英语听书《白鲸记》第76期

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Seven hundred and seventy-seventh, again said Bildad, without lifting his eyes; and then went on mumbling—for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.  七百七十七分之一！ 

I am going to put him down for the three hundredth, said Peleg, do ye hear that, Bildad! The three hundredth lay, I say.  不，三百分之一！我写上了，三百分之一，听见了没有，比勒达？ 

Bildad laid down his book, and turning solemnly towards him said,  比勒达终于放下了手中的《圣经》，抬起头来说：

Captain Peleg, thou hast a generous heart; but thou must consider the duty thou owest to the other owners of this ship—widows and orphans¹,  法勒船长，你确实很慷慨，可你有没有想到这船的其他股东呢？他们可大都是些孤儿寡母啊！

many of them—and that if we too abundantly reward the labors² of this young man, we may be taking the bread from those widows and those orphans.  你把钱给了他，就等于从那些孤儿寡母嘴里抢了面包啊！

The seven hundred and seventy-seventh lay, Captain Peleg.  七 百七十七分之一，法勒船长！

Thou Bildad! roared Peleg, starting up and clattering³ about the cabin.  该死的比勒达！

Blast ye, Captain Bildad, if I had followed thy advice in these matters,  我不能按你说的办，

I would afore now had a conscience to lug⁴ about that would be heavy enough to founder⁵ the largest ship that ever sailed round Cape⁶ Horn.  否则我的良心就会沉重得足以让船在风平浪静中彻底沉没！法勒来回奔走着、叫喊着。 

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