英语听书《白鲸记》第1023期

（单词翻译）

Lower away, he cried, so soon as he had reached his boat — a spare one, rigged the afternoon previous. "Mr. Starbuck, the ship is thine — keep away from the boats, but keep near them. Lower, all!"

放下去，他一走到他的小艇——是一只昨天午后才装配起来的备用小艇——旁边，就叫道。“斯达巴克先生，大船归你啦——跟小艇隔得开些，可是，也要在小艇附近。下去呀！大伙儿！”

As if to strike a quick terror into them, by this time being the first assailant himself, Moby Dick had turned, and was now coming for the three crews. Ahab's boat was central; and cheering his men, he told them he would take the whale head-and-head, that is, pull straight up to his forehead, — a not uncommon¹ thing; for when within a certain limit, such a course excludes the coming onset² from the whale's sidelong vision. But ere that close limit was gained, and while yet all three boats were plain as the ship's three masts to his eye; the White Whale churning himself into furious speed, almost in an instant as it were, rushing among the boats with open jaws³, and a lashing⁴ tail, offered appalling⁵ battle on every side; and heedless of the irons darted⁶ at him from every boat, seemed only intent on annihilating⁷ each separate plank⁸ of which those boats were made. But skilfully⁹ manoeuvred, incessantly¹⁰ wheeling like trained chargers in the field; the boats for a while eluded¹¹ him; though, at times, but by a plank's breadth; while all the time, Ahab's unearthly slogan tore every other cry but his to shreds¹².

莫比－迪克这回象是要给他们来个迅雷不及掩耳的恐怖似的，它先下手了，它身子一转，就朝着这三只小艇游了过来。亚哈的小艇居中；他给他那些人打气后，就对他们说，他要先打大鲸的要害，就是说，要直冲击它的额头，——这是一件并非不平凡的事情。因为在一定的距离内，这样一种动作，就可以在一开始不让大鲸那斜视的眼睛看到。可是，在短兵相接开始之前，在它对三只小艇还是象对大船三支桅杆一样看得清清楚楚时，那条白鲸一阵翻腾，狂奔疾驰起来了，可说是一下子就张起大嘴，在几只小艇间横冲直撞了，那根皮鞭似的尾巴，甩来甩去要进行鏖战了。它不顾每只小艇向它投来的枪矛，似乎只是专心一意地要把做成小艇的每块船板都给摧毁。可是，那些小艇使用巧妙的策略，不停地旋来转去，象是战场上的训练有素的战马。三只小艇暂时总算使它穷于应付；然而，跟它始终只有一块船板的距离；亚哈那怕人的叫喊声，冲散了别人的叫喊声，听来听去始终只有他的嚷叫声。