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英语听书《白鲸记》第408期

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 And let me in this place movingly admonish1 you, ye ship-owners of Nantucket! Beware of enlisting2 in your vigilant3 fisheries any lad with lean brow and hollow eye; given to unseasonable meditativeness4; and who offers to ship with the Phaedon instead of Bowditch in his head.  因此,让我在这里恳切地劝告你们这些南塔开特的船主吧!在你们这种始终需要留神的捕鱼业中,可千万不要招收那些浅眉凹眼,爱做不合时宜的遐思的小伙子;这些家伙,他们是带一个飞东的,而不是鲍狄契的脑袋到船上来的。

Beware of such an one, I say: your whales must be seen before they can be killed; and this sunken-eyed young Platonist will tow you ten wakes round the world, and never make you one pint5 of sperm6 the richer.  我说,应该提防这样一种人;你的鲸一定要看得真切才能动手捕杀;可是,这种窝孔眼的柏拉图派的小伙子,却会教你绕了世界十圈,而使你永远捞不到二十英两较好的鲸油。
Nor are these monitions at all unneeded.  这种忠告并不是完全多余的。
For nowadays, the whale-fishery furnishes an asylum7 for many romantic, melancholy8, and absent-minded young men, disgusted with the corking9 care of earth, and seeking sentiment in tar10 and blubber.  因为,在目前,捕鲸业就好象是为许多罗曼蒂克,有忧郁症的和心不在焉的年轻人而设的避难所一般,他们不屑做尘世琐事,却到柏油和鲸脂中来寻找情趣。
Childe Harold not unfrequently perches11 himself upon the mast-head of some luckless disappointed whale-ship, and in moody12 phrase ejaculates: 恰尔德哈罗尔德就经常栖息在一种倒运绝望的捕鲸船的桅顶上,用郁郁不乐的词句不由自主地叫喊:
"Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand blubber-hunters sweep over thee in vain." 滚滚向前吧,你深不可测的靛青色的海洋!千万艘捕鲸船徒劳地在你身上驰驱。
Very often do the captains of such ships take those absent-minded young philosophers to task, upbraiding13 them with not feeling sufficient "interest" in the voyage;  但是,这些船只的船长却往往一边雇用这些心不在焉的年青哲学家,一边又在责备他们对航程没有充分的"兴趣";
half-hinting that they are so hopelessly lost to all honorable ambition, as that in their secret souls they would rather not see whales than otherwise.  隐隐约约地说他们是如此不堪救药,丧尽光荣大志,因为在他们那隐秘的灵魂中实在是很不愿意看到大鲸的。
But all in vain; those young Platonists have a notion that their vision is imperfect; they are short-sighted; what use, then, to strain the visual nerve? They have left their opera-glasses at home. 不过,这一切都是徒劳的;这些年轻的柏拉图派,总自认为自己的视觉有缺点;自己是近视眼;那么,过份使用这视神经又有什么用呢?他们已经把他们那只看戏用的望远镜给忘在家里了。

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1 admonish NyEzW     
v.训戒；警告；劝告
参考例句：
  • I will tactfully admonish him not to behave like this again.我会婉转的规诫他不要再这样做。
  • Admonish your friends privately,but praise them openly.要私下告戒朋友，但是要公开夸奖朋友。
2 enlisting 80783387c68c6664ae9c56b399f6c7c6     
v.（使）入伍， （使）参军( enlist的现在分词 )；获得（帮助或支持）
参考例句：
  • He thought about enlisting-about the Spanish legion-about a profession. 他想去打仗，想参加西班牙军团，想找个职业。 来自辞典例句
  • They are not enlisting men over thirty-five. 他们不召超过35岁的人入伍。 来自辞典例句
3 vigilant ULez2     
adj.警觉的，警戒的，警惕的
参考例句：
  • He has to learn how to remain vigilant through these long nights.他得学会如何在这漫长的黑夜里保持警觉。
  • The dog kept a vigilant guard over the house.这只狗警醒地守护着这所房屋。
4 meditativeness 6248a02e9d151de842c931137e40a35a     
参考例句：
5 pint 1NNxL     
n.品脱
参考例句：
  • I'll have a pint of beer and a packet of crisps, please.我要一品脱啤酒和一袋炸马铃薯片。
  • In the old days you could get a pint of beer for a shilling.从前，花一先令就可以买到一品脱啤酒。
6 sperm jFOzO     
n.精子，精液
参考例句：
  • Only one sperm fertilises an egg.只有一个精子使卵子受精。
  • In human reproduction,one female egg is usually fertilized by one sperm.在人体生殖过程中，一个精子使一个卵子受精。
7 asylum DobyD     
n.避难所，庇护所，避难
参考例句：
  • The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
  • Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
8 melancholy t7rz8     
n.忧郁，愁思；adj.令人感伤（沮丧）的，忧郁的
参考例句：
  • All at once he fell into a state of profound melancholy.他立即陷入无尽的忧思之中。
  • He felt melancholy after he failed the exam.这次考试没通过，他感到很郁闷。
9 corking 52c7280052fb25cd65020d1bce4c315a     
adj.很好的adv.非常地v.用瓶塞塞住( cork的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • I've often thought you'd make a corking good actress." 我经常在想你会成为很了不起的女演员。” 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
10 tar 1qOwD     
n.柏油，焦油；vt.涂或浇柏油/焦油于
参考例句：
  • The roof was covered with tar.屋顶涂抹了一层沥青。
  • We use tar to make roads.我们用沥青铺路。
11 perches a9e7f5ff4da2527810360c20ff65afca     
栖息处( perch的名词复数 )； 栖枝； 高处； 鲈鱼
参考例句：
  • Other protection can be obtained by providing wooden perches througout the orchards. 其它保护措施是可在种子园中到处设置木制的栖木。
  • The birds were hopping about on their perches and twittering. 鸟儿在栖木上跳来跳去，吱吱地叫着。
12 moody XEXxG     
adj.心情不稳的，易怒的，喜怒无常的
参考例句：
  • He relapsed into a moody silence.他又重新陷于忧郁的沉默中。
  • I'd never marry that girl.She's so moody.我决不会和那女孩结婚的。她太易怒了。
13 upbraiding 3063b102d0a4cce924095d76f48bd62a     
adj.& n.谴责（的）v.责备，申斥，谴责( upbraid的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • His wife set about upbraiding him for neglecting the children. 他妻子开始指责他不照顾孩子。 来自辞典例句
  • I eschewed upbraiding, I curtailed remonstrance. 我避免责备，少作规劝。 来自辞典例句

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