英语听书《白鲸记》第77期

 Captain Peleg, said Bildad steadily¹, thy conscience may be drawing ten inches of water, or ten fathoms², I can't tell;  噢，法勒船长，你的良心也许能让船多吃上几英寸的水，这和我们关系不大， 

but as thou art still an impenitent³ man, Captain Peleg, I greatly fear lest thy conscience be but a leaky one;  但是你还是一个不知悔改的人,法勒船长,我非常怕你的良心渗漏;

and will in the end sink thee foundering⁴ down to the fiery⁵ pit, Captain Peleg.  可你不要还没把大家沉到水里就先沉到了火坑里！

Fiery pit! fiery pit! ye insult me, man; past all natural bearing, ye insult me. It's an all-fired outrage⁶ to tell any human creature that he's bound to hell.  火坑，火坑！你敢这样侮辱我！该死的比勒达，你敢随随便便地侮辱人，你等着下地狱吧。

Flukes and flames! Bildad, say that again to me, and start my soul-bolts, but I'll—I'll—yes, I'll swallow a live goat with all his hair and horns on.  你如果再说一遍，我就绝对不客气了！ 

Out of the cabin, ye canting, drab-coloured son of a wooden gun—a straight wake with ye!  你这个混蛋！你这个强盗的子孙，滚出去！滚！ 他破口大骂，怒不可遏地冲向比勒达。

As he thundered out this he made a rush at Bildad, but with a marvellous oblique⁷, sliding celerity, Bildad for that time eluded⁸ him.  比勒达一闪身，躲开了他。比勒达正如丧家之犬般地躲避着愤怒的法勒船长。 

1 steadily   

adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地

参考例句：

• The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
• Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。

2 fathoms   

英寻( fathom的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The harbour is four fathoms deep. 港深为四英寻。
• One bait was down forty fathoms. 有个鱼饵下沉到四十英寻的深处。

3 impenitent   

adj.不悔悟的，顽固的

参考例句：

• His impenitent attitude is really annoying.他死不改悔的态度真令人生气。
• We need to remember that God's wrath does burn against impenitent sinners.我们必须铭记上帝的愤怒曾烧死了不知悔改的恶人。

4 foundering   

v.创始人( founder的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The lifeboat soon got abreast of the foundering ship. 救生艇很快就赶到了那艘正在下沉的船旁。 来自互联网
• With global climate-change negotiations foundering, the prospects of raising cash for REDD that way look poor. 由于就全球气候变化的谈判破裂，通过这种方式来为REDD集资前景堪忧。 来自互联网

5 fiery   

adj.燃烧着的，火红的；暴躁的；激烈的

参考例句：

• She has fiery red hair.她有一头火红的头发。
• His fiery speech agitated the crowd.他热情洋溢的讲话激动了群众。

6 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

7 oblique   

adj.斜的，倾斜的，无诚意的，不坦率的

参考例句：

• He made oblique references to her lack of experience.他拐弯抹角地说她缺乏经验。
• She gave an oblique look to one side.她向旁边斜看了一眼。

8 eluded   

v.（尤指机敏地）避开( elude的过去式和过去分词 )；逃避；躲避；使达不到

参考例句：

• The sly fox nimbly eluded the dogs. 那只狡猾的狐狸灵活地躲避开那群狗。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The criminal eluded the police. 那个罪犯甩掉了警察的追捕。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》