英语听书《白鲸记》第763期
英语课
and while yet drawing mortal nourishment 1, be still spiritually feasting upon some unearthly reminiscence; 一边在吸取肉体的滋养，一边又在精神上饱享一些神秘的追怀；
even so did the young of these whales seem looking up towards us, but not at us, as if we were but a bit of Gulfweed in their new-born sight. 这些小鲸就正是这般模样，它们似乎在往上望着我们，但又不象在望着我们，因为在它们那新生的眼光中，我们这些人似乎只是一些马尾藻而已。
Floating on their sides, the mothers also seemed quietly eyeing us. 那些游在它们旁边的母亲，似乎也在悠闲地望着我们。
One of these little infants, that from certain queer tokens seemed hardly a day old, 在这些婴孩中，其中有一条，就它那奇怪的样子看来，似乎还不过是刚生下来不上一天的小鲸，
might have measured some fourteen feet in length, and some six feet in girth. 可它的身长却有十四英尺模样，腰围也有六英尺左右。
He was a little frisky 2; 这是一条活泼的小鲸；
though as yet his body seemed scarce yet recovered from that irksome position it had so lately occupied in the maternal 3 reticule; 不过因为它的身体刚离母腹不久，似乎还摆脱不掉那种令人讨厌的姿势，因为它在母体里，
where, tail to head, and all ready for the final spring, the unborn whale lies bent 4 like a Tartar's bow. 本来就从尾到头，曲得象鞑靼人的一把随时待发的弓。
The delicate side-fins, and the palms of his flukes, 它那细巧的边鳍和那裂尾片，
still freshly retained the plaited crumpled 5 appearance of a baby's ears newly arrived from foreign parts. 都还有一种婴孩耳朵的皱皱折折的外形，象是刚从什么陌生地方来的。
Line! line! cried Queequeg, looking over the gunwale; "him fast! him fast!—Who line him! Who struck?—Two whale; one big, one little!" 绳子！绳子！魁魁格打舷边望了一下，叫道，"它拴住啦！它拴住啦！——是谁拴的！是谁打的？——两条鲸；一大一小！"
What ails 6 ye, man? cried Starbuck. 你怎么啦，伙计？斯达巴克嚷道。
Look-e here, said Queequeg, pointing down. 你瞧，魁魁格指着水底里，说道。
As when the stricken whale, that from the tub has reeled out hundreds of fathoms of rope; 仿佛是一条被戳伤了的鲸，索桶里已经拉出了好几百英尺长的绳索把它拴住了；
as, after deep sounding, he floats up again, and shows the slackened curling line buoyantly rising and spiralling towards the air; 仿佛它在深潜到海底后，又浮了起来，弄得那根又松又卷的绳索，成螺旋形地直向空中浮冒起来；
n.食物，营养品；营养情况
- Lack of proper nourishment reduces their power to resist disease.营养不良降低了他们抵抗疾病的能力。
- He ventured that plants draw part of their nourishment from the air.他大胆提出植物从空气中吸收部分养分的观点。
adj.活泼的，欢闹的；n.活泼，闹着玩；adv.活泼地，闹着玩地
- I felt frisky,as if I might break into a dance.我感到很欢快，似乎要跳起舞来。
- His horse was feeling frisky,and he had to hold the reins tightly.马儿欢蹦乱跳，他不得不紧勒缰绳。
adj.母亲的，母亲般的，母系的，母方的
- He is my maternal uncle.他是我舅舅。
- The sight of the hopeless little boy aroused her maternal instincts.那个绝望的小男孩的模样唤起了她的母性。
n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的
- He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
- We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
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