英语听书《白鲸记》第322期

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Once more we quitted him; but once more he came softly after us; and touching¹ my shoulder again, said, See if you can find 'em now, will ye?Find who? 我们又跟他分开了;但是,他又悄悄地跟上了我们;又碰起我的肩膀来,说,你试试看,现在可还找得到他们,好吗?找谁呀?

Morning to ye! morning to ye! he rejoined, again moving off. Oh! I was going to warn ye against-but never mind, never mind-it's all one, all in the family too; 祝你们早上好!祝你们早上好!他回答后,又走开了。啊!我想告诫你们...不过,不打紧,不打紧...都是一个,也都是自家人;

sharp frost this morning, ain't it? Good-bye to ye. Shan't see ye again very soon, I guess; unless it's before the Grand Jury.  今儿早上的霜很重吧,可不是吗?再见。我想不会很快就跟你们再见面的;除非是到大陪审团,跟前去碰头。

And with these cracked words he finally departed, leaving me, for the moment, in no small wonderment at his frantic² impudence³. 他说完这些疯疯癫癫的话后,终于走开了,一时间教我对着他那发狂似的冒失行为,惊讶不已。

At last, stepping on board the Pequod, we found everything in profound quiet, not a soul moving.  最后,我们跨上了裴廓德号,发觉四周非常静寂,一个人影子都没有。

The cabin entrance was locked within; the hatches were all on, and lumbered⁴ with coils of rigging.Going forward to the forecastle, we found the slide of the scuttle⁵ open.  舱口打里面反锁着;舱盖都盖起着,乱堆着一捆捆的绳索。再走到船头楼那边,我们看见小舱口的盖板开着。

Seeing a light, we went down, and found only an old rigger there, wrapped in a tattered⁶ pea-jacket.  我们一看到下面有灯光,就走了下去,却看到只有一个老索匠在那儿,裹着一件稀烂的厚呢上装。

He was thrown at whole length upon two chests, his face downwards⁷ and inclosed in his folded arms.The profoundest slumber⁸ slept upon him. 他僵挺挺地扑在两口箱子上,他的脸朝下,胸口压在交叉的胳膊上。他睡得挺香。

Those sailors we saw, Queequeg, where can they have gone to? said I, looking dubiously⁹ at the sleeper¹⁰.  我们刚才看到的那些水手,都到哪里去啦?魁魁格,我疑惑地望着那个睡着的人,说道。

But it seemed that, when on the wharf¹¹, Queequeg had not at all noticed what I now alluded¹² to;  但是,看来刚才在码头上的时候,魁魁格根本就没有注意到我现在所提的这事情;

hence I would have thought myself to have been optically deceived in that matter, were it not for Elijah's otherwise inexplicable¹³ question.  因此,要不是以利亚提出了那个费解的问题,我还认为是我一时眼力恍惚所致。

But I beat the thing down; and again marking the sleeper, jocularly hinted to Queequeg that perhaps we had best sit up with the body;  但是,我把这件事搁下了;又望着那个睡觉的人,诙谐地向魁魁格暗示说,我们还是坐在这儿,守着这人;

telling him to establish himself accordingly. He put his hand upon the sleeper's rear, as though feeling if it was soft enough;  并要他也坐定下来。魁魁格却把手放在那个睡觉的人的屁股上,象在试试它够不够软似的;

and then, without more ado, sat quietly down there. 当即泰然地坐下去。

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