英语听书《白鲸记》第808期

 　　as I bathed my hands among those soft, gentle globules of infiltrated¹ tissues, woven almost within the hour; as they richly broke to my fingers, and discharged all their opulence², like fully³ ripe grapes their wine; as I snuffed up that uncontaminated aroma,— literally⁴ and truly, like the smell of spring violets; I declare to you, that for the time I lived as in a musky meadow; I forgot all about our horrible oath; in that inexpressible sperm⁵, I washed my hands and my heart of it; I almost began to credit the old Paracelsan superstition⁶ that sperm is of rare virtue⁷ in allaying⁸ the heat of anger; while bathing in that bath, I felt divinely free from all ill-will, or petulance⁹, or malice¹⁰, of any sort whatsoever¹¹.

　　我双手沐浴在这些渗透肌肤的柔和的水珠里，差不多要浸上一个钟头，它们在我手指的抓捏下，都油腻腻地散开了，发出浓郁的油质，象熟透了的葡萄酿成酒，鼻子里吸足了那纯粹的香气——实际上，真香得跟春天的紫罗兰一般，总之我告诉你们，这时，我是暂时生活在一片麝香的大草原上。我把我们的可怕的誓言都忘得一干二净，我已经在这种难以形容的抹香鲸油里，洗心革面，撒手不干了。我简直开始相信从前那种巴拉赛尔斯派的迷信，认为这种抹香鲸油具有消火祛怒的难得的功效。因为我一边泡在那种沐浴里，一边神妙地觉得已经把一切邪念、恶意、脾气暴躁以及其它类似等等都荡涤净尽了。

　　Squeeze! squeeze! squeeze! all the morning long; I squeezed that sperm till I myself almost melted into it; I squeezed that sperm till a strange sort of insanity¹² came over me; and I found myself unwittingly squeezing my co-laborers' hands in it, mistaking their hands for the gentle globules. Such an abounding¹³, affectionate, friendly, loving feeling did this avocation¹⁴ beget¹⁵; that at last I was continually squeezing their hands, and looking up into their eyes sentimentally¹⁶; as much as to say,—Oh! my dear fellow beings, why should we longer cherish any social acerbities, or know the slightest ill-humor or envy!

　　捏呀！捏呀！捏呀！我捏了整整一个上午；我捏着那些鲸油，直捏得我自己也差不多溶化在它里头；我捏着那些鲸油，直捏得我竟奇奇怪怪地神志不清起来；我发觉我自己竟不知不觉地捏起浸在油里的同伴们的手，把他们的手当成那柔滑的水珠。这种差使竟会产生这样一种富有深情友爱的情感来；弄得我终于不住地捏着他们的手，满怀感伤地抬起头来直望着他们的眼睛；好象在说，——我亲爱的伙伴们呵！我们干吗还要待人尖酸刻薄，或者稍怀一点恶意和妒忌呢！

1 infiltrated   

adj.[医]浸润的v.（使）渗透，（指思想）渗入人的心中( infiltrate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The headquarters had been infiltrated by enemy spies. 总部混入了敌方特务。
• Many Chinese idioms have infiltrated into the Japanese language. 许多中国成语浸透到日语中。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 opulence   

n.财富，富裕

参考例句：

• His eyes had never beheld such opulence.他从未见过这样的财富。
• He owes his opulence to work hard.他的财富乃辛勤工作得来。

3 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

4 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

5 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。

6 superstition   

n.迷信，迷信行为

参考例句：

• It's a common superstition that black cats are unlucky.认为黑猫不吉祥是一种很普遍的迷信。
• Superstition results from ignorance.迷信产生于无知。

7 virtue   

n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力

参考例句：

• He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
• You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。

8 allaying   

v.减轻，缓和( allay的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Most important, improving the government's reputation means allaying political and human-rights concerns. 最重要的在于提高政府的声誉，这意味着需要缓和政治策略和关注人权间的矛盾。 来自互联网
• More reading may be allaying your doubt. 多读书或许可以减少你的疑惑。 来自互联网

9 petulance   

n.发脾气，生气，易怒，暴躁，性急

参考例句：

• His petulance made her impatient.他的任性让她无法忍受。
• He tore up the manuscript in a fit of petulance.他一怒之下把手稿撕碎了。

10 malice   

n.恶意，怨恨，蓄意；[律]预谋

参考例句：

• I detected a suggestion of malice in his remarks.我觉察出他说的话略带恶意。
• There was a strong current of malice in many of his portraits.他的许多肖像画中都透着一股强烈的怨恨。

11 whatsoever   

adv.（用于否定句中以加强语气）任何；pron.无论什么

参考例句：

• There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
• All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样，你就怎样对人。

12 insanity   

n.疯狂，精神错乱；极端的愚蠢，荒唐

参考例句：

• In his defense he alleged temporary insanity.他伪称一时精神错乱，为自己辩解。
• He remained in his cell,and this visit only increased the belief in his insanity.他依旧还是住在他的地牢里，这次视察只是更加使人相信他是个疯子了。

13 abounding   

adj.丰富的，大量的v.大量存在，充满，富于( abound的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Ahead lay the scalloped ocean and the abounding blessed isles. 再往前是水波荡漾的海洋和星罗棋布的宝岛。 来自英汉文学 - 盖茨比
• The metallic curve of his sheep-crook shone silver-bright in the same abounding rays. 他那弯柄牧羊杖上的金属曲线也在这一片炽盛的火光下闪着银亮的光。 来自辞典例句

14 avocation   

n.副业，业余爱好

参考例句：

• He was a printer by trade and naturalist by avocation.他从事印刷业，同时是个博物学爱好者。
• Learning foreign languages is just an avocation with me.学习外语只不过是我的一项业余爱好。

15 beget   

v.引起；产生

参考例句：

• Dragons beget dragons,phoenixes beget phoenixes.龙生龙，凤生凤。
• Economic tensions beget political ones.经济紧张导致政治紧张。

16 sentimentally   

adv.富情感地

参考例句：

• I miss the good old days, ' she added sentimentally. ‘我怀念过去那些美好的日子，’她动情地补充道。 来自互联网
• I have an emotional heart, it is sentimentally attached to you unforgettable. 我心中有一份情感，那是对你刻骨铭心的眷恋。 来自互联网