英语听书《白鲸记》第500期

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There, there, give it to him!" whispered Starbuck. 喏，喏，给它一下呀！”斯达巴克悄悄地说。

A short rushing sound leaped out of the boat; 小艇里迸出一阵急遽的冲击声；

it was the darted¹ iron of Queequeg. 魁魁格在投标枪了。

Then all in one welded commotion² came an invisible push from astern, 于是，一阵骚乱，船尾受到了一记眼所不见的推击，

while forward the boat seemed striking on a ledge³; 前边又象是突然触了礁，

the sail collapsed⁴ and exploded; a gush⁵ of scalding vapor⁶ shot up near by; 帆篷胀破了，近旁射出一阵炙热的水雾，

something rolled and tumbled like an earthquake beneath us. 艇底下象是遭了地震似的有什么东西在滚动颠簸。

The whole crew were half suffocated⁷ as they were tossed helter-skelter into the white curdling⁸ cream of the squall. 全体水手都快要闷死了，他们在这种含有白粘粘的油体的大风里，都给颠簸得狼狈不堪。狂风。

Squall, whale, and harpoon⁹ had all blended together; 大鲸和标枪交织成一片；

and the whale, merely grazed by the iron, escaped. 可是那条鲸，只是让标枪轻轻擦了一下，就逃走了。

Though completely swamped, the boat was nearly unharmed.  小艇虽然给弄得完全淹没了，却几乎毫无损伤。

Swimming round it we picked up the floating oars¹⁰, and lashing¹¹ them across the gunwale, tumbled back to our places. 我们在小艇四周游来游去，捡起那些漂荡着的桨子，把它们横绑在舷边上，急急忙忙爬到各人的原位去。

There we sat up to our knees in the sea, 我们就坐在淹及膝盖的水里，

the water covering every rib¹² and plank¹³,  海水把每片船肋和船板都给淹没了，

so that to our downward gazing eyes the suspended craft seemed a coral boat grown up to us from the bottom of the ocean. 所以，这只搁起的小艇，在我们眼睛朝下看的时候，就象是一只从海底里向上朝我们生长起来的珊瑚艇。

The wind increased to a howl; 风势增强，大肆呼啸；

the waves dashed their bucklers together; 海浪把我们包围住了；

the whole squall roared, forked, and crackled around us like a white fire upon the prairie, 一片狂风在我们周围号啸、穿梭、噼噼啪啪地响得象是大草原上的烈火，

in which unconsumed, we were burning; immortal¹⁴ in these jaws¹⁵ of death! 我们这些鬼门关里的不死者，燃烧在烈火里，却还没有烧成灰烬！

In vain we hailed the other boats; 我们在大风暴中徒劳地呼喊其它几只小艇，

as well roar to the live coals down the chimney of a flaming furnace as hail those boats in that storm. 犹如对着那火光熊熊的大炉子，烟囱底下烧得通红的煤块吼叫，

Meanwhile the driving scud¹⁶, rack, and mist, grew darker with the shadows of night; 这时，随着夜幕拢来，那些飞沫，结索架和迷雾也越来越模糊难辨，

no sign of the ship could be seen. 那只船连影子也看不到了。

The rising sea forbade all attempts to bale out the boat. 奔腾的大海使得想救小艇的一切企图都成为枉费的。

The oars were useless as propellers¹⁷, performing now the office of life-preservers. 那些桨子都跟螺旋桨一样不顶事，现在只能权充救命工具了。

So, cutting the lashing of the waterproof¹⁸ match keg, 斯达巴克割断了防水的火柴桶的绳索后，

after many failures Starbuck contrived¹⁹ to ignite the lamp in the lantern; 擦了好多次，总算把灯笼点着了，

then stretching it on a waif pole, handed it to Queequeg as the standard-bearer of this forlorn hope. 他把灯笼缚在一支浮标(浮标——缚有一面小旗的木棒，用以插在死鲸的身上。)上后，就交给魁魁格这个敢死队的旗手。

There, then, he sat, holding up that imbecile candle in the heart of that almighty²⁰ forlornness. 于是，魁魁格坐在那里，在万分绝望中擎起那支微弱的烛火。

There, then, he sat, the sign and symbol of a man without faith, 他坐在那里，作为一个没有任何信念的人的象征，

hopelessly holding up hope in the midst of despair. 在绝望的境地里，无望地撑起希望来。 

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