英语听书《白鲸记》第89期

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But all we said, not a word could we drag out of him; I almost felt like pushing him over, so as to change his position,  魁魁格不回答任何人的问题。我真想一下子把他推倒，

for it was almost intolerable, it seemed so painfully and unnaturally² constrained³; especially, as in all probability he had been sitting so for upwards⁴ of eight or ten hours,  他这么坐了八九个小时了，滴水未进，

going too without his regular meals.  肯定已经精疲力竭了。

Mrs. Hussey, said I, he's ALIVE at all events; so leave us, if you please, and I will see to this strange affair myself.  噢，胡赛太太，无论如何他还活着，让我来处理吧，您请自便。 

Closing the door upon the landlady, I endeavored to prevail upon Queequeg to take a chair; but in vain.  老板娘听我这么说，就走了。我关上门，想说服魁魁格休息一下，可他还是一动不动，

There he sat; and all he could do—for all my polite arts and blandishments, 唉，也许他这种每年一次的斋戒就应该一丝不动地呆上一天呢！

he would not move a peg⁵, nor say a single word, nor even look at me, nor notice my presence in the slightest way.  眼皮抬也不抬，好像我根本不存在。 

I wonder, thought I, if this can possibly be a part of his Ramadan; do they fast on their hams that way in his native island.  我不应该打扰他，他迟早会起来的，他不会永远这么呆下去的。 

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