英语听书《白鲸记》第897期
英语课
Chapter 109 Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin 第一百零九章 亚哈和斯达巴克在船长室里
According to usage they were pumping the ship next morning; 隔天早晨，按照习惯，他们正在抽干船里的水；
and lo! no inconsiderable oil came up with the water; the casks below must have sprung a bad leak. 嗳哟！跟水一起抽出来的，可有不少的油呀；舱里那些油桶一定豁裂得很厉害了。
Much concern was shown; and Starbuck went down into the cabin to report this unfavorable affair. 大家都很关心，于是，斯达巴克跑到下边船长室里，向亚哈报告这件不吉利的事
Footnote: In Sperm-whalemen with any considerable quantity of oil on board, （原注：装载有大量鲸油的捕抹香鲸船，
it is a regular semiweekly duty to conduct a hose into the hold, and drench 1 the casks with sea-water; 每半个星期就得用水龙带引水灌进舱里，让海水浸湿那些油桶；
which afterwards, at varying intervals 2, is removed by the ship's pumps. 之后，又在不同的时间里，再用帮浦给抽出来，
Hereby the casks are sought to be kept damply tight; 使油桶始终保持潮湿。
while by the changed character of the withdrawn 3 water, the mariners 4 readily detect any serious leakage 5 in the precious cargo 6. End of footnote. 然而，由于水一抽掉，不免又要发生变化，因此，水手们得随时检查这些贵重货物，以防严重漏损。）。
Now, from the South and West the Pequod was drawing nigh to Formosa and the Bashee Isles 7, 这时，"裴廓德号"正由西南方逐渐驶近台湾和巴士群岛，
between which lies one of the tropical outlets 8 from the China waters into the Pacific. 在这两个群岛之间，横着从中国海通向太平洋的热带的出口。
And so Starbuck found Ahab with a general chart of the oriental archipelagoes spread before him; 因此，斯达巴克看到亚哈的时候，亚哈的面前正摊着一张东方群岛全图；
and another separate one representing the long eastern coasts of the Japanese islands—Niphon, Matsmai, and Sikoke. 旁边还另外摆着一张有一串日本群岛——日本本土，松前，四国的东方沿海图。
With his snow-white new ivory leg braced 9 against the screwed leg of his table, 他那条雪白的新牙腿抵着他那只用螺丝旋牢了的桌腿，
and with a long pruning-hook of a jack-knife in his hand, 手里拿着一把张开修甲刃的小刀子，
the wondrous 10 old man, with his back to the gangway door, was wrinkling his brow, and tracing his old courses again. 这个古怪的老头，背着门口，皱起眉头，又在探索他从前的航程了。
1 drench
v.使淋透，使湿透
- He met a drench of rain.他遇上一场倾盆大雨。
- They turned fire hoses on the people and drenched them.他们将消防水管对着人们，把他们浇了个透。
2 intervals
n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 )；间隔时间；[数学]区间；（戏剧、电影或音乐会的）幕间休息
- The forecast said there would be sunny intervals and showers. 预报间晴，有阵雨。
- Meetings take place at fortnightly intervals. 每两周开一次会。
3 withdrawn
vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出
- Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
- All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。
4 mariners
海员，水手（mariner的复数形式）
- Mariners were also able to fix their latitude by using an instrument called astrolabe. 海员们还可使用星盘这种仪器确定纬度。
- The ancient mariners traversed the sea. 古代的海员漂洋过海。
5 leakage
n.漏，泄漏；泄漏物；漏出量
- Large areas of land have been contaminated by the leakage from the nuclear reactor.大片地区都被核反应堆的泄漏物污染了。
- The continuing leakage is the result of the long crack in the pipe.这根管子上的那一条裂缝致使渗漏不断。
6 cargo
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物
- The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
- A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。
7 isles
岛( isle的名词复数 )
- the geology of the British Isles 不列颠群岛的地质
- The boat left for the isles. 小船驶向那些小岛。
8 outlets
n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店
- The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
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