Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod's weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan;  他陶醉在航行的喜悦之中，他大声地叫嚷着，其中充满了对即将开始的又一次捕鲸历程的渴望。 

at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.  “桅顶上的水手，你们可要瞪大眼睛看仔细了，在这周围有一只白色的大鲸，可别放过它，你们要是看见了，就大声地嚷。” 

It is some systematized exhibition of the whale in his broad genera, that I would now fain put before you. Yet is it no easy task.  亚哈船长大声地叮嘱着桅上的瞭望者。