英语听书《白鲸记》第1002期

But if the great sun move not of himself; but is as an errand-boy in heaven; nor one single star can revolve¹, but by some invisible power; how then can this one small heart beat; this one small brain think thoughts; unless God does that beating, does that thinking, does that living, and not I. By heaven, man, we are turned round and round in this world, like yonder windlass, and Fate is the handspike. And all the time, lo! that smiling sky, and this unsounded sea! Look! see yon Albicore! who put it into him to chase and fang² that flying-fish? Where do murderers go, man! Who's to doom³, when the judge himself is dragged to the bar? But it is a mild, mild wind, and a mild looking sky; and the airs smells now, as if it blew from a far-away meadow; they have been making hay somewhere under the slopes of the Andes, Starbuck, and the mowers are sleeping among the new-mown hay. Sleeping? Aye, toil⁴ we how we may, we all sleep at last on the field. Sleep? Aye, and rust⁵ amid greenness; as last year's scythes⁶ flung down, and left in the half-cut swarths — Starbuck!

不过，如果伟大的太阳不是出于它自己的本意而运转，而不过是天上的一个使童，那么，除了靠某种眼不能见的神力，一颗星星都不会自转了；这么说来，这一颗小小的心又怎么能够跳动；这一颗小小的脑袋又怎么能够思想；除非是上帝教它跳，教它想，教它活，而不是我。皇天在上，朋友，我们在这世界上兜来转去，就象那只绞车一样，命运之神就是那根木梃。瞧呀！瞧那始终是笑容满面的天空，和这个没有信用的海洋！你看！看那边那条大青花鱼！是谁叫它去追击和刺戳那条飞鱼呢？朋友，杀人凶犯到哪里去啦！法官本人也都给拖上法庭去了，谁来定罪？可是，风多柔和，天色多柔和；这会儿所闻到的气息，就好象是从老远的牧场吹来的；人们正在安第斯山的斜坡下的什么地方堆干草咧！斯达巴克呀，割草的人正睡在新割的干草堆里。睡着吗？是呀，我们尽力劳作，最后大家都睡在田野上。睡嘛？不错，在青草丛中腐烂了；象去年的镰刀撩倒了的。搁在一半还未割起的草丛里一样——斯达巴克！

But blanched⁷ to a corpse's hue⁸ with despair, the Mate had stolen away.

可是，那个大副的脸色已经由于失望而苍白得象具死尸，他悄悄地溜走了。

Ahab crossed the deck to gaze over on the other side; but started at two reflected, fixed⁹ eyes in the water there, Fedallah was motionlessly leaning over the same rail.

亚哈跨过甲板，想到对面船舷那儿去望一下；可是，却让那边水里反照过来的两只一动不动的眼睛吓了一跳。费达拉正一动不动地趴在这边的栏杆上。

1 revolve   

vi.(使)旋转；循环出现

参考例句：

• The planets revolve around the sun.行星绕着太阳运转。
• The wheels began to revolve slowly.车轮开始慢慢转动。

2 fang   

n.尖牙，犬牙

参考例句：

• Look how the bone sticks out of the flesh like a dog's fang.瞧瞧,这根骨头从肉里露出来，象一只犬牙似的。
• The green fairy's fang thrusting between his lips.绿妖精的尖牙从他的嘴唇里龇出来。

3 doom   

n.厄运，劫数；v.注定，命定

参考例句：

• The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
• The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。

4 toil   

vi.辛劳工作，艰难地行动；n.苦工，难事

参考例句：

• The wealth comes from the toil of the masses.财富来自大众的辛勤劳动。
• Every single grain is the result of toil.每一粒粮食都来之不易。

5 rust   

n.锈；v.生锈；(脑子)衰退

参考例句：

• She scraped the rust off the kitchen knife.她擦掉了菜刀上的锈。
• The rain will rust the iron roof.雨水会使铁皮屋顶生锈。

6 scythes   

n.（长柄）大镰刀( scythe的名词复数 )v.（长柄）大镰刀( scythe的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Scythes swished to and fro. 长柄大镰刀嗖嗖地来回挥动。 来自辞典例句
• I'll tell you what: go to the forge now and get some more scythes. 我告诉你怎么做：你现在就去铁匠店多买几把镰刀回来。 来自互联网

7 blanched   

v.使变白( blanch的过去式 )；使（植物）不见阳光而变白；酸洗（金属）使有光泽；用沸水烫（杏仁等）以便去皮

参考例句：

• The girl blanched with fear when she saw the bear coming. 那女孩见熊（向她）走来，吓得脸都白了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Their faces blanched in terror. 他们的脸因恐惧而吓得发白。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 hue   

n.色度；色调；样子

参考例句：

• The diamond shone with every hue under the sun.金刚石在阳光下放出五颜六色的光芒。
• The same hue will look different in different light.同一颜色在不同的光线下看起来会有所不同。

9 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。