英语听书《白鲸记》第755期

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how very kind of these tawny¹ philanthropists to assist in speeding her on to her own chosen pursuit,— mere² riding-whips and rowels to her, that they were. 这些黄褐色的慈善家可多么仁慈，他们也在帮着"裴廓德号"加快速度去追击它自己的上等猎物——他们这样穷追，完全是在给"裴廓德号"大加马鞭，大踢马刺。

As with glass under arm, Ahab to-and-fro paced the deck; 当亚哈腋下夹着望远镜，在甲板上踱来踱去的时候；

in his forward turn beholding³ the monsters he chased, 他转身向前，看到他所追逐的那些巨兽，

and in the after one the bloodthirsty pirates chasing him; some such fancy as the above seemed his. 往后一转，又看到时些凶残的海盗正在追逐他；他当时似乎就有上述这般想法。

And when he glanced upon the green walls of the watery⁴ defile⁵ in which the ship was then sailing, 这时，他看到船只正驶进那两边是绿壁似的水路，

and bethought him that through that gate lay the route to his vengeance⁶, 他想起了通过那道门，就是他的报仇雪耻的去路，

and beheld⁷, how that through that same gate he was now both chasing and being chased to his deadly end; 同时，他也看到他在通过这一道门时，一边被人追击，一边又在追逐别人，追来追去，都是奔赴他那致命的结局。

and not only that, but a herd⁸ of remorseless wild pirates and inhuman⁹ atheistical¹⁰ devils were infernally cheering him on with their curses; 不只如此，那群残忍野蛮的海盗和非人的无神论恶魔，正使着他们各种咒语，在凶狠地吆喝着他向前；

when all these conceits¹¹ had passed through his brain, Ahab's brow was left gaunt and ribbed,  所有这些奇想一掠过他的脑际，亚哈的额上就显得嶙峋起伏，非常可怕，

like the black sand beach after some stormy tide has been gnawing¹² it, without being able to drag the firm thing from its place. 有如狂潮冲刷过沙滩后，来不及把那些碎石贝壳一起带走一般。

But thoughts like these troubled very few of the reckless crew; and when, after steadily¹³ dropping and dropping the pirates astern, 可是那些随随便便的水手，却不大怀有这种烦恼的想法。"裴廓德号"在逐渐把那些海盗远撇在船尾后，

the Pequod at last shot by the vivid green Cockatoo Point on the Sumatra side, emerging at last upon the broad waters beyond;  终于疾掠过苏门答腊旁边的青青翠翠的科卡都小岬，出现在辽阔的海洋外面了。

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