英语听书《白鲸记》第237期

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Star board gangway, there! side away to larboard-larboard gangway to starboard! Midships! midships! 右舷走道的,喂!靠向左舷...左舷走道的靠向右舷!靠中间来,靠中间来!

There was a low rumbling² of heavy sea-boots among the benches, and a still slighter shuffling³ of women's shoes, and all was quiet again, and every eye on the preacher. 凳子间顿时发出一阵笨重的靴子的低沉的隆隆声,和一阵更轻的女鞋的声音,接着又是一片鸦静,每只眼睛都望着那个传道者。

He paused a little; then kneeling in the pulpit's bows, folded his large brown hands across his chest, uplifted his closed eyes, and offered a prayer so deeply devout⁴ that he seemed kneeling and praying at the bottom of the sea. 他歇了一忽;然后跪在讲坛前头,拦胸交叉起他那双棕色的大手,抬起他那闭着的眼睛,那么深怀诚意地作起祷告,好象跪在海底作祷告。

This ended, in prolonged solemn tones, like the continual tolling⁵ of a bell in a ship that is foundering⁶ at sea in a fog-in such tones he commenced reading the following hymn⁷; but changing his manner towards the concluding stanzas⁸, burst forth⁹ with a pealing¹⁰ exultation¹¹ and joy. 祷告过后,他以曳长而庄严的声调,有如一只陷在迷雾的海上的船只那种不断敲击的钟声...他就以这种声调朗诵起如下的圣诗来;但是,行将结束的时候,他却态度一变,突然迸发出一阵兴高采烈的狂欢声来...

The ribs¹² and terrors in the whale, Arched over me a dismal¹³ gloom, While all God's sun-lit waves rolled by, And lift me deepening down to doom¹⁴. 大鲸的恐怖和肋骨,困我在阴森可怕中,神光普照的浪涛滚滚而过,把我高高举起,重重抛进毁灭之都。

I saw the opening maw of hell, With endless pains and sorrows there; Which none but they that feel can tell-Oh, I was plunging¹⁵ to despair. 我见地狱大张着口,那儿有无边苦痛愁伤;只有经受过的人才会知道...啊,我正陷进绝望深渊。

In black distress¹⁶, I called my God, When I could scarce believe him mine, He bowed his ear to my complaints-No more the whale did me confine. 在凶险的灾殃里,当我几乎对

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