英语听书《白鲸记》第1019期

（单词翻译）

And as the mighty¹ iron Leviathan of the modern railway is so familiarly known in its every pace, that, with watches in their hands, men time his rate as doctors that of a baby's pulse; and lightly say of it, the up train or the down train will reach such or such a spot, at such or such an hour; even so, almost, there are occasions when these Nantucketers time that other Leviathan of the deep, according to the observed humor of his speed; and say to themselves, so many hours hence this whale will have gone two hundred miles, will have about reached this or that degree of latitude² or longitude³. But to render this acuteness at all successful in the end, the wind and the sea must be the whaleman's allies; for of what present avail to the becalmed or wind-bound mariner⁴ is the skill that assures him he is exactly ninety-three leagues and a quarter from his port? Inferable from these statements, are many collateral⁵ subtile matters touching⁶ the chase of whales.

而且，也象现代铁路那种铁制的大海兽一样，它的每一动止都为人们所深知熟解，人们手里拿着表，就能象医生数出小孩的脉搏那样，计算出火车的速率，可以轻而易举地说，上行车或者下行车将在某时某刻到达某某个站头；这些南塔开特人，有时候，甚至几乎能够根据对大鲸的游速的观察，计算出这种海里的大海兽的速率来；能暗自估量着，隔了多少钟头，这条大鲸将会走了两百英里的路程，大约可以到达某某地方。不过，要使这种推测结果能够获得成功，捕鲸人还得靠风和潮来相助；因为，如果碰上因风停驶，或逢逆风而不能航行的时候，那么行船的人哪来一种绝技，可以保证他能准确算出离开海港还有多少航程呢？由此，可以这样论断，在有关追击大鲸的这种事情上，是有许多间接相关的微妙的情况的。

The ship tore on; leaving such a furrow⁷ in the sea as when a cannonball, missent, becomes a plough-share and turns up the level field.

船只猛冲向前；在海里留下了这么一个深沟，就象一颗错发了的大炮弹，把平地翻成一道犁沟一样。

By salt and hemp⁸! cried Stubb, "but this swift motion of the deck creeps up one's legs and tingles⁹ at the heart. This ship and I are two brave fellows! — Ha, ha! Some one take me up, and launch me, spine-wise, on the sea, — for by live-oaks! my spine's a keel. Ha, ha! we go the gait that leaves no dust behind!"

嗨哟，真了不起！斯塔布叫道，"甲板这种迅速的动力可直窜上了我的腿，直刺着我的心。我跟这船就是两个勇敢的家伙——哈，哈！有谁把我举起来，把我的脊柱驶到海上去，——因为天公地道！我的脊骨就是根龙骨呀。哈，哈！我们驶得这样轻快，背后一尘不扬！"

There she blows — she blows! — she blows! — right ahead! was now the mast-head cry.

它在喷水喽——它在喷喽——它在喷喽！——就在正前方！桅顶上叫喊起来了。