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英语听书《白鲸记》第786期

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 　　As we glided1 nearer, the stranger showed French colors from his peak; and by the eddying2 cloud of vulture sea-fowl that circled, and hovered3, and swooped4 around him, it was plain that the whale alongside must be what the fishermen call a blasted whale, that is, a whale that has died unmolested on the sea, and so floated an unappropriated corpse5. It may well be conceived, what an unsavory odor such a mass must exhale6; worse than an Assyrian city in the plague, when the living are incompetent7 to bury the departed. So intolerable indeed is it regarded by some, that no cupidity8 could persuade them to moor9 alongside of it. Yet are there those who will still do it; notwithstanding the fact that the oil obtained from such subjects is of a very inferior quality, and by no means of the nature of attar-of-rose.

　　一等我们慢慢驶得更近时，就看到那艘陌生船的斜桁尖顶上挂有一面法国旗，同时从一群流云似的兀鹰直绕着它打旋、翱翔、猛扑的现象看来，船边拖着的那条鲸显然一定就是捕鲸人管它叫瘟鲸的东西，就是说，是一条未遭任何伤害而自己死在海里的鲸，所以那尸体也漂浮得跟一般死鲸不一样。可想而知，这么一条庞然大物一定会发出多么难闻的臭味，比遭瘟疫的亚述城还要难闻（因为当时城里的活人都无法把死者埋葬）。这样难受的气味，难怪有些人以为，随你怎样劝，连贪心汉都也不愿意跟它停泊在一起。然而，居然还有人愿意这样做；甚至不顾从这种鲸身上得来的油，质地十分差，毫无玫瑰油气的香味。
　　Coming still nearer with the expiring breeze, we saw that the Frenchman had a second whale alongside; and this second whale seemed even more of a nosegay than the first. In truth, it turned out to be one of those problematical whales that seem to dry up and die with a sort of prodigious10 dyspepsia, or indigestion; leaving their defunct11 bodies almost entirely12 bankrupt of anything like oil. Nevertheless, in the proper place we shall see that no knowing fisherman will ever turn up his nose at such a whale as this, however much he may shun13 blasted whales in general.
　　随着一阵有气无力的微风，我们又驶得更近些了，我们看到那艘法国船边还有第二条鲸，而这第二条鲸的味道，似乎比第一条还更不堪入鼻。实际上，这两条成问题的鲸中，原来有一条似乎是患了一种非常厉害的胃弱症，或者消化不良症而枯死的。因此，那两个死尸简直已经毫无油气、显得干瘪瘪了。然而，说正经话，任何一个老练的捕鲸人，不管他看见一般瘟鲸，会怎么唯恐避之不及，可是，对这样一条鲸，却决不会稍加鄙视。

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1 glided dc24e51e27cfc17f7f45752acf858ed1     
v.滑动( glide的过去式和过去分词 )；掠过；（鸟或飞机 ） 滑翔
参考例句：
  • The President's motorcade glided by. 总统的车队一溜烟开了过去。
  • They glided along the wall until they were out of sight. 他们沿着墙壁溜得无影无踪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 eddying 66c0ffa4a2e8509b312eb4799fd0876d     
涡流，涡流的形成
参考例句：
  • The Rhine flowed on, swirling and eddying, at six or seven miles an hour. 莱茵河不断以每小时六、七哩的速度，滔滔滚流，波涛起伏。
3 hovered d194b7e43467f867f4b4380809ba6b19     
鸟( hover的过去式和过去分词 )； 靠近（某事物）； （人）徘徊； 犹豫
参考例句：
  • A hawk hovered over the hill. 一只鹰在小山的上空翱翔。
  • A hawk hovered in the blue sky. 一只老鹰在蓝色的天空中翱翔。
4 swooped 33b84cab2ba3813062b6e35dccf6ee5b     
俯冲，猛冲( swoop的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The aircraft swooped down over the buildings. 飞机俯冲到那些建筑物上方。
  • The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it. 鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来，并把它杀死。
5 corpse JYiz4     
n.尸体，死尸
参考例句：
  • What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。
  • The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。
6 exhale Zhkzo     
v.呼气，散出，吐出，蒸发
参考例句：
  • Sweet odours exhale from flowers.花儿散发出花香。
  • Wade exhaled a cloud of smoke and coughed.韦德吐出一口烟，然后咳嗽起来。
7 incompetent JcUzW     
adj.无能力的，不能胜任的
参考例句：
  • He is utterly incompetent at his job.他完全不能胜任他的工作。
  • He is incompetent at working with his hands.他动手能力不行。
8 cupidity cyUxm     
n.贪心，贪财
参考例句：
  • Her cupidity is well known.她的贪婪尽人皆知。
  • His eyes gave him away,shining with cupidity.他的眼里闪着贪婪的光芒，使他暴露无遗。
9 moor T6yzd     
n.荒野，沼泽；vt.(使)停泊；vi.停泊
参考例句：
  • I decided to moor near some tourist boats.我决定在一些观光船附近停泊。
  • There were hundreds of the old huts on the moor.沼地上有成百上千的古老的石屋。
10 prodigious C1ZzO     
adj.惊人的，奇妙的；异常的；巨大的；庞大的
参考例句：
  • This business generates cash in prodigious amounts.这种业务收益丰厚。
  • He impressed all who met him with his prodigious memory.他惊人的记忆力让所有见过他的人都印象深刻。
11 defunct defunct     
adj.死亡的；已倒闭的
参考例句：
  • The scheme for building an airport seems to be completely defunct now.建造新机场的计划看来整个完蛋了。
  • This schema object is defunct.No modifications are allowed until it is made active again.此架构对象不起作用。在重新激活之前，不能进行任何改动。
12 entirely entirely     
ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地
参考例句：
  • The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
  • His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
13 shun 6EIzc     
vt.避开，回避，避免
参考例句：
  • Materialists face truth,whereas idealists shun it.唯物主义者面向真理，唯心主义者则逃避真理。
  • This extremist organization has shunned conventional politics.这个极端主义组织有意避开了传统政治。

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