英语听书《白鲸记》第994期

Upon the stranger's shears¹ were beheld² the shattered, white ribs³, and some few splintered planks⁴, of what had once been a whale-boat; but you now saw through this wreck⁵, as plainly as you see through the peeled, half-unhinged, and bleaching⁶ skeleton of a horse.

在这艘陌生船的那些剪脚起重机上，人们看到一些以前是一只捕鲸小艇的破碎的白色肋材，和几片破裂了的船板。可是，你这会儿仔细地看看这只破艇，就跟你看到一只被剥掉了皮、有点儿散乱的、发白了的马骷髅一样。

Hast seen the White Whale?

看到过白鲸嘛？

Look! replied the hollow-cheeked captain from his taffrail; and with his trumpet⁷ he pointed⁸ to the wreck.

你瞧！那个站在船栏杆边。两颊深陷的船长，凑着话筒，一面指着那只破艇，一面回答道。

Hast killed him?

把它打杀了没有？

The harpoon⁹ is not yet forged that will ever will do that, answered the other, sadly glancing upon a rounded hammock on the deck, whose gathered sides some noiseless sailors were busy in sewing together.

打得杀它的标枪可还没有铸起来呢，对方回答说，眼睛忧郁地望着甲板上一只被人团团围起的吊铺，几个闷声不响的水手正围在那里在忙着缝缝缀缀。

Not forged! and snatching Perth's levelled iron from the crotch, Ahab held it out, exclaiming — "Look ye, Nantucketer; here in this hand I hold his death! Tempered in blood, and tempered by lightning are these barbs¹⁰; and I swear to temper them triply in that hot place behind the fin¹¹, where the White Whale most feels his accursed life!"

还没有铸出来！亚哈从桠杈上攫起柏斯打出来的那支标枪，伸了出去，高叫道——"你瞧，南塔开特人，我这只手里拿着的就是要制它死命的东西！这些钩钩全是用血用闪电炼出来的；我一定要把它插进它鳍后头那个滚热的地方，让它再炼三遍，那地方就是白鲸的致命伤的地方！"

Then God keep thee, old man — see'st thou that — pointing to the hammock — "I bury but one of five stout¹² men, who were alive only yesterday; but were dead ere night. Only that one I bury; the rest were buried before they died; you sail upon their tomb."

那么，愿上帝保佑你吧，老人家，请你看那东西，他指着那吊铺，"五个身强力壮的水手，我只埋葬得了一个，他们昨天都是生龙活虎的人；可是，不到晚上都死了。我只埋葬得了那一个；其余的都给活埋了；你是在他们的坟顶上航驶的。"

1 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。

2 beheld   

v.看，注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 )；瞧；看呀；（叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现）哎哟

参考例句：

• His eyes had never beheld such opulence. 他从未见过这样的财富。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The soul beheld its features in the mirror of the passing moment. 灵魂在逝去的瞬间的镜子中看到了自己的模样。 来自英汉文学 - 红字

3 ribs   

n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 )；（船或屋顶等的）肋拱；肋骨状的东西；（织物的）凸条花纹

参考例句：

• He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。
• Make a small incision below the ribs. 在肋骨下方切开一个小口。

4 planks   

（厚）木板( plank的名词复数 )； 政纲条目，政策要点

参考例句：

• The house was built solidly of rough wooden planks. 这房子是用粗木板牢固地建造的。
• We sawed the log into planks. 我们把木头锯成了木板。

5 wreck   

n.失事，遇难；沉船；vt.(船等)失事，遇难

参考例句：

• Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
• No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。

6 bleaching   

漂白法，漂白

参考例句：

• Moderately weathered rock showed more intense bleaching and fissuring in the feldspars. 中等风化岩石则是指长石有更为强烈的变白现象和裂纹现象。
• Bleaching effects are very strong and show on air photos. 退色效应非常强烈，并且反映在航空象片上。

7 trumpet   

n.喇叭，喇叭声；v.吹喇叭，吹嘘

参考例句：

• He plays the violin, but I play the trumpet.他拉提琴，我吹喇叭。
• The trumpet sounded for battle.战斗的号角吹响了。

8 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

9 harpoon   

n.鱼叉；vt.用鱼叉叉，用鱼叉捕获

参考例句：

• The harpoon drove deep into the body of the whale.渔叉深深地扎进鲸鱼体内。
• The fisherman transfixed the shark with a harpoon.渔夫用鱼叉刺住鲨鱼。

10 barbs   

n.（箭头、鱼钩等的）倒钩( barb的名词复数 )；带刺的话；毕露的锋芒；钩状毛

参考例句：

• She slung barbs at me. 她说了些讥刺我的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I would no longer uncomplainingly accept their barbs or allow their unaccountable power to go unchallenged. 我不会再毫无怨言地洗耳恭听他们带刺的话，或让他们的不负责任的权力不受到挑战。 来自辞典例句

11 fin   

n.鳍；(飞机的)安定翼

参考例句：

• They swim using a small fin on their back.它们用背上的小鳍游动。
• The aircraft has a long tail fin.那架飞机有一个长长的尾翼。

12 stout   

adj.强壮的，粗大的，结实的，勇猛的，矮胖的

参考例句：

• He cut a stout stick to help him walk.他砍了一根结实的枝条用来拄着走路。
• The stout old man waddled across the road.那肥胖的老人一跩一跩地穿过马路。