英语听书《白鲸记》第79期

 And what dost thou want of Captain Ahab? It's all right enough; thou art shipped.  你找他干吗？我们不是谈好了吗？ 

Yes, but I should like to see him.  是的，我们谈好了。可我还是想见见他。

But I don't think thou wilt¹ be able to at present.  见见他，说起来容易，可要见到他太难了。

I don't know exactly what's the matter with him; but he keeps close inside the house;  船一靠岸，他就回了家，足不出户，我也见不着他了。

a sort of sick, and yet he don't look so. In fact, he ain't sick;  也许他病了吧，也许没有，

but no, he isn't well either.  不过，可以肯定的是，他身体不太好。 

Any how, young man, he won't always see me, so I don't suppose he will thee.  年轻人,他不总是找到我我,所以我不认为他会找上你。

He's a queer man, Captain Ahab—so some think—but a good one. Oh, thou'lt like him well enough;  有人说他是个怪人，也许吧，可他还是个好人！

no fear, no fear. He's a grand, ungodly, god-like man, Captain Ahab;  你不用怕，你一定会喜欢上他的。他是个伟大的人；他不敬神却像一尊神；

doesn't speak much; but, when he does speak, then you may well listen.  他轻易不开口，可一开口就够你受的。你要完全服从于他！ 

Mark ye, be forewarned; Ahab's above the common; Ahab's been in colleges, as well as 'mong the cannibals;  亚哈绝不是凡夫俗子，他上过大学，也到过吃人生番聚居的蛮荒之地，

been used to deeper wonders than the waves; fixed² his fiery³ lance in mightier⁴, stranger foes⁵ than whales.  他在海上战斗，用鱼枪对付过比大鲸鱼更可怕的家伙！ 

His lance! aye, the keenest and the surest that out of all our isle⁶!  说到他的鱼枪，那可是他的骄傲！他有百发百中的神功！ 

1 wilt   

v.(使)植物凋谢或枯萎；(指人)疲倦，衰弱

参考例句：

• Golden roses do not wilt and will never need to be watered.金色的玫瑰不枯萎绝也不需要浇水。
• Several sleepless nights made him wilt.数个不眠之夜使他憔悴。

2 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。

3 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。

4 mightier   

adj. 强有力的，强大的，巨大的 adv. 很，极其

参考例句：

• But it ever rises up again, stronger, firmer, mightier. 但是，这种组织总是重新产生，并且一次比一次更强大，更坚固，更有力。 来自英汉非文学 - 共产党宣言
• Do you believe that the pen is mightier than the sword? 你相信笔杆的威力大于武力吗？

5 foes   

敌人，仇敌( foe的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They steadily pushed their foes before them. 他们不停地追击敌人。
• She had fought many battles, vanquished many foes. 她身经百战，挫败过很多对手。

6 isle   

n.小岛，岛

参考例句：

• He is from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea.他来自爱尔兰海的马恩岛。
• The boat left for the paradise isle of Bali.小船驶向天堂一般的巴厘岛。