英语听书《白鲸记》第529期

 　　In truth, well nigh the whole of this passage being attended by very prosperous breezes,  事实上，整个航程差不多都刮着顺适的和风，

　　the Town-Ho had all but certainly arrived in perfect safety at her port without the occurrence of the least fatality¹, ‘大鲸出来了号’，随便怎样都不会遭到一点意外，一定能够绝对安全地抵达口岸。”

　　had it not been for the brutal² overbearing of Radney, the mate, a Vineyarder,  如果不是那个维因耶德人的大副拉德尼狂妄傲慢，

　　and the bitterly provoked vengeance³ of Steelkilt, a Lakeman and desperado from Buffalo⁴. 同那个布法罗(这里的湖即指伊利湖。布法罗(在纽约西部的一个市)是伊利湖上的商港。)的湖上人，那个恶棍斯蒂尔基尔特激起复仇之念的话，

　　"Lakeman! Buffalo! Pray, what is a Lakeman, and where is Buffalo?' said Don Sebastian, rising in his swinging mat of grass. “湖上人！野牛！请问，什么叫做湖上人，野牛又是什么地方？塞瓦斯蒂安先生从他那摇摇摆摆的草垫子上立起来问道。

　　On the eastern shore of our Lake Erie, Don; but - I crave⁵ your courtesy--may be, you shall soon hear further of all that. “先生，那是在我们的伊利湖的东岸。不过——我请你原谅一下——也许你马上就可以全部都听到了。

　　Now, gentlemen, in square-sail brigs and three-masted ships, well nigh as large and stout⁶ as any that ever sailed out of your old Callao to far Manilla; 诸位先生，且说那种横帆二桅船和三桅船，就跟随便哪一艘从你们的古老的卡亚俄(卡亚俄——秘鲁的主要商港。)驶到老远的马尼拉的那种船差不多，又大又结实。

　　this Lakeman, in the land-locked heart of our America,  这个湖上人，虽然生在我们美国那种四面着陆的中心，

　　had yet been nurtured⁷ by all those agrarian⁸ freebooting impressions popularly connected with the open ocean. 却又是受过那种爱把大海看做可以抢劫的农民观念所熏陶的。

　　For in their interflowing aggregate⁹, those grand fresh-water seas of ours, Erie, and Ontario, and Huron, and Superior, and Michigan, 因为我们那些淡水大海——伊利湖，安大略湖，休伦湖，苏必利尔湖和密歇根湖——在它们合流的时候，

　　possess an ocean-like expansiveness, with many of the ocean's noblest traits; with many of its rimmed¹⁰ varieties of races and of climes." 就有一种象大洋似的滔滔气派，有大洋许多最高贵的特点，有各式各样相似的人种和风土习俗。

1 fatality   

n.不幸，灾祸，天命

参考例句：

• She struggle against fatality in vain.她徒然奋斗反抗宿命。
• He began to have a growing sense of fatality.他开始有一种越来越强烈的宿命感。

2 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。

3 vengeance   

n.报复，报仇，复仇

参考例句：

• He swore vengeance against the men who murdered his father.他发誓要向那些杀害他父亲的人报仇。
• For years he brooded vengeance.多年来他一直在盘算报仇。

4 buffalo   

n.(北美)野牛；(亚洲)水牛

参考例句：

• Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
• The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。

5 crave   

vt.渴望得到，迫切需要，恳求，请求

参考例句：

• Many young children crave attention.许多小孩子渴望得到关心。
• You may be craving for some fresh air.你可能很想呼吸呼吸新鲜空气。

6 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。

7 nurtured   

养育( nurture的过去式和过去分词 )； 培育； 滋长； 助长

参考例句：

• She is looking fondly at the plants he had nurtured. 她深情地看着他培育的植物。
• Any latter-day Einstein would still be spotted and nurtured. 任何一个未来的爱因斯坦都会被发现并受到培养。

8 agrarian   

adj.土地的，农村的，农业的

参考例句：

• People are leaving an agrarian way of life to go to the city.人们正在放弃农业生活方式而转向城市。
• This was a feature of agrarian development in Britain.这是大不列颠土地所有制发展的一个特征。

9 aggregate   

adj.总计的，集合的；n.总数；v.合计；集合

参考例句：

• The football team had a low goal aggregate last season.这支足球队上个赛季的进球总数很少。
• The money collected will aggregate a thousand dollars.进帐总额将达一千美元。

10 rimmed   

adj.有边缘的，有框的v.沿…边缘滚动；给…镶边

参考例句：

• Gold rimmed spectacles bit deep into the bridge of his nose. 金边眼镜深深嵌入他的鼻梁。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Trees rimmed the pool. 水池的四周树木环绕。 来自《简明英汉词典》