英语听书《白鲸记》第1027期

Aye! and all splintered to pieces, Stubb! — d'ye see it. — But even with a broken bone, old Ahab is untouched; and I account no living bone of mine one jot¹ more me, than this dead one that's lost. Nor white whale, nor man, nor fiend, can so much as graze old Ahab in his own proper and inaccessible² being. Can any lead touch yonder floor, any mast scrape yonder roof? — Aloft there! which way?

哼！全都崩得粉碎啦，斯塔布！——你可看到——。不过，就是骨头折坏了，亚哈老头还是毫不动心；我对我身上的真骨头，就跟对我那只失掉了的坏腿一样，一点也不放在心上。白鲸也好，人类也好，魔鬼也好，论起伤痕来，都比不过亚哈老头自己这个难以接近的身体。子弹碰得到海底，桅杆戳得穿天空么？喂，上边的人！向哪方游啦？

Dead to leeward³, sir.

停在下风啦，先生。

Up helm, then; pile on the sail again, ship keepers! down the rest of the spare boats and rig them — Mr. Starbuck away, and muster⁴ the boat's crews.

转航当风，那么；再加帆呀，看船的人！把所有的备用小艇都放下来，装配起来——斯达巴克先生，你去，去把小艇的水手都集合起来。

Let me first help thee towards the bulwarks⁵, sir.

让我先扶你到舷墙那边去吧，先生。

Oh, oh, oh! how this splinter gores⁶ me now! Accursed fate! that the unconquerable captain in the soul should have such a craven mate!

啊，啊，啊！这会儿，这只残腿可多使我难过啊！倒霉的命运，灵魂上是不可征服的船长，竟会有这样一个胆小鬼的大副！

Sir?

先生？

My body, man, not thee. Give me something for a cane⁷ — there, that shivered lance will do. Muster the men. Surely I have not seen him yet. By heaven it cannot be! — missing? — quick! call them all.

朋友，是我的身体，不是你的。给我拿点什么东西来当拐棍使——喏，那根烂捕鲸枪就行。把人召集起来。噫，我可真的还没有看到他。但愿老天保佑，不会有这回事！不见了嘛？——赶快！把大家都叫来！

The old man's hinted thought was true. Upon mustering⁸ the company, the Parsee was not there.

1 jot   

n.少量；vi.草草记下；vt.匆匆写下

参考例句：

• I'll jot down their address before I forget it.我得赶快把他们的地址写下来，免得忘了。
• There is not a jot of evidence to say it does them any good.没有丝毫的证据显示这对他们有任何好处。

2 inaccessible   

adj.达不到的，难接近的

参考例句：

• This novel seems to me among the most inaccessible.这本书对我来说是最难懂的小说之一。
• The top of Mount Everest is the most inaccessible place in the world.珠穆朗玛峰是世界上最难到达的地方。

3 leeward   

adj.背风的；下风的

参考例句：

• The trees all listed to leeward.树木统统向下风方向倾。
• We steered a course to leeward.我们向下风航驶。

4 muster   

v.集合，收集，鼓起，激起；n.集合，检阅，集合人员，点名册

参考例句：

• Go and muster all the men you can find.去集合所有你能找到的人。
• I had to muster my courage up to ask him that question.我必须鼓起勇气向他问那个问题。

5 bulwarks   

n.堡垒( bulwark的名词复数 )；保障；支柱；舷墙

参考例句：

• The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty. 新闻自由是自由最大的保障之一。 来自辞典例句
• Surgery and X-irradiation nevertheless remain the bulwarks of cancer treatment throughout the world. 外科手术和X射线疗法依然是全世界治疗癌症的主要方法。 来自辞典例句

6 gores   

n.（动物）用角撞伤，用牙刺破( gore的名词复数 )v.（动物）用角撞伤，用牙刺破( gore的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• This bull gores people. 这牛爱顶人。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Prometheus periodically gores the F ring drawing out streamers of material from the ring. 普罗米修斯周期性的F环触的彩带，从材料的戒指。 来自互联网

7 cane   

n.手杖，细长的茎，藤条；v.以杖击，以藤编制的

参考例句：

• This sugar cane is quite a sweet and juicy.这甘蔗既甜又多汁。
• English schoolmasters used to cane the boys as a punishment.英国小学老师过去常用教鞭打男学生作为惩罚。

8 mustering   

v.集合，召集，集结（尤指部队）( muster的现在分词 )；（自他人处）搜集某事物；聚集；激发

参考例句：

• He paused again, mustering his strength and thoughts. 他又停下来，集中力量，聚精会神。 来自辞典例句
• The LORD Almighty is mustering an army for war. 这是万军之耶和华点齐军队，预备打仗。 来自互联网