英语听书《白鲸记》第531期

 　　Thus, gentlemen, though an inlander, Steelkilt was wild-ocean born, and wild-ocean nurtured¹; as much of an audacious mariner² as any. ”这样，诸位先生，斯蒂尔基尔特虽然是个内陆人，他可是出身在汹涌的海洋中，受着波涛汹涌的海洋的熏陶，跟任何一个大胆的水手一样。

　　And for Radney, though in his infancy³ he may have laid him down on the lone⁴ Nantucket beach, to nurse at his maternal⁵ sea;  至于拉德尼，虽然他也许从小就被搁在荒凉的南塔开特的海滩上，受着他那海洋的母亲的哺养；

　　though in after life he had long followed our austere⁶ Atlantic and your contemplative Pacific; 虽然他以后长期生活在我们那严酷的大西洋和你们的爱好沉思冥想的太平洋；

　　yet was he quite as vengeful and full of social quarrel as the backwoods seaman⁷, fresh from the latitudes⁸ of buckhorn handled Bowie-knives.  然而，他却很象那些刚放下鹿角柄猎刀的森林地带的水手那样，报仇心重，爱争爱吵。

　　Yet was this Nantucketer a man with some good-hearted traits; 不过，这个南塔开特人却是个略有点好心肠的人；

　　and this Lakeman, a mariner, who though a sort of devil indeed, might yet by inflexible⁹ firmness, 而这个湖上人，这个水手，他虽然实在可以说是个冒失鬼，也还可以说是刚直坚定的，

　　only tempered by that common decency¹⁰ of human recognition which is the meanest slave's right;  只是已让世人所公认的那种面子观念，也就是最卑贱的奴权冲淡了；

　　thus treated, this Steelkilt had long been retained harmless and docile¹¹. 这样说来，这个斯蒂尔基尔特长期以来，倒是一直没有什么恶意，很是温驯。

　　At all events, he had proved so thus far; but Radney was doomed¹² and made mad, and Steelkilt - but, gentlemen, you shall hear. 总之，到目前为止，他确实是这样；可是拉德尼却注定要发疯了，而斯蒂尔基尔特呢——不过，诸位先生，且听我慢慢道来。

　　"It was not more than a day or two at the furthest after pointing her prow¹³ for her island haven¹⁴,  把船头掉向海岛的避难所去，还不上一两天，

　　that the Town-Ho's leak seemed again increasing, but only so as to require an hour or more at the pumps every day. “这艘‘大鲸出来了号’上的漏洞好象又扩大了，然而，也不过是因此而需要每天多抽它一两个钟头的水而已。

　　You must know that in a settled and civilized ocean like our Atlantic, 你们要知道，在象我们大西洋那样平稳和文明的海洋上，

　　for example, some skippers think little of pumping their whole way across it; 比如说，有些小商船的船长在驶过那洋面的整个航程中，就很少想到要抽水；

1 nurtured   

养育( nurture的过去式和过去分词 )； 培育； 滋长； 助长

参考例句：

• She is looking fondly at the plants he had nurtured. 她深情地看着他培育的植物。
• Any latter-day Einstein would still be spotted and nurtured. 任何一个未来的爱因斯坦都会被发现并受到培养。

2 mariner   

n.水手号不载人航天探测器，海员，航海者

参考例句：

• A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.平静的大海决不能造就熟练的水手。
• A mariner must have his eye upon rocks and sands as well as upon the North Star.海员不仅要盯着北极星，还要注意暗礁和险滩。

3 infancy   

n.婴儿期；幼年期；初期

参考例句：

• He came to England in his infancy.他幼年时期来到英国。
• Their research is only in its infancy.他们的研究处于初级阶段。

4 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。

5 maternal   

adj.母亲的，母亲般的，母系的，母方的

参考例句：

• He is my maternal uncle.他是我舅舅。
• The sight of the hopeless little boy aroused her maternal instincts.那个绝望的小男孩的模样唤起了她的母性。

6 austere   

adj.艰苦的；朴素的，朴实无华的；严峻的

参考例句：

• His way of life is rather austere.他的生活方式相当简朴。
• The room was furnished in austere style.这间屋子的陈设都很简单朴素。

7 seaman   

n.海员，水手，水兵

参考例句：

• That young man is a experienced seaman.那个年轻人是一个经验丰富的水手。
• The Greek seaman went to the hospital five times.这位希腊海员到该医院去过五次。

8 latitudes   

纬度

参考例句：

• Latitudes are the lines that go from east to west. 纬线是从东到西的线。
• It was the brief Indian Summer of the high latitudes. 这是高纬度地方的那种短暂的晚秋。

9 inflexible   

adj.不可改变的，不受影响的，不屈服的

参考例句：

• Charles was a man of settled habits and inflexible routine.查尔斯是一个恪守习惯、生活规律不容打乱的人。
• The new plastic is completely inflexible.这种新塑料是完全不可弯曲的。

10 decency   

n.体面，得体，合宜，正派，庄重

参考例句：

• His sense of decency and fair play made him refuse the offer.他的正直感和公平竞争意识使他拒绝了这一提议。
• Your behaviour is an affront to public decency.你的行为有伤风化。

11 docile   

adj.驯服的，易控制的，容易教的

参考例句：

• Circus monkeys are trained to be very docile and obedient.马戏团的猴子训练得服服贴贴的。
• He is a docile and well-behaved child.他是个温顺且彬彬有礼的孩子。

12 doomed   

命定的

参考例句：

• The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
• A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。

13 prow   

n.(飞机)机头，船头

参考例句：

• The prow of the motor-boat cut through the water like a knife.汽艇的船头像一把刀子劈开水面向前行驶。
• He stands on the prow looking at the seadj.他站在船首看着大海。

14 haven   

n.安全的地方，避难所，庇护所

参考例句：

• It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后，这真是一个安乐窝。
• The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。