英语听书《白鲸记》第998期

Ahab turned.

亚哈回过头来。

Starbuck!

斯达巴克！

Sir.

先生。

Oh, Starbuck! it is a mild, mild wind, and a mild looking sky. On such a day — very much such a sweetness as this — I struck my first whale — a boy-harpooneer of eighteen! Forty — forty — forty years ago! — ago! Forty years of continual whaling! forty years of privation, and peril¹, and storm-time! forty years on the pitiless sea! for forty years has Ahab forsaken² the peaceful land, for forty years to make war on the horrors of the deep! Aye and yes, Starbuck, out of those forty years I have not spent three ashore³. When I think of this life I have led; the desolation of solitude⁴ it has been; the masoned, walled-town of a Captain's exclusiveness, which admits but small entrance to any sympathy from the green country without — oh, weariness! heaviness! Guinea-coast slavery of solitary⁵ command! — when I think of all this; only half-suspected, not so keenly known to me before — and how for forty years I have fed upon dry salted fare — fit emblem⁶ of the dry nourishment⁷ of my soul! — when the poorest landsman has had fresh fruit to his daily hand, and broken the world's fresh bread to my mouldy crusts.

啊，斯达巴克！风多柔和，天色多柔和。在这样的一天——真象这样可爱的天气——我打中了我的第一条鲸——一个十八岁的小标枪手！四十——四十——四十年前！连续不断的四十年捕鲸生活！四十年的苦难。危险和风暴！在无情的海洋上度过四十年！整整四十年，亚哈丢弃了安谧的陆地，跟可怕的大海斗争了四十年！说老实话，斯达巴克，在这四十年里头，我在岸上还待不上三年呢。我想到我所过的这种生活，它孤寂凄凉；是用石头砌起的城墙般的与世隔绝的船长生活，它从外边的青翠的陆地所能获得的同情只是那么一点点——烦厌呵。沉重呵！几内亚海岸的孤君寡人的奴隶主！——我从前想到这一切，半信半疑，不那么理解透彻——我四十年来是怎样尽吃些腌藏的干东西——正说明我的灵魂干巴巴，缺乏营养——最可怜的陆地人也每天吃得到新鲜的果子，我呢，不吃人间的新鲜的面包，专吃我那发霉的面包屑。

1 peril   

n.(严重的)危险；危险的事物

参考例句：

• The refugees were in peril of death from hunger.难民有饿死的危险。
• The embankment is in great peril.河堤岌岌可危。

2 Forsaken   

adj. 被遗忘的, 被抛弃的 动词forsake的过去分词

参考例句：

• He was forsaken by his friends. 他被朋友们背弃了。
• He has forsaken his wife and children. 他遗弃了他的妻子和孩子。

3 ashore   

adv.在(向)岸上，上岸

参考例句：

• The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前，孩子们就上岸了。
• He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。

4 solitude   

n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方

参考例句：

• People need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in solitude. 人们需要独处的机会来反思精神上的事情。
• They searched for a place where they could live in solitude. 他们寻找一个可以过隐居生活的地方。

5 solitary   

adj.孤独的，独立的，荒凉的；n.隐士

参考例句：

• I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
• The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际，显得十分壮美。

6 emblem   

n.象征，标志；徽章

参考例句：

• Her shirt has the company emblem on it.她的衬衫印有公司的标记。
• The eagle was an emblem of strength and courage.鹰是力量和勇气的象征。

7 nourishment   

n.食物，营养品；营养情况

参考例句：

• Lack of proper nourishment reduces their power to resist disease.营养不良降低了他们抵抗疾病的能力。
• He ventured that plants draw part of their nourishment from the air.他大胆提出植物从空气中吸收部分养分的观点。