英语听书《白鲸记》第961期

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But as ever before, the pagan harpooneers remained almost wholly unimpressed; 但是，那些异教徒标枪手，却还象从前一样，几乎毫无所动；

or if impressed, it was only with a certain magnetism² shot into their congenial hearts from inflexible³ Ahab's. 如果说是有所动的话，那就是他们那意气相投的心，中了顽强的亚哈一发富有磁力的子弹了。

For a space the old man walked the deck in rolling reveries. 这个老人摇摇晃晃地在甲板上踱了一番。

But chancing to slip with his ivory heel, he saw the crushed copper⁴ sight-tubes of the quadrant he had the day before dashed to the deck. 他那只牙骨脚的后跟突然滑了一下，不想看到他昨天摔在甲板上那只象限仪的破碎了的瞭望铜管子。

Thou poor, proud heaven-gazer and sun's pilot! yesterday I wrecked⁵ thee, and to-day the compasses would fain have wrecked me. 你这可怜而高傲的望天的家伙兼太阳的引港人呵！昨天我毁了你，今天罗盘竟会装模作样来毁我。

So, so. But Ahab is lord over the level loadstone yet. 唔，唔。不过，亚哈还是这种平面的天然磁石的主宰者。

Mr. Starbuck — a lance without the pole; a top-maul, and the smallest of the sail-maker's needles. Quick! 斯达巴克先生——给我拿支没有棒的鱼枪头，一只大锤子，和一根最小的缝帆针来，快！

Accessory, perhaps, to the impulse dictating⁶ the thing he was now about to do, 他准备要用的这些东西，所以要这么冲动地一一口述出来，

were certain prudential motives⁷, whose object might have been to revive the spirits of his crew by a stroke of his subtile skill, 也许还有某种深谋远虑的动机，其目的也许是想靠他一记巧妙的技巧，

in a matter so wondrous⁸ as that of the inverted⁹ compasses. 振作一下他那些船员的精神。

Besides, the old man well knew that to steer¹⁰ by transpointed needles, 再说，这个老人心里十分有数，靠那转了向的罗盘针来把舵，

though clumsily practicable, was not a thing to be passed over by superstitious¹¹ sailors, without some shudderings and evil portents¹². 尽管可以勉强对付，终究会使那些迷信的水手耿耿于怀，他们不免要心惊胆战，觉得凶兆重重。

 

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