英语听书《白鲸记》第587期

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　　we now gazed at the most wondrous¹ phenomenon which the secret seas have hitherto revealed to mankind. 大家尽凝望着那神秘的海洋迄今所曾显示于人类的最为奇妙的景象。

　　A vast pulpy² mass, furlongs in length and breadth, of a glancing cream-color, lay floating on the water, innumerable long arms radiating from its centre,  一大团软绵绵的东西，纵横有好几个弗隆（弗隆——英国长度单位，等于八分之一英里或201.167米。），闪着奶油色，漂泛在海面上，在它身体中央辐射出了无数的长手臂，

　　and curling and twisting like a nest of anacondas, as if blindly to clutch at any hapless object within reach. 卷卷曲曲，七缠八绕，活象一窝蟒蛇，仿佛盲冲瞎撞地要把任何碰得到的倒霉东西捉住似的。

　　No perceptible face or front did it have; no conceivable token of either sensation or instinct; 既看不出它究竟有没有脸相；又辨不清它有否感觉；

　　but undulated there on the billows, an unearthly, formless, chance-like apparition³ of life. 但见一个神秘的、无定形的、偶然出现似的活幽灵在波涛间起伏。

　　As with a low sucking sound it slowly disappeared again, Starbuck still gazing at the agitated⁴ waters where it had sunk, with a wild voice exclaimed, 在它发出一阵低微的吮吸声后，又慢慢地消失的时候，还在朝它沉下去的急激的水面凝视着的斯达巴克，突然狂叫起来，

　　"Almost rather had I seen Moby Dick and fought him, than to have seen thee, thou white ghost!" “你这白鬼，看到你这副鬼模样，我倒宁可看到莫比－迪克，跟它扑打一顿！”

　　What was it, Sir? said Flask⁵. “那是什么东西，先生？”弗拉斯克说。

　　The great live squid, which, they say, few whale-ships ever beheld⁶, and returned to their ports to tell of it. “大乌贼鱼，这种东西，据说，捕鲸船难得看到，只听到看过的人回港埠后说起它。”

　　But Ahab said nothing; turning his boat, he sailed back to the vessel⁷; the rest as silently following. 可是，亚哈什么都不说，把他的小艇掉了头，划回大船去了；其余三只小艇，也都悄悄地跟上去。

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