英语听书《白鲸记》第704期

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Full in this rapid wake, and many fathoms¹ in the rear, swam a huge, humped old bull,  在这条急激的水痕中，靠后边几十英尺的地方，臃臃肿肿地游着一条硕大的、背峰隆起的老鲸，

which by his comparatively slow progress, as well as by the unusual yellowish incrustations over-growing him, 从它那进展相当迟缓的游速，浑身是一种罕见的淡黄色看来，

seemed afflicted² with the jaundice, or some other infirmity. 它似乎是害着黄疸病，或者其它什么病症。

Whether this whale belonged to the pod in advance, seemed questionable³; 究竟这条鲸是否跟前边的同群，似乎也成问题，

for it is not customary for such venerable leviathans to be at all social. 因为象这样年高德劭的大鲸，按例总是落落寡合的。

Nevertheless, he stuck to their wake, though indeed their back water must have retarded⁴ him, 但是，它却紧跟在它们后面，虽然事实上，前边的鲸群撇下的水浪一定很妨碍它的前进，

because the white-bone or swell⁵ at his broad muzzle⁶ was a dashed one, like the swell formed when two hostile currents meet. 因为它那张大嘴喷出来的就是一股浪沫飞溅的急流，好象是两支敌对的激流相遇时所形成的浪涛。

His spout⁷ was short, slow, and laborious⁸; 它的喷水很短很慢，很费力气；

coming forth⁹ with a choking sort of gush¹⁰, and spending itself in torn shreds¹¹, followed by strange subterranean¹² commotions¹³ in him, 它不住地涌出一大阵闭气似的喷水，四散纷飞，好象它体内有种奇特的骚动，

which seemed to have egress¹⁴ at his other buried extremity¹⁵, causing the waters behind him to upbubble. 它那深掩在水里的另一端也有排泄物，使得它身后的水浪咕噜咕噜地冒着泡。

Who's got some paregoric? said Stubb, "he has the stomach-ache, I'm afraid. 哪一个有鸦片酊？斯塔布说，"我怕它闹肚子痛。

Lord, think of having half an acre of stomach-ache! 天呀，看它那半英亩大的身体，竟闹起肚子来！

Adverse¹⁶ winds are holding mad Christmas in him, boys. 逆风正在它肚皮里举行圣诞节狂欢呢，伙伴们。

It's the first foul¹⁷ wind I ever knew to blow from astern; but look, did ever whale yaw so before? 这种从后面吹过来的逆风，我倒是生平第一遭看到的；从来可有过这样乱驶的鲸么？

it must be, he's lost his tiller." 它一定是丢了舵柄了。"

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