英语听书《白鲸记》第897期

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　　According to usage they were pumping the ship next morning; 隔天早晨，按照习惯，他们正在抽干船里的水；

　　and lo! no inconsiderable oil came up with the water; the casks below must have sprung a bad leak. 嗳哟！跟水一起抽出来的，可有不少的油呀；舱里那些油桶一定豁裂得很厉害了。

　　Much concern was shown; and Starbuck went down into the cabin to report this unfavorable affair. 大家都很关心，于是，斯达巴克跑到下边船长室里，向亚哈报告这件不吉利的事

　　Footnote: In Sperm-whalemen with any considerable quantity of oil on board, （原注：装载有大量鲸油的捕抹香鲸船，

　　it is a regular semiweekly duty to conduct a hose into the hold, and drench¹ the casks with sea-water;  每半个星期就得用水龙带引水灌进舱里，让海水浸湿那些油桶；

　　which afterwards, at varying intervals², is removed by the ship's pumps.  之后，又在不同的时间里，再用帮浦给抽出来，

　　Hereby the casks are sought to be kept damply tight; 使油桶始终保持潮湿。

　　while by the changed character of the withdrawn³ water, the mariners⁴ readily detect any serious leakage⁵ in the precious cargo⁶. End of footnote. 然而，由于水一抽掉，不免又要发生变化，因此，水手们得随时检查这些贵重货物，以防严重漏损。）。

　　Now, from the South and West the Pequod was drawing nigh to Formosa and the Bashee Isles⁷, 这时，"裴廓德号"正由西南方逐渐驶近台湾和巴士群岛，

　　between which lies one of the tropical outlets⁸ from the China waters into the Pacific. 在这两个群岛之间，横着从中国海通向太平洋的热带的出口。

　　And so Starbuck found Ahab with a general chart of the oriental archipelagoes spread before him; 因此，斯达巴克看到亚哈的时候，亚哈的面前正摊着一张东方群岛全图；

　　and another separate one representing the long eastern coasts of the Japanese islands—Niphon, Matsmai, and Sikoke. 旁边还另外摆着一张有一串日本群岛——日本本土，松前，四国的东方沿海图。

　　With his snow-white new ivory leg braced⁹ against the screwed leg of his table, 他那条雪白的新牙腿抵着他那只用螺丝旋牢了的桌腿，

　　and with a long pruning-hook of a jack-knife in his hand, 手里拿着一把张开修甲刃的小刀子，

　　the wondrous¹⁰ old man, with his back to the gangway door, was wrinkling his brow, and tracing his old courses again. 这个古怪的老头，背着门口，皱起眉头，又在探索他从前的航程了。

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