英语听书《白鲸记》第250期

 Returning to the Spouter-Inn from the Chapel¹, I found Queequeg there quite alone; he having left the Chapel before the benediction² some time.  我从小教堂回到大鲸客店,看到只有魁魁格一个人在那里;他大概是在祷祝前离开小教堂的。

He was sitting on a bench before the fire, with his feet on the stove hearth³, and in one hand was holding close up to his face that little negro idol⁴ of his;  他坐在火炉前一只长凳上,双脚搁在炉边,一只手把他那个小黑人偶像紧凑在面前;

peering hard into its face, and with a jack-knife gently whittling⁵ away at its nose, meanwhile humming to himself in his heathenish way. 一边直瞪着它的脸看,一边用一把小刀轻轻地刮着它的鼻子,嘴里还独自哼着他那异教的歌子。

But being now interrupted, he put up the image; and pretty soon, going to the table, took up a large book there,  但是,我一闯了进去,他就把他的偶像藏起;很快地跑到桌子跟前,在桌上拿起一本大书,

and placing it on his lap began counting the pages with deliberate regularity⁶; at every fiftieth page-as I fancied-stopping for a moment,  把它放在膝头上,开始从容而有规律地数那些书页;每翻了五十页...我这样想...就停一停,

looking vacantly around him, and giving utterance⁷ to a long-drawn gurgling whistle of astonishment⁸.  眼色茫然四下一望,发出一阵曳长的，表示惊异的，咯咯的唿哨声来。

He would then begin again at the next fifty; seeming to commence at number one each time, as though he could not count more than fifty,  接着,他又开始数起第二个五十来;每回都好象是从第一开始,仿佛他是数不来五十以上的数目似的,

and it was only by such a large number of fifties being found together, that his astonishment at the multitude of pages was excited. 而且,只有到了数足五十页这样一个大数目时,才激起他对于浩瀚的页数的惊异。

With much interest I sat watching him. Savage⁹ though he was, and hideously¹⁰ marred¹¹ about the face-at least to my taste 我极感兴趣地坐在那里看着他。尽管他是个野人,满脸怕人的伤疤...至少我喜欢

his countenance¹² yet had a something in it which was by no means disagreeable.  可他的相貌还有一种决不令人讨厌的东西。

You cannot hide the soul.  灵魂是无法隐蔽的。

Through all his unearthly tattooings, I thought I saw the traces of a simple honest heart;  我认为,我从他那浑身可怕的刺花中,看到了一个质朴的灵魂的许多痕迹;

and in his large, deep eyes, fiery¹³ black and bold, there seemed tokens of a spirit that would dare a thousand devils.  在他那双深沉的大眼睛里,那股炯炯的黑光和勇猛的神气,似乎表征出他是一个敢于抵敌无数恶魔的人物。

1 chapel   

n.小教堂，殡仪馆

参考例句：

• The nimble hero,skipped into a chapel that stood near.敏捷的英雄跳进近旁的一座小教堂里。
• She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.那个星期天的下午，她在小教堂的演出，可以说是登峰造极。

2 benediction   

n.祝福；恩赐

参考例句：

• The priest pronounced a benediction over the couple at the end of the marriage ceremony.牧师在婚礼结束时为新婚夫妇祈求上帝赐福。
• He went abroad with his parents' benediction.他带着父母的祝福出国去了。

3 hearth   

n.壁炉炉床，壁炉地面

参考例句：

• She came and sat in a chair before the hearth.她走过来，在炉子前面的椅子上坐下。
• She comes to the hearth,and switches on the electric light there.她走到壁炉那里，打开电灯。

4 idol   

n.偶像，红人，宠儿

参考例句：

• As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子，他是父母的宠儿。
• Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。

5 whittling   

v.切，削（木头），使逐渐变小( whittle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Inflation has been whittling away their savings. 通货膨胀使他们的积蓄不断减少。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He is whittling down the branch with a knife to make a handle for his hoe. 他在用刀削树枝做一把锄头柄。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 regularity   

n.规律性，规则性；匀称，整齐

参考例句：

• The idea is to maintain the regularity of the heartbeat.问题就是要维持心跳的规律性。
• He exercised with a regularity that amazed us.他锻炼的规律程度令我们非常惊讶。

7 utterance   

n.用言语表达，话语，言语

参考例句：

• This utterance of his was greeted with bursts of uproarious laughter.他的讲话引起阵阵哄然大笑。
• My voice cleaves to my throat,and sob chokes my utterance.我的噪子哽咽，泣不成声。

8 astonishment   

n.惊奇，惊异

参考例句：

• They heard him give a loud shout of astonishment.他们听见他惊奇地大叫一声。
• I was filled with astonishment at her strange action.我对她的奇怪举动不胜惊异。

9 savage   

adj.野蛮的；凶恶的，残暴的；n.未开化的人

参考例句：

• The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。
• He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。

10 hideously   

adv.可怕地，非常讨厌地

参考例句：

• The witch was hideously ugly. 那个女巫丑得吓人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Pitt's smile returned, and it was hideously diabolic. 皮特的脸上重新浮现出笑容，但却狰狞可怕。 来自辞典例句

11 marred   

adj. 被损毁, 污损的

参考例句：

• The game was marred by the behaviour of drunken fans. 喝醉了的球迷行为不轨，把比赛给搅了。
• Bad diction marred the effectiveness of his speech. 措词不当影响了他演说的效果。

12 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。

13 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。