英语听书《白鲸记》第787期

 　　The Pequod had now swept so nigh to the stranger, that Stubb vowed¹ he recognized his cutting spade-pole entangled² in the lines that were knotted round the tail of one of these whales.

　　裴廓德号现在已跟这艘陌生船靠得很拢，所以斯塔布才能够发誓说，他认得出其中有一条鲸的尾巴，那上面绕的绳子跟他的剖鲸铲的木柄缠在一起。

　　There's a pretty fellow, now, he banteringly laughed, standing³ in the ship's bows, "there's a jackal for ye! I well know that these Crappoes of Frenchmen are but poor devils in the fishery; sometimes lowering their boats for breakers, mistaking them for Sperm⁴ Whale spouts⁵; yes, and sometimes sailing from their port with their hold full of boxes of tallow candles, and cases of snuffers, foreseeing that all the oil they will get won't be enough to dip the Captain's wick into; aye, we all know these things; but look ye, here's a Crappo that is content with our leavings, the drugged whale there, I mean; aye, and is content too with scraping the dry bones of that other precious fish he has there. Poor devil! I say, pass round a hat, some one, and let's make him a present of a little oil for dear charity's sake. For what oil he'll get from that drugged whale there, wouldn't be fit to burn in a jail; no, not in a condemned⁶ cell. And as for the other whale, why, I'll agree to get more oil by chopping up and trying out these three masts of ours, than he'll get from that bundle of bones; though, now that I think of it, it may contain something worth a good deal more than oil; yes, ambergris.

　　哼，真是好家伙，他站在船头上，嘲弄地大笑起来，"你们还可以捉到一只胡狼呢！我很清楚，这些个克拉波（克拉波（Crappo）——这是作者对法文Crapaud（癞蛤蟆）这个词儿在发音上的讹字，等于一般以青蛙（Frog）指法国人。）法国佬，就是捕鱼业里的一些可怜家伙，他们有时竟放下小艇去赶白浪，把它们当成抹香鲸的喷水。一点不假，他们常常在离开他们的港口的时候，船舱里装满了一箱箱牛油蜡烛，一盒盒烛花剪子，事先就知道他们能够搞到的全部鲸油，还不够他们船长的油灯盏用。是啊，这些事情我们都很有数。你们瞧，这里就有一个克拉波，把我们撇下的东西当成好东西，我是说，就是我们用'得拉格，扣住的那条鲸；他还会心满意足地去扒另一条宝贝鲸的干巴巴的骨头呢。可怜的家伙！喂，哪一个做做好事，让咱们凭仁爱精神送他一点油吧。因为他从那条给'得拉格，扣住了的鲸那里，会弄到些什么油呢，连拿到监牢里去燃点都还不配；不，给死囚号子燃点也不配。至于另外那条鲸，哼，我倒认为我们这三根桅杆拿来劈开榨榨，还比从那堆枯骨里挤出来的油多些，不过，啊，我倒想起来了，那里头也许还有一种比油更值钱的东西；不错，就是龙诞香。

1 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

2 entangled   

adj.卷入的；陷入的；被缠住的；缠在一起的v.使某人（某物/自己）缠绕，纠缠于（某物中），使某人（自己）陷入（困难或复杂的环境中）( entangle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The bird had become entangled in the wire netting. 那只小鸟被铁丝网缠住了。
• Some military observers fear the US could get entangled in another war. 一些军事观察家担心美国会卷入另一场战争。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

4 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。

5 spouts   

n.管口( spout的名词复数 )；（喷出的）水柱；（容器的）嘴；在困难中v.（指液体）喷出( spout的第三人称单数 )；滔滔不绝地讲；喋喋不休地说；喷水

参考例句：

• A volcano spouts flame and lava. 火山喷出火焰和岩浆。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The oil rushes up the tube and spouts up as a gusher. 石油会沿着钢管上涌，如同自喷井那样喷射出来。 来自辞典例句

6 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。