英语听书《白鲸记》第993期

Your hat, your hat, sir! suddenly cried the Sicilian seaman¹, who being posted at the mizen-mast-head, stood directly behind Ahab, though somewhat lower than his level, and with a deep gulf² of air dividing them.

你的帽子，你的帽子，先生！那个西西里水手蓦地嚷了起来，因为他正好守在后帆顶上，就站在亚哈的正后边，虽然地位好象比亚哈低一点，彼此隔着一大段空间。

But already the sable³ wing was before the old man's eyes; the long hooked bill at his head: with a scream, the black hawk⁴ darted⁵ away with his prize.

可是，那只黑鸟已经飞到这老人的眼前了，长长的钩喙对着他的脑袋，一声尖叫，那只黑鹰就衔着它的战利品如箭般射了出去。

An eagle flew thrice round Tarquin's head, removing his cap to replace it, and thereupon Tanaquil, his wife, declared that Tarquin would be king of Rome. But only by the replacing of the cap was that omen⁶ accounted good. Ahab's hat was never restored; the wild hawk flew on and on with it; far in advance of the prow⁷: and at last disappeared; while from the point of that disappearance⁸, a minute black spot was dimly discerned, falling from that vast height into the sea.

相传有一只鹰，绕着塔垦（塔垦——罗马稗史中的第五位王，执政期为公元前616—579年。）的头，飞了三匝，衔走了他的帽子后，又给它放了上去，因此，他的妻子丹娜魁说，塔垦准会做罗马王。不过，这个兆头之所以被认为是好的，只是因为那顶帽子又重新给戴了上去。可是，亚哈的帽子却一去不复返了；那只野鹰衔着它不停地飞去，飞到船头正前方的远方去，终于消失了。不过，就在将要消失的时候，却朦胧地看到细小的一个黑点，那么高高地往下跌进海里。

Chapter 131 The Pequod Meets The Delight

第一百三十一章 "裴廓德号"遇到"欢喜号"

The intense Pequod sailed on; the rolling waves and days went by; the life-buoy-coffin still lightly swung; and another ship, most miserably⁹ misnamed the Delight, was descried¹⁰. As she drew nigh, all eyes were fixed¹¹ upon her broad beams, called shears¹², which, in some whaling-ships, cross the quarter-deck at the height of eight or nine feet; serving to carry the spare, unrigged, or disabled boats.

紧张的"裴廓德号"继续向前驶去，滚滚的浪涛和无数的日子都撇在后边了。那只棺材做的救生圈还在轻轻地晃来晃去；这时发现了一艘非常可怜地错取了名字的船——"欢喜号"。当这艘船驶近时，大家的眼睛都盯在它那些叫做剪脚起重机的阔大的横木上，这些东西，在有些捕鲸船上，都横放在后甲板上，高达八九英尺，专门用来起吊备用的、失去肋材的小艇或者废艇。

1 seaman   

n.海员，水手，水兵

参考例句：

• That young man is a experienced seaman.那个年轻人是一个经验丰富的水手。
• The Greek seaman went to the hospital five times.这位希腊海员到该医院去过五次。

2 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

3 sable   

n.黑貂；adj.黑色的

参考例句：

• Artists' brushes are sometimes made of sable.画家的画笔有的是用貂毛制的。
• Down the sable flood they glided.他们在黑黝黝的洪水中随波逐流。

4 hawk   

n.鹰，骗子；鹰派成员

参考例句：

• The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it.鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来,并把它杀死。
• The hawk snatched the chicken and flew away.老鹰叼了小鸡就飞走了。

5 darted   

v.投掷，投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 )；向前冲，飞奔

参考例句：

• The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect. 蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The old man was displeased and darted an angry look at me. 老人不高兴了，瞪了我一眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 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？

7 prow   

n.(飞机)机头，船头

参考例句：

• The prow of the motor-boat cut through the water like a knife.汽艇的船头像一把刀子劈开水面向前行驶。
• He stands on the prow looking at the seadj.他站在船首看着大海。

8 disappearance   

n.消失，消散，失踪

参考例句：

• He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
• Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

9 miserably   

adv.痛苦地；悲惨地；糟糕地；极度地

参考例句：

• The little girl was wailing miserably. 那小女孩难过得号啕大哭。
• It was drizzling, and miserably cold and damp. 外面下着毛毛细雨，天气又冷又湿，令人难受。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 descried   

adj.被注意到的，被发现的，被看到的

参考例句：

• He descried an island far away on the horizon. 他看到遥远的地平线上有个岛屿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• At length we descried a light and a roof. 终于，我们远远看见了一点灯光，一所孤舍。 来自辞典例句

11 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。

12 shears   

n.大剪刀

参考例句：

• These garden shears are lightweight and easy to use.这些园丁剪刀又轻又好用。
• With a few quick snips of the shears he pruned the bush.他用大剪刀几下子就把灌木给修剪好了。