英语听书《白鲸记》第555期

 　　"A very white, and famous, and most deadly immortal¹ monster, Don; but that would be too long a story.' “是一种非常白。很有名，又是最恶毒的大海兽，先生；不过，这个说起来话可长啦。

　　'How? how?' cried all the young Spaniards, crowding." 怎么？怎么？所有的西班牙小伙子都叫起来，拥了过来。

　　"Nay², Dons, Dons--nay, nay! I cannot rehearse that now.  “不，先生们，先生们——不，不！现在我无法讲这东西。

　　Let me get more into the air, Sirs.' 让我多透一口气吧，先生们。

　　'The chicha! the chicha!' cried Don Pedro; 'our vigorous friend looks faint; fill up his empty glass!'" 奇赤！奇赤！佩德罗先生说；我们这位强健的朋友脸色不好啦；把他的空杯给斟满！

　　No need, gentlemen; one moment, and I proceed.  “不必，先生们；我歇一歇，就讲下去。

　　Now, gentlemen, so suddenly perceiving the snowy whale within fifty yards of the ship, forgetful of the compact among the crew, 这时，诸位先生，就在五十码的距离里，船上突然看到了那条雪白的大鲸，水手们都忘记彼此间的不和睦了，

　　in the excitement of the moment, the Teneriffe man had instinctively³ and involuntarily lifted his voice for the monster, 那个腾涅立夫人一时兴奋得本能地、不然而然地扯起嗓门喊出那大海兽了，

　　though for some little time past it had been plainly beheld⁴ from the three sullen⁵ mast-heads. 虽然刚才不久，那三个站在桅顶上的不高兴的水手已经清楚地看到了。

　　All was now a phrensy. 现在是大家都乱了起来。

　　'The White Whale--the White Whale!' was the cry from captain, mates, and harpooneers,  白鲸呀——白鲸！从船长、大副到标枪手都这样叫嚷着，

　　who, undeterred by fearful rumours⁶, were all anxious to capture so famous and precious a fish; 他们，不顾各种可怖的传说，都急于要捉住这样一条有名而希罕的大鲸；

　　while the dogged crew eyed askance, and with curses, the appalling⁷ beauty of the vast milky⁸ mass,  那些跟在后边的水手，则斜楞起眼睛望着那个骇人美景，嘴里骂个不停。

　　that lit up by a horizontal spangling sun, shifted and glistened⁹ like a living opal in the blue morning sea. 那一大团乳白体，被水平线上那个闪耀的太阳一照，直象是一片亮晶晶的乳色玻璃，在早晨的湛蓝的海里闪闪发光。

1 immortal   

adj.不朽的；永生的，不死的；神的

参考例句：

• The wild cocoa tree is effectively immortal.野生可可树实际上是不会死的。
• The heroes of the people are immortal!人民英雄永垂不朽！

2 nay   

adv.不；n.反对票，投反对票者

参考例句：

• He was grateful for and proud of his son's remarkable,nay,unique performance.他为儿子出色的，不，应该是独一无二的表演心怀感激和骄傲。
• Long essays,nay,whole books have been written on this.许多长篇大论的文章，不，应该说是整部整部的书都是关于这件事的。

3 instinctively   

adv.本能地

参考例句：

• As he leaned towards her she instinctively recoiled. 他向她靠近，她本能地往后缩。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He knew instinctively where he would find her. 他本能地知道在哪儿能找到她。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 beheld   

v.看，注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 )；瞧；看呀；（叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现）哎哟

参考例句：

• His eyes had never beheld such opulence. 他从未见过这样的财富。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The soul beheld its features in the mirror of the passing moment. 灵魂在逝去的瞬间的镜子中看到了自己的模样。 来自英汉文学 - 红字

5 sullen   

adj.愠怒的，闷闷不乐的，(天气等)阴沉的

参考例句：

• He looked up at the sullen sky.他抬头看了一眼阴沉的天空。
• Susan was sullen in the morning because she hadn't slept well.苏珊今天早上郁闷不乐，因为昨晚没睡好。

6 rumours   

n.传闻( rumour的名词复数 )；风闻；谣言；谣传

参考例句：

• The rumours were completely baseless. 那些谣传毫无根据。
• Rumours of job losses were later confirmed. 裁员的传言后来得到了证实。

7 appalling   

adj.骇人听闻的，令人震惊的，可怕的

参考例句：

• The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions.恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
• Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour.这种骇人听闻的行径罪无可恕。

8 milky   

adj.牛奶的，多奶的；乳白色的

参考例句：

• Alexander always has milky coffee at lunchtime.亚历山大总是在午餐时喝掺奶的咖啡。
• I like a hot milky drink at bedtime.我喜欢睡前喝杯热奶饮料。

9 glistened   

v.湿物闪耀，闪亮( glisten的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Pearls of dew glistened on the grass. 草地上珠露晶莹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Her eyes glistened with tears. 她的眼里闪着泪花。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》