英语听书《白鲸记》第911期

 for here, millions of mixed shades and shadows, drowned dreams, somnambulisms, reveries; all that we call lives and souls, lie dreaming, dreaming, still;  因为在这里，有许许多多闹不清的亡魂幽灵，沉湎于梦乡者，梦游病者，幻想家，以及一切我们称为生命和灵魂的，都在这里做梦，做梦，竟自做梦下去；

tossing like slumberers in their beds; the ever-rolling waves but made so by their restlessness. 象酣睡者在他们床铺上翻来复去一样；这些惶乱不安的人就这样弄得波涛汹涌不息。

To any meditative¹ Magian rover, this serene² Pacific, once beheld³, must ever after be the sea of his adoption⁴. 任何一个沉思默想的古波斯游行僧，一看到这个静宁的太平洋，一定会从此把这个大海收做义子。

It rolls the midmost waters of the world, the Indian ocean and Atlantic being but its arms. 它滚过世界最中心的河流，印度洋和大西洋不过是它的两条胳膊。

The same waves wash the moles⁵ of the new-built California towns, but yesterday planted by the recentest race of men 就是这股浪潮冲刷那些昨天还正由先人构筑起来的、新建的加利福尼亚城市的突堤，

and lave the faded but still gorgeous skirts of Asiatic lands, older than Abraham; 冲洗了那些比亚伯拉罕还要古老的、虽然失去光辉但还有豪华气象的亚洲城廓；

while all between float milky-ways of coral isles⁶, and low-lying, endless, unknown Archipelagoes, and impenetrable Japans. 而漂流在中间的就是银河似的珊瑚群岛，和地势低凹、无尽止、不知名的群岛，以及难以捉摸的日本四岛。

Thus this mysterious, divine Pacific zones the world's whole bulk about; makes all coasts one bay to it; seems the tide-beating heart of earth. 这个奥妙而神圣的太平洋就这样包住了整个世界的躯干，使所有的海洋都成为它的湾岬，它似乎就是大地的潮汐起伏的中心。

Lifted by those eternal swells⁷, you needs must own the seductive god, bowing your head to Pan. 你被这种永远滔滔不息的浪潮所簸腾，就必须对那个具有吸引力的神认输，向牧羊神低头了。

But few thoughts of Pan stirred Ahab's brain, as standing⁸, like an iron statue at his accustomed place beside the mizen rigging, 可是亚哈的脑海里并不大想到牧羊神，他象一尊铁像似的站在后桅索具的老地方，

with one nostril⁹ he unthinkingly snuffed the sugary musk¹⁰ from the Bashee isles (in whose sweet woods mild lovers must be walking), 一只鼻孔心不在焉地吸着来自巴士群岛的带甜味的麝香气（温顺的爱侣们一定正在那些可爱的树林中散步），

and with the other consciously inhaled¹¹ the salt breath of the new found sea; that sea in which the hated White Whale must even then be swimming. 另一只鼻孔则有意识地吸进了新发现的海洋的海水气息；那条可恨的白鲸甚至这时一定正在里边游着呢。

 

1 meditative   

adj.沉思的，冥想的

参考例句：

• A stupid fellow is talkative;a wise man is meditative.蠢人饶舌，智者思虑。
• Music can induce a meditative state in the listener.音乐能够引导倾听者沉思。

2 serene   

adj. 安详的，宁静的，平静的

参考例句：

• He has entered the serene autumn of his life.他已进入了美好的中年时期。
• He didn't speak much,he just smiled with that serene smile of his.他话不多，只是脸上露出他招牌式的淡定的微笑。

3 beheld   

v.看，注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 )；瞧；看呀；（叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现）哎哟

参考例句：

• His eyes had never beheld such opulence. 他从未见过这样的财富。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The soul beheld its features in the mirror of the passing moment. 灵魂在逝去的瞬间的镜子中看到了自己的模样。 来自英汉文学 - 红字

4 adoption   

n.采用，采纳，通过；收养

参考例句：

• An adoption agency had sent the boys to two different families.一个收养机构把他们送给两个不同的家庭。
• The adoption of this policy would relieve them of a tremendous burden.采取这一政策会给他们解除一个巨大的负担。

5 moles   

防波堤( mole的名词复数 )； 鼹鼠； 痣； 间谍

参考例句：

• Unsightly moles can be removed surgically. 不雅观的痣可以手术去除。
• Two moles of epoxy react with one mole of A-1100. 两个克分子环氧与一个克分子A－1100反应。

6 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。

7 swells   

增强( swell的第三人称单数 )； 肿胀； （使）凸出； 充满（激情）

参考例句：

• The waters were heaving up in great swells. 河水正在急剧上升。
• A barrel swells in the middle. 水桶中部隆起。

8 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。

9 nostril   

n.鼻孔

参考例句：

• The Indian princess wore a diamond in her right nostril.印弟安公主在右鼻孔中戴了一颗钻石。
• All South American monkeys have flat noses with widely spaced nostril.所有南美洲的猴子都有平鼻子和宽大的鼻孔。

10 musk   

n.麝香, 能发出麝香的各种各样的植物，香猫

参考例句：

• Musk is used for perfume and stimulant.麝香可以用作香料和兴奋剂。
• She scented her clothes with musk.她用麝香使衣服充满了香味。

11 inhaled   

v.吸入( inhale的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She closed her eyes and inhaled deeply. 她合上双眼，深深吸了一口气。
• Janet inhaled sharply when she saw him. 珍妮特看到他时猛地吸了口气。 来自《简明英汉词典》