英语听书《白鲸记》第233期

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Yes, it was the famous Father Mapple, so called by the whalemen, among whom he was a very great favorite.  不错,他就要著名的梅普尔神甫,他在捕鲸者中真是一个深获爱戴的人。

He had been a sailor and a harpooneer in his youth, but for many years past had dedicated⁴ his life to the ministry⁵.  他自己年青的时候曾经做过水手和标枪手,但是,他献身于教会事业已经多年了。

At the time I now write of, Father Mapple was in the hardy⁶ winter of a healthy old age; that sort of old age which seems merging⁷ into a second flowering youth, for among all the fissures⁸ of his wrinkles, there shone certain mild gleams of a newly developing bloom-the spring verdure peeping forth⁹ even beneath February's snow.  当我这会儿写他的时候,梅普尔神甫正是处于岁寒不雕。老当益壮的时期;那种老当益壮仿佛正跨进了返老还童的阶段,因为在他所有的皱折的纹路里,都闪出一种鲜花乍开的柔光...甚至象是从二月的覆雪里突然冒出来的早春新绿。

No one having previously¹⁰ heard his history, could for the first time behold¹¹ Father Mapple without the utmost interest, because there were certain engrafted clerical peculiarities¹² about him, imputable¹³ to that adventurous¹⁴ maritime¹⁵ life he had led.  事先不知梅普尔神甫生平的人,初次看到了他,都不免要发生极大的兴趣,因为他的举止所表现出来的牧师的某些特点,都可以说跟他所经历过的出生入死的水上生活有关。

When he entered I observed that he carried no umbrella, and certainly had not come in his carriage, for his tarpaulin¹⁶ hat ran down with melting sleet¹⁷, and his great pilot cloth jacket seemed almost to drag him to the floor with the weight of the water it had absorbed.  他一进来,我就看出他不曾带雨伞,也一定不是坐车来的,因为融化的雪雨直从他的雨帽上淌下来,而他那件宽大的舵工装的布外衣,由于吸足了水分,差不多要把他拖到地上。

However, hat and coat and overshoes were one by one removed, and hung up in a little space in an adjacent corner; when, arrayed in a decent suit, he quietly approached the pulpit. 不过,当他把帽子，上衣，套鞋一一脱下来,挂在附近的角落里一个小地方,穿上象样的服装后,他就平静地走到讲坛边。

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