英语听书《白鲸记》第125期
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That was my first kick. 屁股上就挨了重重的一踢！
Is that the way they heave in the marchant service? he roared. 混蛋，在商船上你就是这么干活的吗？
Spring, thou sheep-head; spring, and break thy backbone 1! Why don't ye spring, I say, all of ye—spring! 他对着我破口大骂，马上就又扭向了别的水手，不依不饶地吼着。 使劲绞，笨蛋！
Quohog! spring, thou chap with the red whiskers; spring there, Scotch-cap; spring, thou green pants. 绞呵，你，刮荷格，
Spring, I say, all of ye, and spring your eyes out! 你这个红胡子鬼，绞啊！
And so saying, he moved along the windlass, here and there using his leg very freely, while imperturbable 2 Bildad kept leading off with his psalmody. 他边说边走，脚落在几乎每个人的屁股上。
Thinks I, Captain Peleg must have been drinking something to-day. 在比勒达船长的歌声中，在法勒船长的叫骂声中，
At last the anchor was up, the sails were set, and off we glided 3. 裴廓德号起了锚，扬了帆，驶上了荒凉的大海。
It was a short, cold Christmas; and as the short northern day merged 4 into night, we found ourselves almost broad upon the wintry ocean, 时值隆冬，圣诞节将至，船舷上的冰栏，
whose freezing spray cased us in ice, as in polished armor. 像一排大白象牙，在月光中闪着冰冷的光。
n.脊骨，脊柱，骨干；刚毅，骨气
- The Chinese people have backbone.中国人民有骨气。
- The backbone is an articulate structure.脊椎骨是一种关节相连的结构。
adj.镇静的
- Thomas,of course,was cool and aloof and imperturbable.当然，托马斯沉着、冷漠，不易激动。
- Edward was a model of good temper and his equanimity imperturbable.爱德华是个典型的好性子，他总是沉着镇定。
v.滑动( glide的过去式和过去分词 )；掠过；（鸟或飞机 ） 滑翔
- The President's motorcade glided by. 总统的车队一溜烟开了过去。
- They glided along the wall until they were out of sight. 他们沿着墙壁溜得无影无踪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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