英语听书《白鲸记》第791期

 　　Stubb was struck by a shower of outcries and anathemas¹ proceeding² from the Captain's round-house abaft³; and looking in that direction saw a fiery⁴ face thrust from behind the door, which was held ajar from within. This was the tormented⁵ surgeon, who, after in vain remonstrating⁶ against the proceedings⁷ of the day, had betaken himself to the Captain's round-house (cabinet he called it) to avoid the pest; but still, could not help yelling out his entreaties⁸ and indignations at times.

　　船尾的船长室里传来了一片叫嚷和咒骂声，使斯塔布吃了一惊；他朝那个方向望去，看到门背后探出一张凶巴巴的脸来（门朝外半开半掩）。这就是那个苦恼不堪的船医，他在对这一天所进行的工作提出抗议而一无效果后，只得自己逃到船长室里去（他管它叫密室），以免染上那种病疫。然而，他还禁不住要时不时地号叫出他的恳求和愤怒。

　　Marking all this, Stubb argued well for his scheme, and turning to the Guernsey-man had a little chat with him, during which the stranger mate expressed his detestation of his Captain as a conceited⁹ ignoramus, who had brought them all into so unsavory and unprofitable a pickle¹⁰. Sounding him carefully, Stubb further perceived that the Guernsey-man had not the slightest suspicion concerning the ambergris. He therefore held his peace on that head, but otherwise was quite frank and confidential¹¹ with him, so that the two quickly concocted¹² a little plan for both circumventing¹³ and satirizing¹⁴ the Captain, without his at all dreaming of distrusting their sincerity¹⁵. According to this little plan of theirs, the Guernsey-man, under cover of an interpreter's office, was to tell the Captain what he pleased, but as coming from Stubb; and as for Stubb, he was to utter any nonsense that should come uppermost in him during the interview.

　　斯塔布看清了这一切情况，想好了他的计策后，就去跟那个革恩齐人闲聊一下，在谈话中间，这个陌生大副说他非常痛恨他的船长，说他是个狂妄的不学无术之徒，怨他把他们大家都陷进了这样一个又臭又无利可图的苦境里。斯塔布仔细地摸了他的底后，更看出了这个革恩齐人丝毫没有想到有关龙涎香的事情。于是他也索性闭口不谈这方面的事情，反而对他表示得很坦率诚恳，这样，这两个人很快就策划出一个小小的计谋，来陷害和作弄那个船长，叫他完全连做梦也没想到他们是在耍弄他。按照他们这个小计谋，那个革恩齐人，以担任翻译为掩饰，表面上象是在传斯塔布的话，事实上却是兴之所至对船长乱说一通；至于斯塔布，则在整个谈话过程中，也是想到什么就说什么，乱扯一气。

1 anathemas   

n.（天主教的）革出教门( anathema的名词复数 )；诅咒；令人极其讨厌的事；被基督教诅咒的人或事

参考例句：

2 proceeding   

n.行动，进行，(pl.)会议录，学报

参考例句：

• This train is now proceeding from Paris to London.这次列车从巴黎开往伦敦。
• The work is proceeding briskly.工作很有生气地进展着。

3 abaft   

prep.在…之后；adv.在船尾，向船尾

参考例句：

• Abaft every acknowledged man,there is a woman.每个成功男人的背地,都有一个女人。
• The captain ordered the crews to stand abaft the main deck.船长命令船员们站在主甲板后面。

4 fiery   

adj.燃烧着的，火红的；暴躁的；激烈的

参考例句：

• She has fiery red hair.她有一头火红的头发。
• His fiery speech agitated the crowd.他热情洋溢的讲话激动了群众。

5 tormented   

饱受折磨的

参考例句：

• The knowledge of his guilt tormented him. 知道了自己的罪责使他非常痛苦。
• He had lain awake all night, tormented by jealousy. 他彻夜未眠，深受嫉妒的折磨。

6 remonstrating   

v.抗议( remonstrate的现在分词 )；告诫

参考例句：

• There's little point in remonstrating with John.He won't listen to reason. 跟约翰抗辩没有什么意义，他不听劝。 来自互联网
• We tried remonstrating with him over his treatment of the children. 我们曾试着在对待孩子上规谏他。 来自互联网

7 proceedings   

n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼

8 entreaties   

n.恳求，乞求( entreaty的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He began with entreaties and ended with a threat. 他先是恳求，最后是威胁。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The tyrant was deaf to the entreaties of the slaves. 暴君听不到奴隶们的哀鸣。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 conceited   

adj.自负的，骄傲自满的

参考例句：

• He could not bear that they should be so conceited.他们这样自高自大他受不了。
• I'm not as conceited as so many people seem to think.我不像很多人认为的那么自负。

10 pickle   

n.腌汁，泡菜；v.腌，泡

参考例句：

• Mother used to pickle onions.妈妈过去常腌制洋葱。
• Meat can be preserved in pickle.肉可以保存在卤水里。

11 confidential   

adj.秘（机）密的，表示信任的，担任机密工作的

参考例句：

• He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.他不让秘书处理机密文件。
• We have a confidential exchange of views.我们推心置腹地交换意见。

12 concocted   

v.将（尤指通常不相配合的）成分混合成某物( concoct的过去式和过去分词 )；调制；编造；捏造

参考例句：

• The soup was concocted from up to a dozen different kinds of fish. 这种汤是用多达十几种不同的鱼熬制而成的。
• Between them they concocted a letter. 他们共同策划写了一封信。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 circumventing   

v.设法克服或避免（某事物），回避( circumvent的现在分词 )；绕过，绕行，绕道旅行

参考例句：

• They found a way of circumventing the law. 他们找到了规避法律的途径。
• This viewpoint sees the Multinational Corporation as capable of circumventing or subverting national objectives and policies. 这种观点认为，跨国公司能够遏制和破坏国家的目标和政策。 来自辞典例句

14 satirizing   

v.讽刺，讥讽( satirize的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• River morals " is novel satirizing the knight novel. " 《堂吉河德》是一部讽刺骑士小说的小说。 来自互联网
• Marlows delights in excesses, until sometimes he seems to be satirizing his own manner. 马洛老爱走极端，直到他有时嘲笑自己的态度。 来自互联网

15 sincerity   

n.真诚，诚意；真实

参考例句：

• His sincerity added much more authority to the story.他的真诚更增加了故事的说服力。
• He tried hard to satisfy me of his sincerity.他竭力让我了解他的诚意。