英语听书《白鲸记》第291期
英语课
Bildad, cried Captain Peleg, at it again, Bildad, eh? 比勒达,法勒船长嚷道,又在念啦,比勒达,是吗?
Ye have been studying those Scriptures 1, now, for the last thirty years, to my certain knowledge. How far ye got, Bildad? 就我所知,你已经把这些圣书研究了三十年啦。你研究到哪儿啦,比勒达?
As if long habituated to such profane 2 talk from his old shipmate, Bildad, 比勒达仿佛已经听惯了他的老船友这种不敬之词了,
without noticing his present irreverence 3, quietly looked up, and seeing me, glanced again inquiringly towards Peleg. 他一点也不理会,一言不发地抬起头来,一看到我,就又带着盘问的神情再望一望法勒。
He says he's our man, Bildad, said Peleg, he wants to ship. 他说他要做我们的船员,比勒达,法勒说,他要我们雇他。
Dost thee? said Bildad, in a hollow tone, and turning round to me. 你要吗?比勒达声气空泛,转身对我说。
I dost, said I unconsciously, he was so intense a Quaker. 我要,我不自觉地说,他是个这么认真的桂克。
What do ye think of him, Bildad? said Peleg. 你觉得他怎样,比勒达?法勒说。
He'll do, said Bildad, eyeing me, and then went on spelling away at his book in a mumbling 4 tone quite audible. 他行。比勒达瞧了我一眼后说,又继续念他的书,喃喃的声音,清晰可闻。
I thought him the queerest old Quaker I ever saw, especially as Peleg, his friend and old shipmate, seemed such a blusterer 5. 我认为他是我平生所见的一个最古怪的老桂克,尤其是因为他的朋友兼老船友法勒却似乎是一个性格非常暴躁的人。
But I said nothing, only looking round me sharply. 但是,我什么也不说,只是机警地四下望望。
Peleg now threw open a chest, and drawing forth 6 the ship's articles, placed pen and ink before him, and seated himself at a little table. 法勒这时打开了一只箱子,拿出船上的契约来,把笔和墨水放在面前,傍着一只小桌子坐下来。
I began to think it was high time to settle with myself at what terms I would be willing to engage for the voyage. 我心里开始想,这该是我自己决定的时候了,我该按什么条款才愿意应承这次航行。
I was already aware that in the whaling business they paid no wages; 我早已知道,在捕鲸业中,是不付工资的;
but all hands, including the captain, received certain shares of the profits called lays, 大家都是分取一定的份数。叫做拆账的红利,
and that these lays were proportioned to the degree of importance pertaining 7 to the respective duties of the ship's company. 我也知道,这种拆账是按船上各人的职责大小来分的。
经文，圣典( scripture的名词复数 )； 经典
- Here the apostle Peter affirms his belief that the Scriptures are 'inspired'. 使徒彼得在此表达了他相信《圣经》是通过默感写成的。
- You won't find this moral precept in the scriptures. 你在《圣经》中找不到这种道德规范。
adj.亵神的，亵渎的；vt.亵渎，玷污
- He doesn't dare to profane the name of God.他不敢亵渎上帝之名。
- His profane language annoyed us.他亵渎的言语激怒了我们。
n.不尊敬
- True irreverence is disrespect for another man's god.真正的大不敬是不尊重别人的神。
- Mark Twain said irreverence is the champion of liberty,if not its only defender.马克·吐温说过，不敬若不是自由唯一的捍卫者，也会是它的拥护者。
含糊地说某事，叽咕，咕哝( mumble的现在分词 )
- I could hear him mumbling to himself. 我听到他在喃喃自语。
- He was still mumbling something about hospitals at the end of the party when he slipped on a piece of ice and broke his left leg. 宴会结束时，他仍在咕哝着医院里的事。说着说着，他在一块冰上滑倒，跌断了左腿。
adv.向前；向外，往外
- The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
- He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
与…有关系的，附属…的，为…固有的(to)
- Living conditions are vastly different from those pertaining in their country of origin. 生活条件与他们祖国大不相同。
- The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school. 视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
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