英语听书《白鲸记》第703期

 and in the present case Captain Derick De Deer did indubitably conduct a lamp-feeder as Flask¹ did declare. 眼前这一事实，德立克·德·第尔船长就真个象弗拉斯克说的，确实是拿着一只灯油壶的。

As he mounted the deck, Ahab abruptly² accosted³ him, without at all heeding⁴ what he had in his hand; 他攀上了甲板，亚哈跟他生硬地招呼了一下，根本没有注意到他手里拿着什么；

but in his broken lingo⁵, the German soon evinced his complete ignorance of the White Whale; 可是，从他那番断断续续的言语中，这个德国人立刻教人知道他对于白鲸毫无所知；

immediately turning the conversation to his lamp-feeder and oil can, 他顿时把话题转到他的灯油壶和油罐子上去，

with some remarks touching⁶ his having to turn into his hammock at night in profound darkness, 还说明，他不得不在晚上乌漆墨黑地上床睡觉，

his last drop of Bremen oil being gone, and not a single flying-fish yet captured to supply the deficiency; 他从不来梅带来的油都一滴不剩地点光了，直到如今，却连一条飞鱼也没有捉到，油料补充不上。

concluding by hinting that his ship was indeed what in the Fishery is technically⁷ called a clean one (that is, an empty one), 归纳他的话意，他那只船确实是捕渔业所特称的一只"光"船（就是说，是一只空船），

well deserving the name of Jungfrau or the Virgin⁸. 真是名符其实的"处女号"。

His necessities supplied, Derick departed; 满足了他的需要后，德立克就告别了；

but he had not gained his ship's side, when whales were almost simultaneously⁹ raised from the mast-heads of both vessels¹⁰; 可是，他还没有靠扰他自己的船边，两只船的桅顶上差不多就同时叫起发现大鲸的呼号；

and so eager for the chase was Derick, that without pausing to put his oil-can and lamp-feeder aboard, 德立克是那么急着要去追捕，所以，他来不及停下来把油罐子和加油壶放在船上，

he slewed¹¹ round his boat and made after the leviathan lamp-feeders. 就把小艇掉了头，去追赶那条大加油壶的巨鲸了。

Now, the game having risen to leeward¹², he and the other three German boats that soon followed him, had considerably¹³ the start of the Pequod's keels. 这时，猎物跃现在下风的地方，德立克和另外三只立刻跟上来的德国小艇，已经大大抢在"裴廓德号"的小艇的前头了。

There were eight whales, an average pod. 一共有八条同来的鲸群。

Aware of their danger, they were going all abreast¹⁴ with great speed straight before the wind, 它们觉察到了危险后，全都靠在一起，直顺着风，加速游去，

rubbing their flanks as closely as so many spans of horses in harness. 并肩紧靠，有如八匹套着马具的并排快马。

1 flask   

n.瓶，火药筒，砂箱

参考例句：

• There is some deposit in the bottom of the flask.这只烧杯的底部有些沉淀物。
• He took out a metal flask from a canvas bag.他从帆布包里拿出一个金属瓶子。

2 abruptly   

adv.突然地，出其不意地

参考例句：

• He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
• I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。

3 accosted   

v.走过去跟…讲话( accost的过去式和过去分词 )；跟…搭讪；（乞丐等）上前向…乞讨；（妓女等）勾搭

参考例句：

• She was accosted in the street by a complete stranger. 在街上，一个完全陌生的人贸然走到她跟前搭讪。
• His benevolent nature prevented him from refusing any beggar who accosted him. 他乐善好施的本性使他不会拒绝走上前向他行乞的任何一个乞丐。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 heeding   

v.听某人的劝告，听从( heed的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• This come of heeding people who say one thing and mean another! 有些人嘴里一回事，心里又是一回事，今天这个下场都是听信了这种人的话的结果。 来自辞典例句
• Her dwarfish spouse still smoked his cigar and drank his rum without heeding her. 她那矮老公还在吸他的雪茄，喝他的蔗酒，睬也不睬她。 来自辞典例句

5 lingo   

n.语言不知所云，外国话，隐语

参考例句：

• If you live abroad it helps to know the local lingo.住在国外，学一点当地的语言自有好处。
• Don't use all that technical lingo try and explain in plain English.别尽用那种专门术语，用普通的词语解释吧。

6 touching   

adj.动人的，使人感伤的

参考例句：

• It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
• His letter was touching.他的信很感人。

7 technically   

adv.专门地，技术上地

参考例句：

• Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
• The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。

8 virgin   

n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
• There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。

9 simultaneously   

adv.同时发生地，同时进行地

参考例句：

• The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
• The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。

10 vessels   

n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人

参考例句：

• The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

11 slewed   

adj.喝醉的v.杀死，宰杀，杀戮( slay的过去式 )( slew的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The car skidded and slewed sideways. 汽车打滑，向一侧偏去。
• The bus slewed sideways. 公共汽车滑到了一边。 来自辞典例句

12 leeward   

adj.背风的；下风的

参考例句：

• The trees all listed to leeward.树木统统向下风方向倾。
• We steered a course to leeward.我们向下风航驶。

13 considerably   

adv.极大地；相当大地；在很大程度上

参考例句：

• The economic situation has changed considerably.经济形势已发生了相当大的变化。
• The gap has narrowed considerably.分歧大大缩小了。

14 abreast   

adv.并排地；跟上(时代)的步伐，与…并进地

参考例句：

• She kept abreast with the flood of communications that had poured in.她及时回复如雪片般飞来的大批信件。
• We can't keep abreast of the developing situation unless we study harder.我们如果不加强学习，就会跟不上形势。