英语听书《白鲸记》第429期

 LONG-ISLAND SAILOR 长岛水手:

Well, well, ye sulkies, there's plenty more of us. Hoe corn when you may, say I.  哼,哼,你们这些愁眉苦脸的家伙,我们都尽够满意啦。收割得及时,我说。

All legs go to harvest soon. Ah! here comes the music; now for it! 大家都要去收割喽。呀,音乐响了;来吧。

AZORE SAILOR (Ascending, and pitching the tambourine¹ up the scuttle².) 亚速尔群岛水手:(敲着小手鼓,走上小舱口)

Here you are, Pip; and there's the windlass-bits; up you mount! Now, boys! 比普,给你吧;这里还有一只小绞车,你们准备好呀!好,伙伴们!

(The half of them dance to the tambourine; some go below; some sleep or lie among the coils of rigging. Oaths a-plenty.) (有一半人合着小手鼓跳了起来;有的下舱里去;有的在索具中间躺着,睡着。咒骂不停。)

AZORE SAILOR (Dancing) 亚速尔群岛水手:(在跳舞)

Go it, Pip! Bang it, bell-boy! Rig it, dig it, stig it, quig it, bell-boy!  用劲呀,比普!敲呀,钟僮!快呀,加油,别松劲,快呀,钟僮!

Make fire-flies; break the jinglers!PIP 敲得响亮些,别敲小铃铛啦!比普:

Jinglers, you say?--there goes another, dropped off; I pound it so. 你说小铃铛吗?又不见了一个喽,丢啦;我就这样乱敲啦。

CHINA SAILOR 中国水手:

Rattle³ thy teeth, then, and pound away; make a pagoda⁴ of thyself. 那么,就卡搭卡搭叩你的牙齿,连连叩下去!你自己搭一个宝塔吧。

FRENCH SAILOR 法国水手:

Merry-mad! Hold up thy hoop⁵, Pip, till I jump through it! Split jibs! tear yourselves! Tashtego ( Quietly smoking.) 狂欢呀!举起你的铁箍来,比普,让我一跳就穿过它,三角帆扯裂啦!你们赶快跑吧!塔斯蒂哥:(悠闲地吸着烟)

That's a white man; he calls that fun: humph! I save my sweat. 那是个白种人:他竟要玩这种玩意儿;哼!我是不舍得出汗的。

OLD MANX SAILOR 人岛老水手:

I wonder whether those jolly lads bethink them of what they are dancing over.  这些个高高兴兴的小伙子,我真不知道他们可想到是在什么上面跳。

I'll dance over your grave, I will-that's the bitterest threat of your night-women, that beat head-winds round corners.  我可要在你的坟上跳,我要...那是你们的情妇最凶狠的威胁,那是拐角儿的顶头风。

O Christ! to think of the green navies and the green-skulled crews!  基督呀!想一想这些乳臭未干又无经验的水手!

Well, well; belike the whole world's a ball, as you scholars have it; and so it's right to make one ballroom⁶ of it.  唔,唔;也许整个世界就是一个球儿,象你们这些学者所说的;因此就该把它当作个舞厅。

Dance on, lads, you're young; I was once. 跳吧,小伙子们,你们都是年纪轻轻的;我已经是过来人喽。

1 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。

2 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。

3 rattle   

v.飞奔，碰响；激怒；n.碰撞声；拨浪鼓

参考例句：

• The baby only shook the rattle and laughed and crowed.孩子只是摇着拨浪鼓，笑着叫着。
• She could hear the rattle of the teacups.她听见茶具叮当响。

4 pagoda   

n.宝塔（尤指印度和远东的多层宝塔），（印度教或佛教的）塔式庙宇

参考例句：

• The ancient pagoda is undergoing repairs.那座古塔正在修缮中。
• The pagoda is reflected upside down in the water.宝塔影子倒立在水里。

5 hoop   

n.（篮球）篮圈，篮

参考例句：

• The child was rolling a hoop.那个孩子在滚铁环。
• The wooden tub is fitted with the iron hoop.木盆都用铁箍箍紧。

6 ballroom   

n.舞厅

参考例句：

• The boss of the ballroom excused them the fee.舞厅老板给他们免费。
• I go ballroom dancing twice a week.我一个星期跳两次交际舞。