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英语听书《白鲸记》第139期

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 THE WHALE NO FAMOUS AUTHOR, AND WHALING NO FAMOUS CHRONICLER? Who wrote the first account of our Leviathan? Who but mighty1 Job!  大概没有哪一种东西能像鲸鱼这大海兽那样，被写人《圣经·约伯记》中的了吧1

And who composed the first narrative2 of a whaling-voyage? Who, but no less a prince than Alfred the Great, who, with his own royal pen, took down the words from Other,  鲸座是天上的一个星座，捕鲸者是何等的威风也便可想而知了。
the Norwegian whale-hunter of those times! And who pronounced our glowing eulogy3 in Parliament? Who, but Edmund Burke!  还有后来英国的艾尔弗雷德大帝所编写的那些关于捕鲸的故事、埃德蒙·伯克对捕鲸者热烈的赞颂！ 
True enough, but then whalemen themselves are poor devils; they have no good blood in their veins4.  有人说捕鲸者不高雅，他们的血管里流淌的不是高贵的血。果真如此吗？非也。 
NO GOOD BLOOD IN THEIR VEINS? They have something better than royal blood there. The grandmother of Benjamin Franklin was Mary Morrel;  又有人说，捕鲸业不大体面。 本杰明·弗兰克林的奶奶就是玛丽·莫雷尔，她嫁到南塔开特以后，
afterwards, by marriage, Mary Folger, one of the old settlers of Nantucket, and the ancestress to a long line of Folgers and harpooneers 从夫姓，叫玛丽·福尔杰，她是以后福尔杰标枪手家族的女祖宗，
all kith and kin5 to noble Benjamin—this day darting6 the barbed iron from one side of the world to the other.  这些标枪手都是高贵的弗兰克林的亲戚！他们那种带倒钩的标枪如今正在世界各地的捕鲸船上飞来掷去。 

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1 mighty YDWxl     
adj.强有力的；巨大的
参考例句：
  • A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
  • The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。
2 narrative CFmxS     
n.叙述，故事；adj.叙事的，故事体的
参考例句：
  • He was a writer of great narrative power.他是一位颇有记述能力的作家。
  • Neither author was very strong on narrative.两个作者都不是很善于讲故事。
3 eulogy 0nuxj     
n.颂词；颂扬
参考例句：
  • He needs no eulogy from me or from any other man. 他不需要我或者任何一个人来称颂。
  • Mr.Garth gave a long eulogy about their achievements in the research.加思先生对他们的研究成果大大地颂扬了一番。
4 veins 65827206226d9e2d78ea2bfe697c6329     
n.纹理；矿脉( vein的名词复数 )；静脉；叶脉；纹理
参考例句：
  • The blood flows from the capillaries back into the veins. 血从毛细血管流回静脉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I felt a pleasant glow in all my veins from the wine. 喝过酒后我浑身的血都热烘烘的，感到很舒服。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 kin 22Zxv     
n.家族，亲属，血缘关系；adj.亲属关系的，同类的
参考例句：
  • He comes of good kin.他出身好。
  • She has gone to live with her husband's kin.她住到丈夫的亲戚家里去了。
6 darting darting     
v.投掷，投射( dart的现在分词 )；向前冲，飞奔
参考例句：
  • Swallows were darting through the clouds. 燕子穿云急飞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • Swallows were darting through the air. 燕子在空中掠过。 来自辞典例句

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