英语听书《白鲸记》第916期

 Come hither! bury thyself in a life which, to your now equally abhorred¹ and abhorring², landed world, is more oblivious³ than death. 到这边来吧！与其死在你那同样使人憎厌、还在憎厌着的岸上，不如遁迹到忘却中的生活里来，

Come hither! put up thy grave-stone, too, within the churchyard, and come hither, till we marry thee!" 到这边来吧！收拾起你那在教堂墓地里的墓石，到这边来吧，我们要跟你成亲咧！"他们就都去作恐怖。奇妙和新生活的冒险了。

Hearkening to these voices, East and West, by early sunrise, and by fall of eve, the blacksmith's soul responded, Aye, I come! And so Perth went a-whaling. 从东方，从西方，在黎明，在黄昏，听来听去都是这些声音，这个铁匠的精神受感应啦，好吧，我来了！柏斯就这样去干捕鲸了。

Chapter 113 The Forge 第一百十三章 熔炉

With matted beard, and swathed in a bristling⁴ shark-skin apron⁵, about mid-day, Perth was standing⁶ between his forge and anvil⁷, 正午时分、柏斯，乱蓬蓬的胡子，扎着一条硬挺挺的鲨鱼皮围单，站在他那只熔炉和铁砧中间。

the latter placed upon an iron-wood log, with one hand holding a pike-head in the coals, and with the other at his forge's lungs, 铁砧放在一块镶铁的木头上，他一只手拿着一根矛尖放在火里，另一只手拿着他的熔炉吹火筒。

when Captain Ahab came along, carrying in his hand a small rusty-looking leathern bag. 这时，亚哈船长手里拿着一只象是生了锈的小皮袋，走了过来。

While yet a little distance from the forge, moody⁸ Ahab paused; 在离开熔炉一小段的地方，心事重重的亚哈停了下来，

till at last, Perth, withdrawing his iron from the fire, began hammering it upon the anvil, 一直不开口，待到柏斯打火里拿出那块铁器，开始在铁砧上砰砰地锤打起来，

the red mass sending off the sparks in thick hovering⁹ flights, some of which flew close to Ahab. 那块红铁发出阵阵密集的、迸舞的火星，有些火星直窜到亚哈身边，他这才开起口来。

Are these thy Mother Carey's chickens, Perth? they are always flying in thy wake; birds of good omen¹⁰, too, but not to all; 这些可是你的海燕，柏斯？它们老是跟着你在飞；这些也都是好兆头的鸟儿，不过，并不是对人人都是好兆头；

look here, they burn; but thou — thou liv'st among them without a scorch¹¹. 你瞧，它们烧伤了；可是你——你却一点也不烫伤，活在它们中间。

 

1 abhorred   

v.憎恶( abhor的过去式和过去分词 )；（厌恶地）回避；拒绝；淘汰

参考例句：

• He abhorred the thoughts of stripping me and making me miserable. 他憎恶把我掠夺干净，使我受苦的那个念头。 来自辞典例句
• Each of these oracles hated a particular phrase. Liu the Sage abhorred "Not right for sowing". 二诸葛忌讳“不宜栽种”，三仙姑忌讳“米烂了”。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

2 abhorring   

v.憎恶( abhor的现在分词 )；（厌恶地）回避；拒绝；淘汰

参考例句：

• He is a very upright man, abhorring evil as a deadly foe. 他具有正义感，一向嫉恶如仇。 来自互联网

3 oblivious   

adj.易忘的，遗忘的，忘却的，健忘的

参考例句：

• Mother has become quite oblivious after the illness.这次病后，妈妈变得特别健忘。
• He was quite oblivious of the danger.他完全没有察觉到危险。

4 bristling   

a.竖立的

参考例句：

• "Don't you question Miz Wilkes' word,'said Archie, his beard bristling. "威尔克斯太太的话，你就不必怀疑了。 "阿尔奇说。他的胡子也翘了起来。
• You were bristling just now. 你刚才在发毛。

5 apron   

n.围裙；工作裙

参考例句：

• We were waited on by a pretty girl in a pink apron.招待我们的是一位穿粉红色围裙的漂亮姑娘。
• She stitched a pocket on the new apron.她在新围裙上缝上一只口袋。

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。

7 anvil   

n.铁钻

参考例句：

• The blacksmith shaped a horseshoe on his anvil.铁匠在他的铁砧上打出一个马蹄形。
• The anvil onto which the staples are pressed was not assemble correctly.订书机上的铁砧安装错位。

8 moody   

adj.心情不稳的，易怒的，喜怒无常的

参考例句：

• He relapsed into a moody silence.他又重新陷于忧郁的沉默中。
• I'd never marry that girl.She's so moody.我决不会和那女孩结婚的。她太易怒了。

9 hovering   

鸟( hover的现在分词 )； 靠近（某事物）； （人）徘徊； 犹豫

参考例句：

• The helicopter was hovering about 100 metres above the pad. 直升机在离发射台一百米的上空盘旋。
• I'm hovering between the concert and the play tonight. 我犹豫不决今晚是听音乐会还是看戏。

10 omen   

n.征兆，预兆；vt.预示

参考例句：

• The superstitious regard it as a bad omen.迷信的人认为那是一种恶兆。
• Could this at last be a good omen for peace?这是否终于可以视作和平的吉兆了？

11 scorch   

v.烧焦，烤焦；高速疾驶；n.烧焦处，焦痕

参考例句：

• I could not wash away the mark of the scorch.我洗不掉这焦痕。
• This material will scorch easily if it is too near the fire.这种材料如果太靠近炉火很容易烤焦。