英语听书《白鲸记》第498期

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Only pull, and keep pulling; nothing more. 只要划，不停地划就行；这就够了。

Crack all your backbones², and bite your knives in two--that's all. 过分用劲，会弄伤你们的脊骨，把你们的短刀咬成两段，就是这么一回事。

Take it easy--why don't ye take it easy, I say, and burst all your livers and lungs!" 别着急呀！你们着的什么急呀，我说，那会把你们的肝肺都爆出来的！"

But what it was that inscrutable Ahab said to that tiger-yellow crew of his--these were words best omitted here; 但是，那个神秘莫测的亚哈究竟对他那些褐色的水手说些什么——这些话还是在这儿给略了为妙，

for you live under the blessed light of the evangelical land. 因为你毕竟活在这个遵从福音的世界的圣光里。

Only the infidel sharks in the audacious seas may give ear to such words, 只有生活在无耻的海里的那些没有信仰的鲨鱼才高兴听这种话，

when with tornado³ brow, and eyes of red murder, and foam-glued lips, Ahab leaped after his prey⁴. 况且这时又正是亚哈眉毛如旋风，眼睛杀气腾腾，嘴巴粘着涎沫在急起直追他的猎物的时候。

Meanwhile, all the boats tore on.  这时，四只小艇都疾驰猛冲而去。

The repeated specific allusions⁵ of Flask⁶ to "that whale," 弗拉斯克一再在转弯抹角地提到"那条大鲸"(这是他对那只虚构的巨兽的叫法)，

as he called the fictitious⁷ monster which he declared to be incessantly⁸ tantalizing⁹ his boat's bow with its tail-- 他说"那条大鲸"老是不停地用它的尾巴在逗弄船头——

these allusions of his were at times so vivid and life-like, 他这些转弯抹角的说话有时说得那么逼真和活龙活现，

that they would cause some one or two of his men to snatch a fearful look over his shoulder. 以致有两个水手突然回过头去惊讶地一望。

But this was against all rule; 这可是有违常规的；

for the oarsmen must put out their eyes, and ram¹⁰ a skewer¹¹ through their necks; 因为桨手必须摘掉眼睛，脖子上得撑着一把小剑；在这种紧要关头中，

usages announcing that they must have no organs but ears; 习俗要求他们只带耳朵，不带别的器官，

and no limbs but arms, in these critical moments. 只带胳膊不带别的肢体。

It was a sight full of quick wonder and awe¹²! 这真是叫人看了又敬畏又惊奇！

The vast swells¹³ of the omnipotent¹⁴ sea; 全能的大海的滚滚浪涛，

the surging, hollow roar they made, as they rolled along the eight gunwales, 澎湃空泛的号啸，冲击着八面船舷，

like gigantic bowls in a boundless¹⁵ bowling-green; 象是在一望无际的木球草地上滚着的大木球；

the brief suspended agony of the boat, 小艇给挂在浪峰上那种短促的呻吟声，

as it would tip for an instant on the knife-like edge of the sharper waves, 仿佛当即擦上了浪潮的锋利刀刃，

that almost seemed threatening to cut it in two; 几乎眼看就要给割成两段，

the sudden profound dip into the watery¹⁶ glens and hollows; 突然间又急坠进了水汪汪的溪谷和洼地里，

the keen spurrings and goadings to gain the top of the opposite hill; 如象用靴刺踢马催迫它去争夺对面的山头，

the headlong, sled-like slide down its other side; 又从那边的另一个斜坡疾如雪橇滑了下去

all these, with the cries of the headsmen and harpooneers, and the shuddering¹⁷ gasps¹⁸ of the oarsmen, 所有这一切，加上指挥人和标枪手的叫喊声，桨手们的抖抖索索的喘气声，

with the wondrous¹⁹ sight of the ivory Pequod bearing down upon her boats with outstretched sails,like a wild hen after her screaming brood; 又加上那只象疯狂的母鸡在追它那些吓得尖叫的小鸡的象牙骨的"裴廓德号"，张满篷帆直对它四只小艇冲过去的奇观。

all this was thrilling. 这一切都是教人惊心动魄的。

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