英语听书《白鲸记》第893期
英语课
Sir?—Clay? clay, sir? That's mud; we leave clay to ditchers, sir. 先生?泥?泥,先生?那是烂泥呀;我们还是让挖阴沟的人去弄泥吧,先生。
The fellow's impious! What art thou sneezing about? 这家伙真邪恶!你干啥不断地打喷嚏?
Bone is rather dusty, sir. 骨头总是灰蒙蒙的,先生。
Take the hint, then; and when thou art dead, never bury thyself under living people's noses. 那么,记住,等你死的时候,可千万别当着活人的脸下土呀。
Sir?—oh! ah!—I guess so; so;—yes, yes—oh dear! 先生?——啊!呀!——我想是这样;不错——啊,天哪!
Look ye, carpenter, I dare say thou callest thyself a right good workmanlike workman, eh? 听着,木匠,也许你自称是个规规矩矩、正正派派的、有本领的匠人吧?
Well, then, will it speak thoroughly 1 well for thy work, if, when I come to mount this leg thou makest, 唔,那么,如果我一跨上你给我做的这条腿,是不是就可以充分表现出你的能耐,
I shall nevertheless feel another leg in the same identical place with it; 使我觉得在这个地方又长上了一条腿呢;
that is, carpenter, my old lost leg; the flesh and blood one, I mean. 嗳,木匠师傅,我说的是我先前失掉的那条腿,那条有血有肉的腿呀。
Canst thou not drive that old Adam away? 你难道不能把那个老亚当撵走吗?
Truly, sir, I begin to understand somewhat now. 啊,真的,先生,我这下可开始有点弄明白啦。
Yes, I have heard something curious on that score, sir; 不错,在这方面,我已经听到过一些希奇的说法;
how that a dismasted man never entirely 2 loses the feeling of his old spar, but it will be still pricking 3 him at times. 折桅断杆的人总是永远忘不了他的旧材,还时常刺痛着他的心呢。
May I humbly 4 ask if it be really so, sir? It is, man. 请问是不是真的这样,先生?是这样,老朋友。
Look, put thy live leg here in the place where mine once was; so, now, here is only one distinct leg to the eye, yet two to the soul. 喂,试把你那条活腿安到我从前也有一条腿的地方上看;所以么,虽然现在看来明明只有一条腿,心里记着的却是一双。
1 thoroughly
adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地
- The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
- The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。
2 entirely
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地
- The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
- His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
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