英语听书《白鲸记》第372期

（单词翻译）

 First: The uncertain, unsettled condition of this science of Cetology is in the very vestibule attested¹ by the fact, that in some quarters it still remains² a moot³ point whether a whale be a fish.  第一,鲸类学这门科学之未定未决的情形,正是有待于事实证明的首当其冲的问题,在某些方面说来,它还有一个争议未决的问题,那就是大鲸究竟是不是鱼。