英语听书《白鲸记》第509期

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　　Days, weeks passed, and under easy sail, the ivory Pequod had slowly swept across four several cruising-grounds; 这只牙骨制的“裴廓德号”，经过了许多天，许多个星期，已一帆风顺地慢慢驶过了四个巡游渔场；

　　that off the Azores; off the Cape¹ de Verdes; on the Plate (so called), being off the mouth of the Rio de la Plata; 那就是亚速尔(亚速尔——北大西洋的群岛。)海面；佛得角(佛得角——非洲极西部一个角。)海面；那个由于是在里奥·德·拉·普拉塔河口而称为普拉特河(普拉特河——在乌拉圭和阿根廷间的河口。)；

　　and the Carrol Ground, an unstaked, watery² locality, southerly from St. Helena. 和那在圣海伦娜南边的，未立界的水区的卡罗尔渔场。

　　It was while gliding³ through these latter waters that one serene⁴ and moonlight night, when all the waves rolled by like scrolls⁵ of silver; 就在驶过这些地方的时候，有一天晚上，月白天清，浪涛象银轴般滚滚而过；

　　and, by their soft, suffusing⁶ seethings, made what seemed a silvery silence, not a solitude⁷; 由于浪涛在徐徐沸腾，显得弥漫着一种不是凄寂，而是银白色的静穆；

　　on such a silent night a silvery jet was seen far in advance of the white bubbles at the bow. 在这样静穆的夜空里，在泡沫四溅的船头的远前方，出现了一股银白色的喷水。

　　Lit up by the moon, it looked celestial⁸; seemed some plumed⁹ and glittering god uprising from the sea.  它给月色一照耀，赛似一股灵光，似乎突然从海里冒出了一个光耀夺目的神明。

　　Fedallah first descried¹⁰ this jet. 费达拉首先发现这道喷射。

　　For of these moonlight nights, it was his wont¹¹ to mount to the main-mast head, and stand a look-out there, with the same precision as if it had been day. 因为每当这种月色皎洁的夜晚，他就要攀上主桅顶，象白天一样准确地站在那里望。

　　And yet, though herds¹² of whales were seen by night, not one whaleman in a hundred would venture a lowering for them. 不过，虽则晚上会发现一群一群大鲸，可是敢于冒险放下小艇去追击它们的，却是一百个捕鲸人中也找不到一个。

　　You may think with what emotions, then, the seamen¹³ beheld¹⁴ this old Oriental perched aloft at such unusual hours; 那么，在这样一个不同寻常的时分，水手们看到这个东方老头高栖在那上面，你就可以想象，他们会多么激动了。

　　his turban and the moon,companions in one sky. 他的头巾和月亮就是天生的一对良朋。

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