英语听书《白鲸记》第90期

 I went down to supper. After sitting a long time listening to the long stories of some sailors who had just come from a plum-pudding voyage, as they called it; 我独自下楼去吃饭。几个刚刚进行了葡萄干布了航行—这是水手们通行的叫法，指在赤道以北的大西洋中所做的短距离捕鲸航行—的水手们正讲着海上的故事，他们讲得滔滔不绝，

after listening to these plum-puddingers till nearly eleven o'clock, I went up stairs to go to bed,  我听得也津津有味，到夜里十一点的时候，我想该上楼去了。 

feeling quite sure by this time Queequeg must certainly have brought his Ramadan to a termination.  可让我吃惊的是，魁魁格还那样呆坐着！他这么坐了一天了，我真有点生气了。 

But no; there he was just where I had left him; he had not stirred an inch. I began to grow vexed¹ with him;  “魁魁格，你动一动吧，吃点饭，别糟踏自己了，你会死的，魁魁格！他好像什么也没听见，一动不动。 

it seemed so downright senseless and insane² to be sitting there all day and half the night on his hams in a cold room, holding a piece of wood on his head.  算了，我自己先睡吧。上床前，我把那件又沉又厚的熊度外套披在了他身上。 

1 vexed   

adj.争论不休的；（指问题等）棘手的；争论不休的问题；烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 )；使苦恼；使生气；详细讨论

参考例句：

• The conference spent days discussing the vexed question of border controls. 会议花了几天的时间讨论边境关卡这个难题。
• He was vexed at his failure. 他因失败而懊恼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 insane   

adj.蠢极的，荒唐的，精神错乱的，疯狂的

参考例句：

• Insane people are sometimes dangerous.精神病人有时非常危险。
• The letter made her insane with jealousy.那封信使她妒忌得发疯。