英语听书《白鲸记》第785期

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　　but by inference it seems to me that the sturgeon must be divided in the same way as the whale, 不过据我推断，鲟鱼也一定是按大鲸的办法来对分的，

　　the King receiving the highly dense¹ and elastic² head peculiar³ to that fish, 国王拿鲟鱼所特有的那个非常细密而又富有弹性的头，

　　which, symbolically⁴ regarded, may possibly be humorously grounded upon some presumed congeniality. 这种头，就象征意义说来，可能还很幽默，是以一种假设的相似性为根据的。

　　And thus there seems a reason in all things, even in law. 这样说来，似乎什么东西都有一种道理，哪怕法律也不例外。

　　Chapter 91 The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud 第九十一章"裴廓德号"遇到"玫瑰蕊号"

　　Quote, In vain it was to rake for Ambergriese in the paunch of this Leviathan, insufferable fetor denying not inquiry⁵. End quote. SIR T. BROWNE, V. E. 要想在这种大海兽的腹内找到龙涎香是徒劳的，尽管有难堪的恶臭，人们还是要去寻根问底。托马斯·布朗子爵阁下

　　It was a week or two after the last whaling scene recounted, and when we were slowly sailing over a sleepy, vapory, mid-day sea, 大约是在细说上一个捕鲸场景的两三个星期后，当时，我们正缓慢地航驶在令人昏昏欲睡、烟霭缭绕的正午的海面上，

　　that the many noses on the Pequod's deck proved more vigilant⁶ discoverers than the three pairs of eyes aloft. "裴廓德号"甲板上的许多鼻子竟比呆在桅顶上那三对眼睛更机灵，

　　A peculiar and not very pleasant smell was smelt⁷ in the sea. 闻到了海里有一股特殊而又不很好闻的气味。

　　I will bet something now, said Stubb, "that somewhere hereabouts are some of those drugged whales we tickled⁸ the other day. 哼，我现在敢打一点赌，斯塔布说，"在这附近什么地方，一定有我们前些天用'得拉格，扣住了的一些鲸。

　　I thought they would keel up before long." 我想它们不久就会翻上来。"

　　Presently, the vapors⁹ in advance slid aside; 不一会，前边的烟霭不知不觉地飘开了，

　　and there in the distance lay a ship, whose furled sails betokened¹⁰ that some sort of whale must be alongside. 而且远处还停有一艘船，从它那些卷起的风帆看来，说明它的船边一定拖有一条鲸。

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