英语听书《白鲸记》第218期

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Sixteen hours in bed! the small of my back ached to think of it.  睡十六个钟头!一想到这里,连我的腰背也痛了。

And it was so light too; the sun shining in at the window, and a great rattling² of coaches in the streets, and the sound of gay voices all over the house.  天色这么明亮;太阳正照在窗格上,街上车辆咕隆咕隆地响个不停,房子里到处是嘻嘻哈哈的欢笑声。

I felt worse and worse-at last I got up, dressed, and softly going down in my stockinged feet, sought out my stepmother, and suddenly threw myself at her feet,  我的心情越来越坏...最后我起床来,穿上衣裳,不穿鞋,只着袜,轻轻下楼,找到了我的继母,就一骨碌跪在她脚跟前,

beseeching³ her as a particular favor to give me a good slippering for my misbehaviour:  恳求她特别开恩,对我做错了事给我一顿痛打:

anything indeed but condemning⁴ me to lie abed such an unendurable length of time.  随她怎么处罚,就是别让我在这么漫长难挨的时间里去躺在床上。

But she was the best and most conscientious⁵ of stepmothers, and back I had to go to my room.  但是,她可真是个最好而最有良心的继母,我只得回到我的房间去。

For several hours I lay there broad awake, feeling a great deal worse than I have ever done since, even from the greatest subsequent misfortunes.  我眼睁睁地躺了好几个钟头,心里感到一阵从未经受过的难受,甚至比遭到一场极大的不幸还要难过。

At last I must have fallen into a troubled nightmare of a doze⁶; and slowly waking from it-half steeped in dreams-I opened my eyes,  最后,我一定是堕入一种乱七八糟的梦魇似的瞌睡里了,我又慢慢地醒来...一半还在梦里...我张开了眼睛,

and the before sunlit room was now wrapped in outer darkness. Instantly I felt a shock running through all my frame; nothing was to be seen, and nothing was to be heard;  看到刚才阳光灿烂的房间现在已被裹在外边的黑暗里了.我立刻感到周身一震;什么也看不见,什么也听不到;

but a supernatural hand seemed placed in mine.  只觉得似乎有一只神奇的手搁在我手上。

My arm hung over the counterpane, and the nameless, unimaginable, silent form or phantom⁷, to which the hand belonged, seemed closely seated by my bed-side.  我的胳膊垂在被单上,而那个有只神奇的手的.说不出的想象不出的，悄悄的身影或者是幽灵就似乎是紧挨着坐在我的床边。

For what seemed ages piled on ages, I lay there, frozen with the most awful fears, not daring to drag away my hand;  我躺在那里,似乎已是躺了不知多少年,被那种非常厉害的恐惧吓僵了,不敢挪开我的手;

yet ever thinking that if I could but stir it one single inch, the horrid⁸ spell would be broken.  然而却始终认为只要我能够把手移动一英寸,那种可怕的魔法就会消散。

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