英语听书《白鲸记》第34期

  But now when the boatswain calls all hands to lighten her;when boxes,bales,and jars are clattering¹ overboard; 

 when the wind is shrieking,and the men are yelling,and every plank² thunders with trampling³ feet right over Jonah's head; 

 in all this raging tumult,Jonah sleeps his hideous⁴ sleep.He sees no black sky and raging sea,feels not the reeling timbers, 

 and little hears he or heeds⁵ he the far rush of the mighty⁶ whale,which even now with open mouth is cleaving⁷ the seas after him. 

 Aye,shipmates,Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship a berth⁸ in the cabin as I have taken it,and was fast asleep. 

 But the frightened master comes to him,and shrieks⁹ in his dead ear,' What meanest thou,O,sleeper!arise!' Startled from his lethargy by that direful cry, 

 Jonah staggers to his feet,and stumbling to the deck,grasps a shroud,to look out upon the sea.But at that moment he is sprung upon by a panther billow leaping over the bulwarks¹⁰. 

 Wave after wave thus leaps into the ship,and finding no speedy vent¹¹ runs roaring fore¹² and aft,till the mariners¹³ come nigh to drowning while yet afloat. 

 And ever,as the white moon shows her affrighted face from the steep gullies in the blackness overhead,aghast Jonah sees the rearing bowsprit pointing high upward,but soon beat downward again towards the tormented¹⁴ deep. 

 Terrors upon terrors run shouting through his soul.In all his cringing¹⁵ attitudes,the God fugitive¹⁶ is now too plainly known.The sailors mark him; 

 more and more certain grow their suspicions of him,and at last,fully to test the truth,by referring the whole matter to high Heaven,they fall to casting lots, 

 to see for whose cause this great tempest was upon them.The lot is Jonah's;that discovered,then how furiously they mob him with their questions. 

 ' What is thine occupation?Whence comest thou?Thy country?What people?But mark now,my shipmates,the behavior of poor Jonah.The eager mariners but ask him who he is, 

 and where from;whereas,they not only receive an answer to those questions,but likewise another answer to a question not put by them, 

 but the unsolicited answer is forced from Jonah by the hard hand of God that is upon him. 

 ' I am a Hebrew,' he cries and then ' I fear the Lord the God of Heaven who hath made the sea and the dry land!' Fear him,O Jonah? 

 Aye,well mightest thou fear the Lord God THEN!Straightway,he now goes on to make a full confession;whereupon the mariners became more and more appalled, 

 but still are pitiful.For when Jonah,not yet supplicating¹⁷ God for mercy,since he but too well knew the darkness of his deserts, 

 when wretched Jonah cries out to them to take him and cast him forth¹⁸ into the sea, 

 for he knew that for HIS sake this great tempest was upon them;they mercifully turn from him,and seek by other means to save the ship. 

1 clattering   

发出咔哒声（clatter的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• Typewriters keep clattering away. 打字机在不停地嗒嗒作响。
• The typewriter was clattering away. 打字机啪嗒啪嗒地响着。

2 plank   

n.板条，木板，政策要点，政纲条目

参考例句：

• The plank was set against the wall.木板靠着墙壁。
• They intend to win the next election on the plank of developing trade.他们想以发展贸易的纲领来赢得下次选举。

3 trampling   

踩( trample的现在分词 )； 践踏； 无视； 侵犯

参考例句：

• Diplomats denounced the leaders for trampling their citizens' civil rights. 外交官谴责这些领导人践踏其公民的公民权。
• They don't want people trampling the grass, pitching tents or building fires. 他们不希望人们踩踏草坪、支帐篷或生火。

4 hideous   

adj.丑陋的，可憎的，可怕的，恐怖的

参考例句：

• The whole experience had been like some hideous nightmare.整个经历就像一场可怕的噩梦。
• They're not like dogs,they're hideous brutes.它们不像狗，是丑陋的畜牲。

5 heeds   

n.留心，注意，听从( heed的名词复数 )v.听某人的劝告，听从( heed的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• You should never fight the band that heeds you. 从来不要攻击那些注意你行动的帮伙们。 来自互联网
• He who ignores discipline and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored. 弃绝管教的、必致贫受辱．领受责备的、必得尊荣。 来自互联网

6 mighty   

adj.强有力的；巨大的

参考例句：

• A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
• The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。

7 cleaving   

v.劈开，剁开，割开( cleave的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The freighter carrying pig iron is cleaving through the water. 装着生铁的货船正在破浪前进。 来自辞典例句
• IL-10-cDNA fragment was obtained through cleaving pUC-T-IL-10cDNA by reconstriction enzymes. 结果：pcDNA3.1-IL-10酶切鉴定的电泳结果显示，pcDNA3.1-IL-10质粒有一个560bp左右的插入片断，大小和IL-10cDNA大致符合。 来自互联网

8 berth   

n.卧铺，停泊地，锚位；v.使停泊

参考例句：

• She booked a berth on the train from London to Aberdeen.她订了一张由伦敦开往阿伯丁的火车卧铺票。
• They took up a berth near the harbor.他们在港口附近找了个位置下锚。

9 shrieks   

n.尖叫声( shriek的名词复数 )v.尖叫( shriek的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• shrieks of fiendish laughter 恶魔般的尖笑声
• For years, from newspapers, broadcasts, the stages and at meetings, we had heard nothing but grandiloquent rhetoric delivered with shouts and shrieks that deafened the ears. 多少年来， 报纸上， 广播里， 舞台上， 会场上的声嘶力竭，装腔做态的高调搞得我们震耳欲聋。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

10 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

11 vent   

n.通风口，排放口；开衩；vt.表达，发泄

参考例句：

• He gave vent to his anger by swearing loudly.他高声咒骂以发泄他的愤怒。
• When the vent became plugged,the engine would stop.当通风口被堵塞时，发动机就会停转。

12 fore   

adv.在前面；adj.先前的；在前部的；n.前部

参考例句：

• Your seat is in the fore part of the aircraft.你的座位在飞机的前部。
• I have the gift of fore knowledge.我能够未卜先知。

13 mariners   

海员，水手（mariner的复数形式）

参考例句：

• Mariners were also able to fix their latitude by using an instrument called astrolabe. 海员们还可使用星盘这种仪器确定纬度。
• The ancient mariners traversed the sea. 古代的海员漂洋过海。

14 tormented   

饱受折磨的

参考例句：

• The knowledge of his guilt tormented him. 知道了自己的罪责使他非常痛苦。
• He had lain awake all night, tormented by jealousy. 他彻夜未眠，深受嫉妒的折磨。

15 cringing   

adj.谄媚，奉承

参考例句：

• He had a cringing manner but a very harsh voice.他有卑屈谄媚的神情，但是声音却十分粗沙。
• She stepped towards him with a movement that was horribly cringing.她冲他走了一步，做出一个低三下四，令人作呕的动作。

16 fugitive   

adj.逃亡的，易逝的；n.逃犯，逃亡者

参考例句：

• The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
• The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。

17 supplicating   

v.祈求，哀求，恳求( supplicate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• She stammered a few supplicating words. 她吞吞吐吐说了一些求情的话。 来自互联网

18 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。