英語(yǔ)聽書《白鯨記》第357期

Nevertheless, ere long, the warm, warblingpersuasiveness of the pleasant, holiday weather wecame to, seemed gradually to charm him from hismood. For, as when the red-cheeked, dancing girls,April and May, trip home to the wintry, misanthropicwoods; even the barest, ruggedest, most thunder-cloven old oak will at least send forth some fewgreen sprouts, to welcome such gladheartedvisitants; so Ahab did, in the end, a little respond tothe playful allurings of that girlish air. More thanonce did he put forth the faint blossom of a look,which, in any other man, would have soon flowered out in a smile.

然而,不久,我們所碰到的這種愉快興奮的。鳥囀鶯啼的激人心弦的暖和天氣,似乎也慢慢地挑動(dòng)他的心情了。因?yàn)?這時(shí)就象是四月五月這兩個(gè)雙頰鮮紅。蹦蹦跳跳的姑娘回到那冬天的,令人嫌惡的樹林的老家一樣;連光禿禿最難看的。樹皮開裂打皺的老?樹,至少也抽出幾根嫩綠的新芽,來(lái)歡迎這兩個(gè)心暢神怡的來(lái)客;因此,到最后,亞哈也這樣的跟那嬉戲誘人的女孩似的天氣有點(diǎn)兩相投合了。他的臉上不只一次地微顯快意,而且那張臉,如果換成任何其他一個(gè)人,準(zhǔn)會(huì)立刻粲然一笑。