英语听书《白鲸记》第843期

 and, flukes first, the white hump backed through the wreck¹, as though it was all chips. 于是，它尾巴一甩，那白色的背峰往后朝那只破艇一冲，仿佛那只小艇全是一堆木屑。

We all struck out. 我们都给摔出去了。

To escape his terrible flailings, I seized hold of my harpoon-pole sticking in him, and for a moment clung to that like a sucking fish. 为了逃避它那可怕的打击，我紧抓着那支插在它身上的标枪柄，一时间我就象条小鱼似的紧紧扳住了标枪柄。

But a combing sea dashed me off, and at the same instant, the fish, taking one good dart² forwards, went down like a flash; 但是，一阵浪花把我冲了开去，就在这时，那条大鲸，朝前猛劲一冲，一阵闪电似的唰地潜进海里去了；

and the barb³ of that cursed second iron towing along near me caught me here" (clapping his hand just below his shoulder); 那支第二次投出去的该死的标枪钩就在我旁边荡着，把我这地方扎住了。"（他的手对准着自己的肩膀下端拍答一敲）

"yes, caught me just here, I say, and bore me down to Hell's flames, I was thinking; when, when, all of a sudden, thank the good God, "是呀，我说就在这地方把我扎住了，当时，我心里在想，这就要把我拖到海龙王那里去啦，不料，不料就在这时，忽然间，感谢老天爷，

the barb ript its way along the flesh— clear along the whole length of my arm—came out nigh my wrist, and up I floated; 那标枪钩顺着皮肉直扯下来——循着我整只臂膀扯下来——直扯到我的肘腕，于是，我浮起来了；

and that gentleman there will tell you the rest (by the way, captain—Dr. Bunger, ship's surgeon: Bunger, my lad,— the captain). 其余的，那位先生会说给你听（顺便介绍一下，船长——这位是彭格医生，船医；彭格，老朋友，——这位是船长）。

Now, Bunger boy, spin your part of the yarn⁴." 那么，彭格老兄，你就讲你那部分的故事吧。"

The professional gentleman thus familiarly pointed⁵ out, had been all the time standing⁶ near them, with nothing specific visible, to denote his gentlemanly rank on board. 经过这样亲切介绍出来的这位专家先生，一直就站在他们旁边，其实，不必说明，也一眼叫人看出他是船上一个绅士之类的人物。

His face was an exceedingly round but sober one; he was dressed in a faded blue woollen frock or shirt, and patched trowsers; 他的脸非常圆，显得很严肃；身穿一件褪色的蓝绒外衣或者衬衫，一条缀有补丁的裤子；

and had thus far been dividing his attention between a marlingspike he held in one hand, 他的注意力一直在一会儿望望这只手拿的解索针，

and a pill-box held in the other, occasionally casting a critical glance at the ivory limbs of the two crippled captains. 一会儿又望望另一只手拿的丸药盒，偶尔也以鉴赏的眼色瞟一瞟这两个残废船长的骨头手脚。

1 wreck   

n.失事，遇难；沉船；vt.(船等)失事，遇难

参考例句：

• Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
• No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。

2 dart   

v.猛冲，投掷；n.飞镖，猛冲

参考例句：

• The child made a sudden dart across the road.那小孩突然冲过马路。
• Markov died after being struck by a poison dart.马尔科夫身中毒镖而亡。

3 barb   

n.（鱼钩等的）倒钩，倒刺

参考例句：

• The barb of his wit made us wince.他那锋芒毕露的机智使我们退避三舍。
• A fish hook has a barb to prevent the fish from escaping after being hooked.鱼钩上都有一个倒钩以防上了钩的鱼逃走。

4 yarn   

n.纱，纱线，纺线；奇闻漫谈，旅行轶事

参考例句：

• I stopped to have a yarn with him.我停下来跟他聊天。
• The basic structural unit of yarn is the fiber.纤维是纱的基本结构单元。

5 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

6 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。