英语听书《白鲸记》第656期

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　　This improvement upon the original usage was introduced by no less a man than Stubb, 这种一反通例的改良方法，提倡的可不只是斯塔布一人而已，

　　in order to afford to the imperilled harpooneer the strongest possible guarantee for the faithfulness and vigilance of his monkey-rope holder. End of footnote 为的是要使得那个危在旦夕的标枪手，有最大的可能获得那个牵索人的忠实和警惕的保证。）

　　I have hinted that I would often jerk poor Queequeg from between the whale and the ship, 我已经隐约说过，我要经常在船只和大鲸间拉拉可怜的魁魁格，

　　where he would occasionally fall, from the incessant² rolling and swaying of both. 因为怕他会偶然从那不断翻腾、摇晃的船只和鲸身上跌下去。

　　But this was not the only jamming jeopardy³ he was exposed to. 可是，他得遭遇的危险，并不是仅此而已。

　　Unappalled by the massacre⁴ made upon them during the night, 那些鲨鱼，虽然经过了昨晚的大屠杀，不仅没有把它们吓住，

　　the sharks now freshly and more keenly allured⁵ by the before pent blood which began to flow from the carcass, 这时反而更其精神勃勃，更其活跃，因为那只尸体上郁积着的。如今已在开始流出的血，把它们吸引住了

　　the rabid creatures swarmed⁶ round it like bees in a beehive. 这些发狂似的畜生都象出窠的蜜蜂一般，把它团团围起。

　　And right in among those sharks was Queequeg; who often pushed them aside with his floundering feet. 直接置身在这些鲨鱼群中的就是魁魁格；他经常用他那双浸在水里的脚把它们踢开。

　　A thing altogether incredible were it not that attracted by such prey⁷ as a dead whale, 这是一件简直无法叫人相信的事，要不是被象死鲸这样的猎物所吸引，

　　the otherwise miscellaneously carnivorous shark will seldom touch a man. 这些虽说是无所不食的鲨鱼，倒是难得会碰到人身的。

　　Nevertheless, it may well be believed that since they have such a ravenous⁸ finger in the pie, it is deemed but wise to look sharp to them. 可是，宁可信其有而不可信其无，它们既然是这样一种贪得无厌的害人共谋犯，那倒是宁可对它们小心点儿为妙。

　　Accordingly, besides the monkey-rope, 因此，除了我用这根猴索

　　with which I now and then jerked the poor fellow from too close a vicinity to the maw of what seemed a peculiarly ferocious⁹ shark, 不时地拉拉这个可怜的家伙，使他不至于太靠拢那看似格外凶狠的鲨鱼嘴巴之外，

　　he was provided with still another protection. 他还有另一种保障：

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