英语听书《白鲸记》第766期

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　　在这种部位受了伤的鲸（这我们后来才知道），好象实际上并没有跟小艇脱离关系，它拖着半截标枪绳游去；而且由于格外伤痛，这时，它便在那些旋来转去的圈圈里冲来冲去，有如那个在萨拉托加战役中单枪匹马、奋不顾身、仓惶狼狈、不知要逃往何方的阿诺德（本尼提克特·阿诺德（1741-1801）——美国独立战争中的将军，参加过萨拉托加之战（1777年），后来投降了英国。）。

　　But agonizing⁴ as was the wound of this whale, and an appalling⁵ spectacle enough, any way; yet the peculiar⁶ horror with which he seemed to inspire the rest of the herd⁷, was owing to a cause which at first the intervening distance obscured from us. But at length we perceived that by one of the unimaginable accidents of the fishery, this whale had become entangled⁸ in the harpoon-line that he towed; he had also run away with the cutting-spade in him; and while the free end of the rope attached to that weapon, had permanently⁹ caught in the coils of the harpoon-line round his tail, the cutting-spade itself had worked loose from his flesh. So that tormented¹⁰ to madness, he was now churning through the water, violently flailing¹¹ with his flexible tail, and tossing the keen spade about him, wounding and murdering his own comrades.

　　不过，这条鲸的负伤虽是这般苦痛，那番情景看来真够骇人；然而，由于起先我们隔得太远，看不清楚，所以没有看到它似乎是要用这种特别恐怖来激动整个鲸群的意图。最后，我们这才看到了可说是捕鱼业中的一种不可想象的事件，原来这条鲸不只是跟它所拖着标枪绳子纠缠在一起，还拖着那只砍鲸铲一起奔走；而那根缚在砍鲸铲上的绳尾，也跟那缠在它尾巴上的标枪绳搅在一起，因此，那支砍鲸铲给扯松了，从它身上脱落下来。所以，因为它痛得发狂，现在就在水里翻腾，猛烈挥舞柔软的尾巴，把那支锐利的铲子在它四周乱甩乱滚，杀伤起它自己的同伴来了。

　　This terrific object seemed to recall the whole herd from their stationary¹² fright. First, the whales forming the margin¹³ of our lake began to crowd a little, and tumble against each other, as if lifted by half spent billows from afar; then the lake itself began faintly to heave and swell¹⁴; the submarine bridal-chambers and nurseries vanished;

　　这个可怕的家伙，似乎要把整个鲸群从它们那吓得一动不动的状态中给唤醒过来。于是，那些成为我们的湖边的鲸便开始挤拢了一点，彼此碰来撞去，仿佛让远方冲来的、已近尾声的波涛撞了一撞；接着这大湖本身也开始有气无力地晃荡一阵，水底里的新房和育儿室便消逝了；

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