英语听书《白鲸记》第491期

 Hurrah for the gold cup of sperm¹ oil, my heroes! 我的好汉们呀，为一金杯鲸油欢呼吧！

Three cheers, men--all hearts alive! 欢呼啊，大家！我的勇敢的伙伴！

Easy, easy; don't be in a hurry! don't be in a hurry. 慢着，慢着；一点也不要慌张！别慌张。

Why don't you snap your oars², you rascals³? 你们为什么不扳桨呀，你们这些流氓？

Bite something, you dogs! 用点劲呀，你们这些狗东西！

So, so, so, then:softly, softly! 唔，唔，唔，那么；轻一点，轻一点！

That's it! that's it! long and strong. 这行啦！这就行啦！划得又稳又有劲。

Give way there, give way! 划起来呀，用力划！

The devil fetch ye, ye ragamuffin rapscallions;ye are all asleep. 魔鬼找到你们啦，你们这群臭流氓；你们都睡着啦。

Stop snoring, ye sleepers⁴, and pull. 别打鼾，你们这些睡不醒的，用力划呀。

Pull, will ye? pull, can't ye? pull, won't ye? 划呀，好不好？划呀，行不行？划呀，高兴不高兴？

Why in the name of gudgeons and ginger-cakes don't ye pull?  看在白杨鱼和姜汁饼的份上，你们也不划么？

pull and break something! 划呀，用点劲吧！

pull, and start your eyes out! 划呀，张开你们的眼睛来！

Here," whipping out the sharp knife from his girdle; 喂！你们瞧！“他从腰带上抽出一把尖刀来；

"every mother's son of ye draw his knife, and pull with the blade between his teeth. “是娘养的都拿出刀子来，咬着刀用劲划。

That's it! that's it. 对！对。

Now ye do something; that looks like it, my steel-bits. 现在干点什么吧；就象这样，我的硬汉。

Start her, start her, my silverspoons! 松一松，松一松，我的痴汉呀！

Start her, marling-spikes!" 松一松，解索针！”

Stubb's exordium to his crew is given here at large, 斯塔布对他的水手那番开场白，

because he had rather a peculiar⁵ way of talking to them in general, 这里已经详细介绍过了，因为他在对他们说话的时候，总爱用这种颇为特殊的方式，

and especially in inculcating the religion of rowing. 尤其是善于对他们谆谆灌输划船经。

But you must not suppose from this specimen⁶ of his sermonizings 但是，你可千万别以为他这套唠唠叨叨的说教，

that he ever flew into downright passions with his congregation. 会激起他的听众的恼怒。

1 sperm   

n.精子，精液

参考例句：

• Only one sperm fertilises an egg.只有一个精子使卵子受精。
• In human reproduction,one female egg is usually fertilized by one sperm.在人体生殖过程中，一个精子使一个卵子受精。

2 oars   

n.桨，橹( oar的名词复数 )；划手v.划（行）( oar的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He pulled as hard as he could on the oars. 他拼命地划桨。
• The sailors are bending to the oars. 水手们在拼命地划桨。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 rascals   

流氓( rascal的名词复数 )； 无赖； （开玩笑说法）淘气的人（尤指小孩）； 恶作剧的人

参考例句：

• "Oh, but I like rascals. "唔，不过我喜欢流氓。
• "They're all second-raters, black sheep, rascals. "他们都是二流人物，是流氓，是恶棍。

4 sleepers   

n.卧铺（通常以复数形式出现）；卧车( sleeper的名词复数 )；轨枕；睡觉（呈某种状态）的人；小耳环

参考例句：

• He trod quietly so as not to disturb the sleepers. 他轻移脚步，以免吵醒睡着的人。 来自辞典例句
• The nurse was out, and we two sleepers were alone. 保姆出去了，只剩下我们两个瞌睡虫。 来自辞典例句

5 peculiar   

adj.古怪的，异常的；特殊的，特有的

参考例句：

• He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
• He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。

6 specimen   

n.样本，标本

参考例句：

• You'll need tweezers to hold up the specimen.你要用镊子来夹这标本。
• This specimen is richly variegated in colour.这件标本上有很多颜色。