英語聽書《白鯨記》第856期

But this was very far North, be it remembered, where beer agrees well with the constitution; upon the Equator, in our southern fishery, beer would be apt to make the harpooneer sleepy at the mast-head and boozy in his boat; and grievous loss might ensue to Nantucket and New Bedford.

請記住，這是極北的地區(qū)，在那里，啤酒很適宜他們的體質；反之，在赤道線上，在我們南海的捕鯨業(yè)中，啤酒很會叫標槍手們在桅頂上打瞌睡，醉倒在小艇上，可能還會使南塔開特和新貝德福遭致慘重的損失。

But no more; enough has been said to show that the old Dutch whalers of two or three centuries ago were high livers; and that the English whalers have not neglected so excellent an example. For, say they, when cruising in an empty ship, if you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least. And this empties the decanter.

好吧，不再說下去了；這已盡夠說明二三百年前的荷蘭捕鯨船是多么奢侈；盡夠說明英國的捕鯨船并沒有忽略這么卓越的先例。因為，據(jù)說，在空船巡游時，如果找不到什么更好的東西的話，那么，至少也要找到一頓好飯菜。于是，就把圓酒瓶都喝空了。

Chapter 102 A Bower in the Arsacides

第一百零二章 在阿薩西提（阿薩西提——所羅門島南邊的一個群島。它同時也是公元前250—公元226年的巴提亞帝國的一個朝代。）的樹蔭處

Hitherto, in descriptively treating of the Sperm Whale, I have chiefly dwelt upon the marvels of his outer aspect; or separately and in detail upon some few interior structural features. But to a large and thorough sweeping comprehension of him, it behoves me now to unbutton him still further, and untagging the points of his hose, unbuckling his garters, and casting loose the hooks and the eyes of the joints of his innermost bones, set him before you in his ultimatum; that is to say, in his unconditional skeleton.

迄今為止，有關抹香鯨的描述，我大都談了它那外表的奇跡；也可以說，已經(jīng)分別詳細談過它一些內部結構的特點。但為了對它作一番廣泛而透徹的了解，我現(xiàn)在應該更進一步地解開它的鈕扣，脫掉它的襪子，卸掉它的寬緊帶，敲開它那最底里的骨柝中的銅絲鉤，叫它最后對你投降，就是說，要它無條件地獻出它的骨架來。

But how now, Ishmael? How is it, that you, a mere oarsman in the fishery, pretend to know aught about the subterranean parts of the whale?

可是，這是怎么回事，以實瑪利？你不過是捕魚業(yè)中一個小小的槳手，怎么竟裝得對大鯨的全身秘密都完全懂得啦？

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