英语听书《白鲸记》第631期

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　　in order to prepare for what follows. 以便人们作进一步的处理。

　　Whereupon, this accomplished¹ swordsman, warning all hands to stand off, once more makes a scientific dash at the mass, 这时候，这个娴熟的剑客，一边警告大家赶快站开，一边又对那团大东西巧妙地一截，

　　and with a few sidelong, desperate, lunging, slicings, severs² it completely in twain;  再加上打斜里拼命的刺削几下，就把它切成了两爿；

　　so that while the short lower part is still fast, the long upper strip, called a blanket-piece, swings clear, and is all ready for lowering. 所以，那短短的下半段虽然还是贴牢着，可是，上半边那块叫做"绒毡子"的长条子已经是孤零零的晃来晃去，随时可以卸下来了。

　　The heavers forward now resume their song, 那些管绞车的人，又重新一面唱起歌来，一面走上前去。

　　and while the one tackle is peeling and hoisting³ a second strip from the whale, the other is slowly slackened away,  当那只正在剥皮的复滑车，又从鲸身上扯起第二片鲸脂时，另一只复滑车就慢慢地松开来，落下来，

　　and down goes the first strip through the main hatchway right beneath, into an unfurnished parlor⁴ called the blubber-room. 把第一片鲸脂穿过大舱口直旋到下面去，旋进了那间叫做鲸脂房的毫无设备的会客室里去。

　　Into this twilight⁵ apartment sundry⁶ nimble hands keep coiling away the long blanket-piece as if it were a great live mass of plaited serpents. 在这间昏蒙的屋子里，许多敏捷的手不停地把那些长长的"绒毡"卷起来，仿佛它是一团大蟒蛇。

　　And thus the work proceeds; the two tackles hoisting and lowering simultaneously⁷; 工作就这样进行下去：那两架复滑车同时一起一落，

　　both whale and windlass heaving, the heavers singing, the blubber-room gentlemen coiling,  大鲸和绞车则旋来旋去，管绞车的人唱个不停，鲸油房里的先生们在不断卷着鲸脂，

　　the mates scarfing, the ship straining, and all hands swearing occasionally, by way of assuaging⁸ the general friction⁹. 大二三副在剥皮，船身在用力气，大家偶尔咒骂一声，借以减轻一下紧张情绪。

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