英语听书《白鲸记》第824期

 　　At length, when the last pint¹ is casked, and all is cool, then the great hatchways are unsealed, 最后，待到装完了最后一桶，所有的油都冷却了的时候，就打开许多大舱口，

　　the bowels² of the ship are thrown open, and down go the casks to their final rest in the sea. 让这艘船的肚皮敞开来，把许多大桶给滚到它们海里的最后的休憩所去。

　　This done, the hatches are replaced, and hermetically closed, like a closet walled up. 这样做完以后，又关上舱口，而且象是一间堵塞的储藏室一般，给密封起来。

　　In the sperm³ fishery, this is perhaps one of the most remarkable⁴ incidents in all the business of whaling. 在捕抹香鲸业中，这桩事情，也许是各种捕鲸工作中最为重大的事件之一。

　　One day the planks⁵ stream with freshets of blood and oil; on the sacred quarter-deck enormous masses of the whale's head are profanely⁶ piled; 今天，船板上都涌着奔流似的血和油；在那神圣不可侵犯的后甲板上，也大韪不敬地堆起许多硕大的鲸头块；

　　great rusty⁷ casks lie about, as in a brewery⁸ yard; the smoke from the try-works has besooted all the bulwarks⁹; the mariners¹⁰ go about suffused¹¹ with unctuousness¹²;  到处散置着许多生锈的大桶，好象一个酿酒厂的作场；炼油间的浓烟把所有的舷墙都熏黑了；水手们满身浸透油质，走来走去；

　　the entire ship seems great leviathan himself; while on all hands the din¹³ is deafening¹⁴. 整艘船就象是只大鲸；各方面的轰轰嚷嚷声弄得耳朵都要聋了。

　　But a day or two after, you look about you, and prick¹⁵ your ears in this self-same ship! 可是，一两天后，你往四下一瞧，在这艘船里竖起耳朵来听吧！

　　and were it not for the tell-tale boats and try-works, you would all but swear you trod some silent merchant vessel¹⁶,  要不是还有那种小艇和炼油间的物证的话，你准会断定是走上了一艘冷清清的商船，

　　with a most scrupulously¹⁷ neat commander. 船里还有一个极其整洁的船长呢。

　　The unmanufactured sperm oil possesses a singularly cleansing¹⁸ virtue¹⁹. 未加工的抹香鲸油本身就有一种非常干净的特点。

　　This is the reason why the decks never look so white as just after what they call an affair of oil. 这也就是在他们做完了所谓油事后，甲板显得比前更加雪白的道理了。

　　Besides, from the ashes of the burned scraps²⁰ of the whale, a potent²¹ lye is readily made; 此外，烧过了的鲸渣灰就是现成的富有效力的硷水；

　　and whenever any adhesiveness²² from the back of the whale remains²³ clinging to the side, that lye quickly exterminates²⁴ it. 随时发现船舷上还粘有鲸脊的残渣，硷水就立刻把它消灭了。

1 pint   

n.品脱

参考例句：

• I'll have a pint of beer and a packet of crisps, please.我要一品脱啤酒和一袋炸马铃薯片。
• In the old days you could get a pint of beer for a shilling.从前，花一先令就可以买到一品脱啤酒。

2 bowels   

n.肠，内脏，内部；肠( bowel的名词复数 )；内部，最深处

参考例句：

• Salts is a medicine that causes movements of the bowels. 泻盐是一种促使肠子运动的药物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The cabins are in the bowels of the ship. 舱房设在船腹内。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 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。

4 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

5 planks   

（厚）木板( plank的名词复数 )； 政纲条目，政策要点

参考例句：

• The house was built solidly of rough wooden planks. 这房子是用粗木板牢固地建造的。
• We sawed the log into planks. 我们把木头锯成了木板。

6 profanely   

adv.渎神地，凡俗地

参考例句：

• He kept wondering profanely why everything bad happened to him. 他骂骂咧咧，一直在嘀咕为什么所有的坏事总是落在他头上。 来自互联网

7 rusty   

adj.生锈的；锈色的；荒废了的

参考例句：

• The lock on the door is rusty and won't open.门上的锁锈住了。
• I haven't practiced my French for months and it's getting rusty.几个月不用，我的法语又荒疏了。

