英语听书《白鲸记》第118期

 But I beat the thing down; and again marking the sleeper¹, jocularly hinted to Queequeg that perhaps we had best sit up with the body;  我无奈地说。魁魁格在那老索匠的屁股上按了按，好像在试够不够软。 

telling him to establish himself accordingly.  他疯疯癫癫地讲了一遍，走了。

He put his hand upon the sleeper's rear, as though feeling if it was soft enough; and then, without more ado, sat quietly down there.  魁魁格坐到了那个人的脑袋边儿上，只是安静的坐着。 

Gracious! Queequeg, don't sit there, said I.  算啦，咱们就守着这个老索匠坐一会儿吧！ 

Oh! perry dood seat, said Queequeg, my country way; won't hurt him face.  噢，这可是个好座位！我按我家乡的方法坐，不会压扁他的脑袋的！ 

Face! said I, call that his face? very benevolent² countenance³ then; but how hard he breathes, he's heaving himself;  脸!我说着,这叫脸吗?很仁慈的表情,但他呼吸有多难,他在难为自己;

get off, Queequeg, you are heavy, it's grinding the face of the poor.  躲开,魁魁格,你太沉了,别这么折磨穷人。

Get off, Queequeg! Look, he'll twitch⁴ you off soon.  躲开,魁魁格,看，他会找你茬的。

I wonder he don't wake.  我想知道他是不会醒来的。

Queequeg removed himself to just beyond the head of the sleeper, and lighted his tomahawk pipe.  魁魁格挪了挪屁股，坐到了那个人的脑袋边儿上，点上了他的烟斗斧。 

I sat at the feet. We kept the pipe passing over the sleeper, from one to the other.  我则坐在那人的脚边儿。于是，烟斗斧就跨过那个人的身子，递过来又递过去。 

1 sleeper   

n.睡眠者，卧车，卧铺

参考例句：

• I usually go up to London on the sleeper. 我一般都乘卧车去伦敦。
• But first he explained that he was a very heavy sleeper. 但首先他解释说自己睡觉很沉。

2 benevolent   

adj.仁慈的，乐善好施的

参考例句：

• His benevolent nature prevented him from refusing any beggar who accosted him.他乐善好施的本性使他不会拒绝走上前向他行乞的任何一个乞丐。
• He was a benevolent old man and he wouldn't hurt a fly.他是一个仁慈的老人，连只苍蝇都不愿伤害。

3 countenance   

n.脸色，面容；面部表情；vt.支持，赞同

参考例句：

• At the sight of this photograph he changed his countenance.他一看见这张照片脸色就变了。
• I made a fierce countenance as if I would eat him alive.我脸色恶狠狠地，仿佛要把他活生生地吞下去。

4 twitch   

v.急拉，抽动，痉挛，抽搐；n.扯，阵痛，痉挛

参考例句：

• The smell made my dog's nose twitch.那股气味使我的狗的鼻子抽动着。
• I felt a twitch at my sleeve.我觉得有人扯了一下我的袖子。