英语听书《白鲸记》第364期
英语课
Next morning Stubb accosted 1 Flask 2. 隔天早晨,斯塔布走上来对弗拉斯克说:
Such a queer dream, King-Post, I never had. You know the old man's ivory leg, well I dreamed he kicked me with it; 这样一个怪梦,中柱呀,我可从来没有做过。你总知道老头儿那条牙腿,哼,我梦到他用那条腿踢了我;
and when I tried to kick back, upon my soul, my little man, I kicked my leg right off! And then, presto 3! Ahab seemed a pyramid, and I like a blazing fool, kept kicking at it. 正当我想回踢一下,确确实实,我的小朋友,我就立刻把我的脚踢了出去!于是乎,完啦!亚哈象个金字塔,可我呀,活脱是个大傻瓜,不断地踢它。
But what was still more curious, Flask-you know how curious all dreams are--through all this rage that I was in, 可是,更奇怪的是,弗拉斯克...你知道,所有的梦都是多么奇怪的呀...我在这样满腔怒火中,却不知怎的,
I somehow seemed to be thinking to myself, that after all, it was not much of an insult, that kick from Ahab. 'Why,' thinks I, 'what's the row? 我似乎在暗自思量,认为亚哈踢我,毕竟还算不上是很大的侮辱。'怎么?我心里想,'这算什么?
It's not a real leg, only a false one.' And there's a mighty 4 difference between a living thump 5 and a dead thump. 那又不是条真腿,不过是条假腿罢了。真打跟假打,那可是大大不同的呵。
That's what makes a blow from the hand, Flask, fifty times more savage 6 to bear than a blow from a cane 7. 弗拉所克,这就是为什么吃一记拳头比吃一记手杖更要难挨五十倍的道理了。
The living member-that makes the living insult, my little man. 真正的肢体...就会给人以真正的侮辱,我的小朋友。
And thinks I to myself all the while, mind, while I was stubbing my silly toes against that cursed pyramid-so confoundedly contradictory 8 was it all, all the while, 听着,我一边用我的笨脚趾踩着那可恶的金字塔,一为一直暗自思量...这一切竟是矛盾得这么厉害,
I say, I was thinking to myself, 'what's his leg now, but a cane. a whale-bone cane. 我说,我一直在暗自思量;'他那算是什么腿,不过是根手杖...一根鲸骨手杖罢了。
Yes,' thinks I, 'it was only a playful cudgelling--in fact, only a whaleboning that he gave me-not a base kick. 不错,,我心里想,'那不过是一种开玩笑的棒打...事实上,他只是用鲸骨给我一顿敲打...并不是一种恶意的踢。
Besides,' thinks I, 'look at it once; why, the end of it--the foot part-what a small sort of end it is; 再说。,我又想,'你就看一看吧;哼,那尾梢...就是脚端的那部分...那可是多么细小的尾梢呀。
whereas, if a broad footed farmer kicked me, there's a devilish broad insult. 因此,要是一个大脚农民踢了我,那才是一种该死的大侮辱呀。
v.走过去跟…讲话( accost的过去式和过去分词 );跟…搭讪;(乞丐等)上前向…乞讨;(妓女等)勾搭
- She was accosted in the street by a complete stranger. 在街上,一个完全陌生的人贸然走到她跟前搭讪。
- His benevolent nature prevented him from refusing any beggar who accosted him. 他乐善好施的本性使他不会拒绝走上前向他行乞的任何一个乞丐。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.瓶,火药筒,砂箱
- There is some deposit in the bottom of the flask.这只烧杯的底部有些沉淀物。
- He took out a metal flask from a canvas bag.他从帆布包里拿出一个金属瓶子。
adv.急速地;n.急板乐段;adj.急板的
- With something so important,you can't just wave a wand and presto!在这么重大的问题上,你想挥动一下指挥棒,转眼就变过来,办不到!
- I just turned the piece of wire in the lock and hey presto,the door opened.我把金属丝伸到锁孔里一拧,嘿,那门就开了。
adj.强有力的;巨大的
- A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
- The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。
v.重击,砰然地响;n.重击,重击声
- The thief hit him a thump on the head.贼在他的头上重击一下。
- The excitement made her heart thump.她兴奋得心怦怦地跳。
adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人
- The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。
- He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。
n.手杖,细长的茎,藤条;v.以杖击,以藤编制的
- This sugar cane is quite a sweet and juicy.这甘蔗既甜又多汁。
- English schoolmasters used to cane the boys as a punishment.英国小学老师过去常用教鞭打男学生作为惩罚。
adj.反驳的,反对的,抗辩的;n.正反对,矛盾对立
- The argument is internally contradictory.论据本身自相矛盾。
- What he said was self-contradictory.他讲话前后不符。
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