8 brewery   

n.啤酒厂

参考例句：

• The brewery had 25 heavy horses delivering beer in London.啤酒厂有25匹高头大马在伦敦城中运送啤酒。
• When business was good,the brewery employed 20 people.在生意好的时候，这家酿造厂曾经雇佣过20人。

9 bulwarks   

n.堡垒( bulwark的名词复数 )；保障；支柱；舷墙

参考例句：

• The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty. 新闻自由是自由最大的保障之一。 来自辞典例句
• Surgery and X-irradiation nevertheless remain the bulwarks of cancer treatment throughout the world. 外科手术和X射线疗法依然是全世界治疗癌症的主要方法。 来自辞典例句

10 mariners   

海员，水手（mariner的复数形式）

参考例句：

• Mariners were also able to fix their latitude by using an instrument called astrolabe. 海员们还可使用星盘这种仪器确定纬度。
• The ancient mariners traversed the sea. 古代的海员漂洋过海。

11 suffused   

v.（指颜色、水气等）弥漫于，布满( suffuse的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Her face was suffused with colour. 她满脸通红。
• Her eyes were suffused with warm, excited tears. 她激动地热泪盈眶。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

12 unctuousness   

油性

参考例句：

• What welcome relief from the usual unctuousness of his kind! 平常这类广告虚情假意，现在多么受人欢迎，令人轻松！ 来自互联网

13 din   

n.喧闹声，嘈杂声

参考例句：

• The bustle and din gradually faded to silence as night advanced.随着夜越来越深，喧闹声逐渐沉寂。
• They tried to make themselves heard over the din of the crowd.他们力图让自己的声音盖过人群的喧闹声。

14 deafening   

adj. 振耳欲聋的, 极喧闹的 动词deafen的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The noise of the siren was deafening her. 汽笛声震得她耳朵都快聋了。
• The noise of the machine was deafening. 机器的轰鸣声震耳欲聋。

15 prick   

v.刺伤，刺痛，刺孔；n.刺伤，刺痛

参考例句：

• He felt a sharp prick when he stepped on an upturned nail.当他踩在一个尖朝上的钉子上时，他感到剧烈的疼痛。
• He burst the balloon with a prick of the pin.他用针一戳，气球就爆了。

16 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

17 scrupulously   

adv.一丝不苟地；小心翼翼地，多顾虑地

参考例句：

• She toed scrupulously into the room. 她小心翼翼地踮着脚走进房间。 来自辞典例句
• To others he would be scrupulously fair. 对待别人，他力求公正。 来自英汉非文学 - 文明史

18 cleansing   

n. 净化(垃圾) adj. 清洁用的 动词cleanse的现在分词

参考例句：

• medicated cleansing pads for sensitive skin 敏感皮肤药物清洗棉
• Soap is not the only cleansing agent. 肥皂并不是唯一的清洁剂。

19 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。

20 scraps   

油渣

参考例句：

• Don't litter up the floor with scraps of paper. 不要在地板上乱扔纸屑。
• A patchwork quilt is a good way of using up scraps of material. 做杂拼花布棉被是利用零碎布料的好办法。

21 potent   

adj.强有力的，有权势的；有效力的

参考例句：

• The medicine had a potent effect on your disease.这药物对你的病疗效很大。
• We must account of his potent influence.我们必须考虑他的强有力的影响。

22 adhesiveness   

粘[附着，胶粘]性，粘附[胶粘]度

参考例句：

• MoAb to CD11b and ICAM-1 significantly inhibited this adhesiveness (P
• Using self-prepared sodium naphthaline solution, PTFE micropore membrane was modified to improve its wetness and adhesiveness. 用自制的钠—萘处理液，改性聚四氟乙烯(PTFE)微孔膜，改善薄膜表面的润湿性和粘合性。

23 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

24 exterminates   

n.消灭，根绝( exterminate的名词复数 )v.消灭，根绝( exterminate的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He exterminates some species on a large scale, but favours the multiplication of others. 他使有些物种大批消亡，却造成有利条件使另外一些物种成倍地增加。 来自互联网