英语听书《白鲸记》第897期

 　　Chapter 109 Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin 第一百零九章 亚哈和斯达巴克在船长室里

　　According to usage they were pumping the ship next morning; 隔天早晨，按照习惯，他们正在抽干船里的水；

　　and lo! no inconsiderable oil came up with the water; the casks below must have sprung a bad leak. 嗳哟！跟水一起抽出来的，可有不少的油呀；舱里那些油桶一定豁裂得很厉害了。

　　Much concern was shown; and Starbuck went down into the cabin to report this unfavorable affair. 大家都很关心，于是，斯达巴克跑到下边船长室里，向亚哈报告这件不吉利的事

　　Footnote: In Sperm-whalemen with any considerable quantity of oil on board, （原注：装载有大量鲸油的捕抹香鲸船，

　　it is a regular semiweekly duty to conduct a hose into the hold, and drench¹ the casks with sea-water;  每半个星期就得用水龙带引水灌进舱里，让海水浸湿那些油桶；

　　which afterwards, at varying intervals², is removed by the ship's pumps.  之后，又在不同的时间里，再用帮浦给抽出来，

　　Hereby the casks are sought to be kept damply tight; 使油桶始终保持潮湿。

　　while by the changed character of the withdrawn³ water, the mariners⁴ readily detect any serious leakage⁵ in the precious cargo⁶. End of footnote. 然而，由于水一抽掉，不免又要发生变化，因此，水手们得随时检查这些贵重货物，以防严重漏损。）。

　　Now, from the South and West the Pequod was drawing nigh to Formosa and the Bashee Isles⁷, 这时，"裴廓德号"正由西南方逐渐驶近台湾和巴士群岛，

　　between which lies one of the tropical outlets⁸ from the China waters into the Pacific. 在这两个群岛之间，横着从中国海通向太平洋的热带的出口。

　　And so Starbuck found Ahab with a general chart of the oriental archipelagoes spread before him; 因此，斯达巴克看到亚哈的时候，亚哈的面前正摊着一张东方群岛全图；

　　and another separate one representing the long eastern coasts of the Japanese islands—Niphon, Matsmai, and Sikoke. 旁边还另外摆着一张有一串日本群岛——日本本土，松前，四国的东方沿海图。

　　With his snow-white new ivory leg braced⁹ against the screwed leg of his table, 他那条雪白的新牙腿抵着他那只用螺丝旋牢了的桌腿，

　　and with a long pruning-hook of a jack-knife in his hand, 手里拿着一把张开修甲刃的小刀子，

　　the wondrous¹⁰ old man, with his back to the gangway door, was wrinkling his brow, and tracing his old courses again. 这个古怪的老头，背着门口，皱起眉头，又在探索他从前的航程了。

1 drench   

v.使淋透，使湿透

参考例句：

• He met a drench of rain.他遇上一场倾盆大雨。
• They turned fire hoses on the people and drenched them.他们将消防水管对着人们，把他们浇了个透。

2 intervals   

n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 )；间隔时间；[数学]区间；（戏剧、电影或音乐会的）幕间休息

参考例句：

• The forecast said there would be sunny intervals and showers. 预报间晴，有阵雨。
• Meetings take place at fortnightly intervals. 每两周开一次会。

3 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

4 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。

5 leakage   

n.漏，泄漏；泄漏物；漏出量

参考例句：

• Large areas of land have been contaminated by the leakage from the nuclear reactor.大片地区都被核反应堆的泄漏物污染了。
• The continuing leakage is the result of the long crack in the pipe.这根管子上的那一条裂缝致使渗漏不断。

6 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

7 isles   

岛( isle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• the geology of the British Isles 不列颠群岛的地质
• The boat left for the isles. 小船驶向那些小岛。

8 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9 braced   

adj.拉牢的v.支住( brace的过去式和过去分词 )；撑牢；使自己站稳；振作起来

参考例句：

• They braced up the old house with balks of timber. 他们用梁木加固旧房子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The house has a wooden frame which is braced with brick. 这幢房子是木结构的砖瓦房。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 wondrous   

adj.令人惊奇的，奇妙的；adv.惊人地；异乎寻常地；令人惊叹地

参考例句：

• The internal structure of the Department is wondrous to behold.看一下国务院的内部结构是很有意思的。
• We were driven across this wondrous vast land of lakes and forests.我们乘车穿越这片有着湖泊及森林的广袤而神奇的土地。