英语听书《白鲸记》第236期

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Its panelled front was in the likeness¹ of a ship's bluff² bows, and the Holy Bible rested on a projecting piece of scroll³ work, fashioned after a ship's fiddle-headed beak⁴. 它那嵌板的前沿就很象船只的扁平的船头,那本放在突出的斜板上的《圣经》,就是模仿船只的提琴头似铁嘴的式样。

What could be more full of meaning? 还有比这更富有意义的吗?

For the pulpit is ever this earth's foremost part; all the rest comes in its rear; the pulpit leads the world.  因为讲坛从来就是人间的为首的部分,其余的一切都是跟着它走的。

From thence it is the storm of God's quick wrath⁵ is first descried⁶, and the bow must bear the earliest brunt.  讲坛领导整个尘世.特别叫人讨厌的暴风雨就正是从这里被首先发现的,船头必须具有首当其冲的能耐。

From thence it is the God of breezes fair or foul⁷ is first invoked⁸ for favorable winds.  上帝的清风或逆风就正是从这里被首先变成顺风的。

Yes, the world's a ship on its passage out, and not a voyage complete; and the pulpit is its prow⁹. 不错,世界就是一只向前驶出的大船,而且没有一次完整的航程;这只讲坛就是它的船头。

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