英语听书《白鲸记》第331期

 Come, come, Captain Bildad; stop palavering,--away! and with that, Peleg hurried him over the side, and both dropt into the boat. 好啦,好啦,比勒达船长;别尽说废话喽,走吧!说着,法勒就催他翻过船侧,于是他俩就落进了小艇。

Ship and boat diverged¹; the cold, damp night breeze blew between; a screaming gull² flew overhead; the two hulls³ wildly rolled;  大船跟小艇分开了;一阵寒冷。潮湿的夜风打中间吹了过来;空中掠过一只凄鸣的海鸥;两只船身勇猛地前进;

we gave three heavy-hearted cheers, and blindly plunged⁴ like fate into the lone⁵ Atlantic.  我们发出三声抑郁的呼喊后,就象命运似的盲目冲向那寂寥的大西洋去了。

1 diverged   

分开( diverge的过去式和过去分词 )； 偏离； 分歧； 分道扬镳

参考例句：

• Who knows when we'll meet again? 不知几时咱们能再见面！
• At what time do you get up? 你几时起床？

2 gull   

n.鸥；受骗的人；v.欺诈

参考例句：

• The ivory gull often follows polar bears to feed on the remains of seal kills.象牙海鸥经常跟在北极熊的后面吃剩下的海豹尸体。
• You are not supposed to gull your friends.你不应该欺骗你的朋友。

3 hulls   

船体( hull的名词复数 )； 船身； 外壳； 豆荚

参考例句：

• Hulls may be removed by aspiration on screens. 脱下的种皮，可由筛子上的气吸装置吸除。
• When their object is attained they fall off like empty hulls from the kernel. 当他们的目的达到以后，他们便凋谢零落，就象脱却果实的空壳一样。

4 plunged   

v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
• She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。

5 lone   

adj.孤寂的，单独的；唯一的

参考例句：

• A lone sea gull flew across the sky.一只孤独的海鸥在空中飞过。
• She could see a lone figure on the deserted beach.她在空旷的海滩上能看到一个孤独的身影。