条用来拄着走路。
• The stout old man waddled across the road.那肥胖的老人一跩一跩地穿过马路。

9 mariners   

海员，水手（mariner的复数形式）

参考例句：

• Mariners were also able to fix their latitude by using an instrument called astrolabe. 海员们还可使用星盘这种仪器确定纬度。
• The ancient mariners traversed the sea. 古代的海员漂洋过海。