英语听书《白鲸记》第247期

 As we have seen, God came upon him in the whale, and swallowed him down to living gulfs of doom¹, and with swift slantings tore him along into the midst of the seas, 我们已经看到,上帝用大鲸去突袭他,把他一口吞进了活地狱里,一阵疾风便把他刮到海中心去了,

where the eddying² depths sucked him ten thousand fathoms³ down, and the weeds were wrapped about his head,and all the watery⁴ world of woe⁵ bowled over him.  在那里,急卷急旋的深渊直把他吸到一万的海底,'海草缠绕他的头,灾难的海水全都把他淹没。

Yet even then beyond the reach of any plummet-out of the belly⁶ of hel 然而,当大鲸躺在海底,即使是在任何铅锤都沉不到底...

when the whale grounded upon the ocean's utmost bones, even then, God heard the engulphed, repenting⁷ prophet when he cried.  处在阴间的深处的时候,即使就在这种时候,那个在鱼腹里的悔罪的先知一声叫嚷,上帝就听到了。

Then God spake unto the fish; and from the shuddering⁸ cold and blackness of the sea, the whale came breeching up towards the warm and pleasant sun, and all the delights of air and earth; and 'vomited⁹ out Jonah upon the dry land;when the word of the Lord came a second time;  于是,上帝吩咐鱼;那条大鲸就从那冷得教人打颤和凶险的大海里,尾巴往上一甩。冲向那温暖而悦人的太阳,冲向那充满生气的太空和大地;把约拿吐在旱地上,等到耶和华的话二次临到约拿的时候;

and Jonah, bruised¹⁰ and beaten-his ears, like two sea-shells, still multitudinously murmuring of the ocean-Jonah did the Almighty's bidding. And what was that, shipmates?  遍体鳞伤的约拿...他那两只活象贝壳的耳朵,还在嗡响着海里各式各样的杂音...便遵照全能之神的命令了。那么,是什么命令呢?船友们?

To preach the Truth to the face of Falsehood! That was it! 就是敢于面向虚伪传播真理!就是这个。

This, shipmates, this is that other lesson; and woe to that pilot of the living God who slights it.  这个,船友们,这个就是第二个教训;愿那个玩忽永生之主的教训的舵工受难。

Woe to him whom this world charms from Gospel duty!  愿那个被这世界诱惑得离弃了福音的本份的人受难!

Woe to him who seeks to pour oil upon the waters when God has brewed¹¹ them into a gale¹²! Woe to him who seeks to please rather than to appal¹³!  愿那个当上帝把海酿起了大风他却想把油倒在海上的人受难!愿那个爱讨好人家而不敢得罪人家的人受难!

1 doom   

n.厄运，劫数；v.注定，命定

参考例句：

• The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
• The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。

2 eddying   

涡流，涡流的形成

参考例句：

• The Rhine flowed on, swirling and eddying, at six or seven miles an hour. 莱茵河不断以每小时六、七哩的速度，滔滔滚流，波涛起伏。

3 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。

4 watery   

adj.有水的，水汪汪的；湿的，湿润的

参考例句：

• In his watery eyes there is an expression of distrust.他那含泪的眼睛流露出惊惶失措的神情。
• Her eyes became watery because of the smoke.因为烟熏，她的双眼变得泪汪汪的。

5 woe   

n.悲哀，苦痛，不幸，困难；int.用来表达悲伤或惊慌

参考例句：

• Our two peoples are brothers sharing weal and woe.我们两国人民是患难与共的兄弟。
• A man is well or woe as he thinks himself so.自认祸是祸，自认福是福。

6 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。

7 repenting   

对（自己的所为）感到懊悔或忏悔( repent的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was repenting rapidly. 他很快就后悔了。
• Repenting of his crime the thief returned the jewels and confessed to the police. 那贼对自己的罪行痛悔不已；归还了珠宝并向警方坦白。

8 shuddering   

v.战栗( shudder的现在分词 )；发抖；（机器、车辆等）突然震动；颤动

参考例句：

• 'I am afraid of it,'she answered, shuddering. “我害怕，”她发着抖，说。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
• She drew a deep shuddering breath. 她不由得打了个寒噤，深深吸了口气。 来自飘（部分）

9 vomited   

参考例句：

• Corbett leaned against the wall and promptly vomited. 科比特倚在墙边，马上呕吐了起来。
• She leant forward and vomited copiously on the floor. 她向前一俯，哇的一声吐了一地。 来自英汉文学

10 bruised   

[医]青肿的，瘀紫的

参考例句：

• his bruised and bloodied nose 他沾满血的青肿的鼻子
• She had slipped and badly bruised her face. 她滑了一跤，摔得鼻青脸肿。

11 brewed   

调制( brew的过去式和过去分词 )； 酝酿； 沏（茶）； 煮（咖啡）

参考例句：

• The beer is brewed in the Czech Republic. 这种啤酒是在捷克共和国酿造的。
• The boy brewed a cup of coffee for his mother. 这男孩给他妈妈冲了一杯咖啡。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 gale   

n.大风，强风，一阵闹声（尤指笑声等）

参考例句：

• We got our roof blown off in the gale last night.昨夜的大风把我们的房顶给掀掉了。
• According to the weather forecast,there will be a gale tomorrow.据气象台预报，明天有大风。

13 appal   

vt.使胆寒，使惊骇

参考例句：

• I was appalled at the news.我被这消息吓坏了。
• This "Hamlet" will appal some for being so resolutely unclassical.新版《哈姆雷特 》如此违背经典，确实惊世骇俗。