英语听书《白鲸记》第986期

 Here, our old sailors say, in their black seventy-fours great admirals sometimes sit at table, and lord it over rows of captains and lieutenants¹. 这地方，我们老水手说，在他们那怕人的七十四门大炮的兵舰上，桌子边时常坐着不少的大将，管辖着无数的大小官员呢。

Ha! what's this? epaulets! epaulets! the epaulets all come crowding. 哈！这是什么东西？肩章！肩章，挤满着一大群戴肩章的人。

Pass round the decanters; glad to see ye; fill up, monsieurs! 把酒瓶递过去吧；欢迎欢迎；筛满吧，先生们！

What an odd feeling, now, when a black boy's host to white men with gold lace upon their coats! 唔，这可多奇妙呀，竟然会有一个黑小子作东，宴请那些上衣镶着金边的白种人！

Monsieurs, have ye seen one Pip? — a little negro lad, five feet high, hang-dog look, and cowardly! 先生们，你们可看到过一个叫做比普的人嘛？——是个黑小子，五英尺高，脸相很下贱，而且是个胆小鬼！

Jumped from a whale-boat once; — seen him? No! Well then, fill up again, captains, and let's drink shame upon all cowards! 曾经打一只捕鲸小艇跳进了海里；——可看到过他？没有！那么，再筛满吧，长官们，让我们为一切胆小鬼的丢脸而干杯吧！

I name no names. Shame upon them! Put one foot upon the table. 我不指名道姓。他们真丢脸！把一条腿搁在桌子上。

Shame upon all cowards. — Hist! above there, I hear ivory — Oh, master! master! 所有的胆小鬼都不要脸——。嘘！在这上边，我听到牙腿的声音喽——主人啊！主人！

I am indeed down-hearted when you walk over me. 你在我头顶走来走去，可真叫我不舒服呵。

But here I'll stay, though this stern strikes rocks; and they bulge² through; and oysters³ come to join me. 可是，即使船梢触了礁，我还是要留在这里；暗礁冲穿了船底，牡蛎就会来同我作伴。

Chapter 130 The Hat 第一百三十章 帽子

And now that at the proper time and place, after so long and wide a preliminary cruise, 且说经过了时间这么长，地方这么多的预巡，驶遍了所有其它许多捕鲸海域后，

Ahab, — all other whaling waters swept — seemed to have chased his foe⁴ into an oceanfold, to slay⁵ him the more securely there; 亚哈觉得，这会儿，已是时地相宜，可以把它的敌人迫进海洋的一只栏栅里，可以更有把握地在那地方把它宰了。

 

1 lieutenants   

n.陆军中尉( lieutenant的名词复数 )；副职官员；空军；仅低于…官阶的官员

参考例句：

• In the army, lieutenants are subordinate to captains. 在陆军中，中尉是上尉的下级。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Lieutenants now cap at 1.5 from 1. Recon at 1. 中尉现在由1人口增加的1.5人口。侦查小组成员为1人口。 来自互联网

2 bulge   

n.突出，膨胀，激增；vt.突出，膨胀

参考例句：

• The apple made a bulge in his pocket.苹果把他口袋塞得鼓了起来。
• What's that awkward bulge in your pocket?你口袋里那块鼓鼓囊囊的东西是什么？

3 oysters   

牡蛎( oyster的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We don't have oysters tonight, but the crayfish are very good. 我们今晚没有牡蛎供应。但小龙虾是非常好。
• She carried a piping hot grill of oysters and bacon. 她端出一盘滚烫的烤牡蛎和咸肉。

4 foe   

n.敌人，仇敌

参考例句：

• He knew that Karl could be an implacable foe.他明白卡尔可能会成为他的死敌。
• A friend is a friend;a foe is a foe;one must be clearly distinguished from the other.敌是敌，友是友，必须分清界限。

5 slay   

v.杀死，宰杀，杀戮

参考例句：

• He intended to slay his father's murderer.他意图杀死杀父仇人。
• She has ordered me to slay you.她命令我把你杀了。