英语听书《白鲸记》第131期
英语课
Doubtless one leading reason why the world declines honouring us whalemen, is this: 别人一定认你的脑子多少有点毛病。
they think that, at best, our vocation 1 amounts to a butchering sort of business; 人们认为我们属于屠宰业中的一支，
and that when actively 2 engaged therein, we are surrounded by all manner of defilements. 双手沾满了鲜血，身上有屠戮者的污秽和腥臭。
Butchers we are, that is true. 说我们是屠夫，也对
But butchers, also, and butchers of the bloodiest 3 badge have been all Martial 4 Commanders whom the world invariably delights to honour. 其实，人们对杀戮他们的同类的那些人反倒没有这种感觉了，他们称那些杀人如麻的家伙为将军。
And as for the matter of the alleged 5 uncleanliness of our business, ye shall soon be initiated 6 into certain facts hitherto pretty generally unknown, 和那些尸臭冲天的战场比起来，捕鲸船上滑溜溜的甲板不知要干净多少倍呢！
and which, upon the whole, will triumphantly 7 plant the sperm 8 whale-ship at least among the cleanliest things of this tidy earth. 那些操纵杀人武器的士兵们回到后方时，会受到人们的热烈欢迎，肉林酒池的招待会让他们昏昏然。
But even granting the charge in question to be true; 但也不尽然。
what disordered slippery decks of a whale-ship are comparable to the unspeakable carrion 9 of those battle-fields from which so many soldiers return to drink in all ladies' plaudits? 不过，如果让他们去面对抹香鲸的尾巴，大概没有几个还能站住脚而不瘫在地上。人类头脑中的恐怖观念，无论如何也是不能与神秘的上帝奇观相比较的。
n.职业，行业
- She struggled for years to find her true vocation.她多年来苦苦寻找真正适合自己的职业。
- She felt it was her vocation to minister to the sick.她觉得照料病人是她的天职。
adv.积极地，勤奋地
- During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
- We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。
adj.血污的( bloody的最高级 )；流血的；屠杀的；残忍的
- The Russians were going to suffer their bloodiest defeat of all before Berlin. 俄国人在柏林城下要遭到他们的最惨重的失败。 来自辞典例句
- It was perhaps the bloodiest hour in the history of warfare. 这也许是战争史上血腥味最浓的1个小时。 来自互联网
adj.战争的，军事的，尚武的，威武的
- The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
- The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。
a.被指控的，嫌疑的
- It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
- alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
ad.得意洋洋地；得胜地；成功地
- The lion was roaring triumphantly. 狮子正在发出胜利的吼叫。
- Robert was looking at me triumphantly. 罗伯特正得意扬扬地看着我。
n.精子，精液
- Only one sperm fertilises an egg.只有一个精子使卵子受精。
- In human reproduction,one female egg is usually fertilized by one sperm.在人体生殖过程中，一个精子使一个卵子受精。
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