英语听书《白鲸记》第516期

 　　As she slowly drew nigh, from my lofty perch¹ at the fore-mast-head, 当它慢慢地驶近时，我从前桅顶那高高的望处，

　　I had a good view of that sight so remarkable² to a tyro³ in the far ocean fisheries-- a whaler at sea, and long absent from home 就一个远洋的捕鱼业的新手看来——一个久离家乡的捕鲸人说来，我清清楚楚地看到了如此希奇的情行

　　As if the waves had been fullers, this craft was bleached⁴ like the skeleton of a stranded⁵ walrus⁶. 波涛仿佛是一些漂布匠，把那条船给漂白得象一只给海浪冲到岸上来的海象骨架。

　　All down her sides, this spectral⁷ appearance was traced with long channels of reddened rust⁸, 这艘外形好似鬼怪的船只，四周都刻着一道道长长的锈红色，

　　while all her spars and her rigging were like the thick branches of trees furred over with hoar-frost. 它那些桅桁和索具都象是结了白霜的粗树枝。

　　Only her lower sails were set. 它只扯着低帆。

　　A wild sight it was to see her long-bearded look-outs at those three mast-heads. 看到它那三只桅顶上那些胡子长长的瞭望者，真是教人心烦意乱。

　　They seemed clad in the skins of beasts, so torn and bepatched the raiment that had survived nearly four years of cruising. 他们似乎都穿着兽皮，那么破旧，缀满补丁，看来就象是经历了将近四年的巡游生活。

　　Standing⁹ in iron hoops¹⁰ nailed to the mast, they swayed and swung over a fathomless¹¹ sea; 他们站在镶牢在桅杆上的铁箍里，在无底的海洋上晃来荡去。

　　and though, when the ship slowly glided¹² close under our stern, 这时，虽然那艘船正在我们后边缓慢拢来，

　　we six men in the air came so nigh to each other that we might almost have leaped from the mast-heads of one ship to those of the other; 我们这六个站在空中的人，却彼此贴近得几乎可以从这艘船的桅顶跳到那艘船的桅顶去。

　　yet, those forlorn-looking fishermen, mildly eyeing us as they passed, said not one word to our own look-outs, 可是，那三个愁眉苦脸的捕鲸者，在掠过我们旁边时，只是眼色柔和地瞟着我们，对我们这边几个瞭望人一句话都没有说，

　　while the quarter-deck hail was being heard from below. 我们却听到下面的后甲板上，发出了一阵招呼声。

　　"Ship ahoy! Have ye seen the White Whale?" “船呵，喂！你们可看到白鲸么？”

　　But as the strange captain, leaning over the pallid¹³ bulwarks¹⁴, was in the act of putting his trumpet¹⁵ to his mouth, it somehow fell from his hand into the sea; 可是，当那个倚在灰白色的舷墙上的陌生船长，正要拿他的号筒凑到嘴边的时候，不知怎么一来，它却从他手里掉下来，落到海里去了，

　　and the wind now rising amain, he in vain strove to make himself heard without it.  这时候，风刮得更急，他虽然费尽了力气，不用号筒说话，可一点也听不到他的话语。

　　Meantime his ship was still increasing the distance between us. 这时，他那艘船跟我们的距离已经越来越远了。

1 perch   

n.栖木，高位，杆；v.栖息，就位，位于

参考例句：

• The bird took its perch.鸟停歇在栖木上。
• Little birds perch themselves on the branches.小鸟儿栖歇在树枝上。

2 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

3 tyro   

n.初学者；生手

参考例句：

• She is a tyro in the art of writing poetry.她是一名诗歌创作艺术的初学者。
• I am a veritable tyro at the game.我玩这个是新手。

4 bleached   

漂白的，晒白的，颜色变浅的

参考例句：

• His hair was bleached by the sun . 他的头发被太阳晒得发白。
• The sun has bleached her yellow skirt. 阳光把她的黄裙子晒得褪色了。

5 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

6 walrus   

n.海象

参考例句：

• He is the queer old duck with the knee-length gaiters and walrus mustache.他穿着高及膝盖的皮护腿，留着海象般的八字胡，真是个古怪的老家伙。
• He seemed hardly to notice the big walrus.他几乎没有注意到那只大海象。

7 spectral   

adj.幽灵的，鬼魂的

参考例句：

• At times he seems rather ordinary.At other times ethereal,perhaps even spectral.有时他好像很正常，有时又难以捉摸，甚至像个幽灵。
• She is compelling,spectral fascinating,an unforgettably unique performer.她极具吸引力，清幽如鬼魅，令人着迷，令人难忘，是个独具特色的演员。

8 rust   

n.锈；v.生锈；(脑子)衰退

参考例句：

• She scraped the rust off the kitchen knife.她擦掉了菜刀上的锈。
• The rain will rust the iron roof.雨水会使铁皮屋顶生锈。

9 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

10 hoops   

n.箍( hoop的名词复数 )；（篮球）篮圈；（旧时儿童玩的）大环子；（两端埋在地里的）小铁弓

参考例句：

• a barrel bound with iron hoops 用铁箍箍紧的桶
• Hoops in Paris were wider this season and skirts were shorter. 在巴黎，这个季节的裙圈比较宽大，裙裾却短一些。 来自飘（部分）

11 fathomless   

a.深不可测的

参考例句：

• "The sand-sea deepens with fathomless ice, And darkness masses its endless clouds;" 瀚海阑干百丈冰，愁云黪淡万里凝。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
• Day are coloured bubbles that float upon the surface of fathomless night. 日是五彩缤纷的气泡，漂浮在无尽的夜的表面。

12 glided   

v.滑动( glide的过去式和过去分词 )；掠过；（鸟或飞机 ） 滑翔

参考例句：

• The President's motorcade glided by. 总统的车队一溜烟开了过去。
• They glided along the wall until they were out of sight. 他们沿着墙壁溜得无影无踪。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 pallid   

adj.苍白的，呆板的

参考例句：

• The moon drifted from behind the clouds and exposed the pallid face.月亮从云朵后面钻出来，照着尸体那张苍白的脸。
• His dry pallid face often looked gaunt.他那张干瘪苍白的脸常常显得憔悴。

14 bulwarks   

n.堡垒( bulwark的名词复数 )；保障；支柱；舷墙

参考例句：

• The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty. 新闻自由是自由最大的保障之一。 来自辞典例句
• Surgery and X-irradiation nevertheless remain the bulwarks of cancer treatment throughout the world. 外科手术和X射线疗法依然是全世界治疗癌症的主要方法。 来自辞典例句

15 trumpet   

n.喇叭，喇叭声；v.吹喇叭，吹嘘

参考例句：

• He plays the violin, but I play the trumpet.他拉提琴，我吹喇叭。
• The trumpet sounded for battle.战斗的号角吹响了。