英語聽書《白鯨記》 第240期

Frighted Jonah trembles. and summoning all hisboldness to his face, only looks so much the more acoward. He will not confess himself suspected; butthat itself is strong suspicion. So he makes the bestof it; and when the sailors find him not to be theman that is advertised, they let him pass, and hedescends into the cabin.

膽戰(zhàn)心驚的約拿發(fā)抖了,他雖然臉上拼命裝得很大膽,卻更顯得他是個膽小鬼。雖然他還不肯承認人家懷疑他了,但是,他那副樣子就是叫人懷疑的充分證據(jù)。他就這樣拼命裝模作樣;等到水手們認為他并不是那張告示上要捉拿的人時,他們也就讓他走過去,下到艙里去了。

"Who's there?cries the Captain at his busy desk, hurriedly making out his papers for theCustoms-Who's there?Oh! how that harmless question mangles Jonah! For the instant healmost turns to flee again. But he rallies.I seek a passage in this ship to Tarshish; how soon sailye, sir?Thus far the busy Captain had not looked up to Jonah, though the man now standsbefore him; but no sooner does he hear that hollow voice, than he darts a scrutinizingglance.We sail with the next coming tide,at last he slowly answered, still intently eyeing him.'No sooner, sir?Soon enough for any honest man that goes a passenger.Ha!Jonah, that's anotherstab. But he swiftly calls away the Captain from that scent.I'll sail with ye,he says,the passagemoney how much is that?I'll pay now.For it is particularly written, shipmates, as if it were athing not to be overlooked in this history, 'that he paid the fare thereof' ere the craft did sail.

"誰呀?,那個正在寫字臺邊忙著的船長嚷道,他正在匆忙填寫關單...誰呀?啊,這句毫無惡意的問話可把約拿嚇得多厲害!當時他幾乎就要轉身溜了。但是,他總算鼓足了勇氣。我想乘這只船到他施去,請問多久才開船,先生?直到那時,那個忙得團團轉的船長還沒有抬起頭來看他,雖然約拿就正站在他面前;但是,他一聽到那種虛偽的聲音,就連忙抬起頭來仔細一看。潮水一漲我們就開船,最后他慢吞吞地答道,眼睛還是盯著他看。不能再早些開么,先生?對于任何一個正當?shù)穆每驼f來,這已經(jīng)是夠早的了。哈!約拿呀,這又是暗箭一支。但是,他趕緊引開船長的嗅覺。我就乘你的船吧...他說...票價,要多少錢?我現(xiàn)在就付。因為這是特別寫在《圣經(jīng)》上的,船友們,仿佛它是這個故事所不能忽略的東西,在開船前,他就給了船錢,上了船。上下文一串起來,這就含義深刻了.