英语听书《白鲸记》第978期

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Next day, a large ship, the Rachel, was descried¹, bearing directly down upon the Pequod, all her spars thickly clustering with men. 第二天，发现了一艘叫"拉吉号"的大船，直朝"裴廓德号"驶过来，它所有的圆材上都密集着许多水手。

At the time the Pequod was making good speed through the water; 这时，"裴廓德号"正在乘风破浪，向前急驶；

but as the broad-winged windward stranger shot nigh to her, 可是，当那艘上风的、象宽大的翅膀似的陌生船一驶拢来的时候，

the boastful sails all fell together as blank bladders that are burst, and all life fled from the smitten² hull³. 它那些鼓胀胀的篷帆都一下子象是炸了的气球，纠缩在一起了，好象一切的生气都从这艘遭到打击的船消失了。

Bad news; she brings bad news, muttered the old Manxman. 坏消息；它一定带来了坏消息，那个人岛老头喃喃道。

But ere her commander, who, with trumpet⁴ to mouth, stood up in his boat; ere he could hopefully hail, Ahab's voice was heard. 但是，对方那个把号筒凑在嘴边的船长，还没有在他的小艇里站起来，还没有来得及打招呼，却已听到亚哈的声音了。

Hast seen the White Whale? 看到过白鲸嘛？

Aye, yesterday. Have ye seen a whale-boat adrift? 看到的，昨天。你们可看到一只失散的捕鲸小艇吗？

Throttling⁵ his joy, Ahab negatively answered this unexpected question; 亚哈抑制着他的快乐的心情，对这个出人意料的问题给个否定的回答后，

and would then have fain boarded the stranger, when the stranger captain himself, having stopped his vessel's way, was seen descending⁶ her side. 真想马上就叫这个陌生人上船来，可是，这时，那艘陌生船的船长，已自己把船停下来，从他的船舷上下来了。

A few keen pulls, and his boat-hook soon clinched⁷ the Pequod's main-chains, and he sprang to the deck. 猛划了几下，他的艇钩就搭住了"裴廓德号"的大锚链，他一纵身就上了甲板。

Immediately he was recognized by Ahab for a Nantucketer he knew. 亚哈立即认出来，原来是他熟悉的一个南塔开特人。

But no formal salutation was exchanged. 彼此并没有作什么形式上的寒暄。

Where was he? — not killed! — not killed! cried Ahab, closely advancing. "How was it?" 它在哪里？——没把它打死吧！——没把它打死吧！亚哈迫上前去，叫道。"它究竟怎样啦？"

 

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