英语听书《白鲸记》第966期

 There he goes now; to him nothing's happened; but to me, the skewer¹ seems loosening out of the middle of the world. 他走啦，他自己倒象是毫无所谓；可是，在我看来，这家伙就似乎有点儿不对头。

Haul in, haul in, Tahitian! These lines run whole, and whirling out: come in broken, and dragging slow. Ha, Pip? come to help; eh, Pip? 拉进来，拉进来，塔希提佬！这些绳子全都旋出去了；差不多就要断了，慢慢地拉。哈，比普？来帮一下忙；好不好，比普？

Pip? whom call ye Pip? Pip jumped from the whaleboat. Pip's missing. 比普？你在叫哪个比普呀？比普已经打捕鲸小艇跳出去了。比普不见啦。

Let's see now if ye haven't fished him up here, fisherman. 老渔翁，这会儿，我们不访看一看，看你老人家有没有把他捞起来。

It drags hard; I guess he's holding on. Jerk him, Tahiti! 拖起来可真费劲；我想他一定是扳牢了。把他摔了算啦，塔希提佬！

Jerk him off we haul in no cowards here. 把他摔掉了；我们是不拉回胆小鬼的。

Ho! there's his arm just breaking water. A hatchet²! a hatchet! cut it off — we haul in no cowards here. 嗬！他的胳膊正露出水面来了。拿斧头来！把那胳膊给砍断——我们是不拉回胆小鬼的。

Captain Ahab! sir, sir! here's Pip, trying to get on board again. 亚哈船长！先生，先生！比普来啦，想再上船来啦。

Peace, thou crazy loon³, cried the Manxman, seizing him by the arm. "Away from the quarter-deck!" 住嘴，你这疯子，人岛人叫道，攫住他的胳膊。"滚开，滚出后甲板！"

The greater idiot ever scolds the lesser⁴, muttered Ahab, advancing. "Hands off from that holiness! Where sayest thou Pip was, boy? 大傻瓜就始终要骂小傻瓜，亚哈走上前来，嘴里嘟哝道。"别碰这个圣人！你说比普是在哪儿呀，孩子？"

Astern there, sir, astern! Lo! lo! 在船梢，先生，在船梢！哎哟，你瞧！

And who art thou, boy? I see not my reflection in the vacant pupils of thy eyes. 那么，你是谁，孩子？我从你那只失神的瞳仁里，并没有看到我自己的影子。

Oh God! that man should be a thing for immortal⁵ souls to sieve⁶ through!  呵，天呀！一个人竟成了件让不朽的人来仔细端相的东西！

 

1 skewer   

n.（烤肉用的）串肉杆；v.用杆串好

参考例句：

• I used a skewer to make an extra hole in my belt.我用扦子在腰带上又打了一个眼儿。
• He skewered his victim through the neck.他用扦子刺穿了受害人的脖子。

2 hatchet   

n.短柄小斧；v.扼杀

参考例句：

• I shall have to take a hatchet to that stump.我得用一把短柄斧来劈这树桩。
• Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.别用斧头拍打朋友额头上的苍蝇。

3 loon   

n.狂人

参考例句：

• That guy's a real loon.那个人是个真正的疯子。
• Everyone thought he was a loon.每个人都骂他神经。

4 lesser   

adj.次要的，较小的；adv.较小地，较少地

参考例句：

• Kept some of the lesser players out.不让那些次要的球员参加联赛。
• She has also been affected,but to a lesser degree.她也受到波及，但程度较轻。

5 immortal   

adj.不朽的；永生的，不死的；神的

参考例句：

• The wild cocoa tree is effectively immortal.野生可可树实际上是不会死的。
• The heroes of the people are immortal!人民英雄永垂不朽！

6 sieve   

n.筛，滤器，漏勺

参考例句：

• We often shake flour through a sieve.我们经常用筛子筛面粉。
• Finally,it is like drawing water with a sieve.到头来，竹篮打水一场空。