英语听书《白鲸记》第809期

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　　let us squeeze ourselves universally into the very milk and sperm² of kindness. 让我们把我们自己一起融化在这种乳油交融的友情里吧。

　　Would that I could keep squeezing that sperm for ever! 要是我能够这样把抹香鲸油一直捏下去，可多好呵！

　　For now, since by many prolonged, repeated experiences, 我因为有许多长时期的反复的经验，

　　I have perceived that in all cases man must eventually lower, or at least shift, his conceit³ of attainable⁴ felicity; 现在体会到，不管怎样，到头来，人类对于他那种自以为可以获得的幸福，是必须加以降低或者至少得加以修正了，

　　not placing it anywhere in the intellect or the fancy; but in the wife, the heart, the bed, the table, the saddle, the fire-side; the country; 幸福并不是随便靠智力或者幻想就能获得的，而是存在于妻子，心坎，床上，桌上，马背上，火炉边和田舍间的；

　　now that I have perceived all this, I am ready to squeeze case eternally. 既然我已经体会到了这一切，我就准备永远地捏下去。

　　In thoughts of the visions of the night, I saw long rows of angels in paradise, each with his hands in a jar of spermaceti. 我沉浸在夜空似的幻觉里，我看到了天堂里一长列一长列的天使，各人手里都拿着一罐抹香鲸脑。

　　Now, while discoursing⁵ of sperm it behooves⁶ to speak of other things akin⁷ to it, in the business of preparing the sperm whale for the try-works. 说到抹香鲸脑，似乎应该把那些跟它有关的事情也说一说，说一说把抹香鲸送到炼油间去的准备工作。

　　First comes white-horse, so called, which is obtained from the tapering⁸ part of the fish, and also from the thicker portions of his flukes. 第一就是那种所谓"白马"的东西，白马就是来自大鲸的尖梢和裂尾的粗大的部分的东西。

　　It is tough with congealed⁹ tendons—a wad of muscle—but still contains some oil. 它因为有许多凝结的筋筋——一叠肌肉——而显得很硬，不过，那里边还有些油。

　　After being severed¹⁰ from the whale, the white-horse is first cut into portable oblongs ere going to the mincer¹¹. 把白马从鲸身上割下来后，先把它切成长方形的块块，然后送到剁碎器去。

　　They look much like blocks of Berkshire marble. 它那样子很象柏克郡（英国南部的一个郡）的一块块的大理石。

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