英語聽書《白鯨記》第89期

He hain't been a sittin' so all day, has he? said thelandlady.

你這么坐了一天了? 老板娘問。

But all we said, not a word could we drag out of him;I almost felt like pushing him over, so as to changehis position,

魁魁格不回答任何人的問題。我真想一下子把他推倒，

for it was almost intolerable, it seemed so painfullyand unnaturally constrained; especially, as in allprobability he had been sitting so for upwards of eight or ten hours,

他這么坐了八九個小時了，滴水未進(jìn)，

going too without his regular meals.

肯定已經(jīng)精疲力竭了。

Mrs. Hussey, said I, he's ALIVE at all events; so leave us, if you please, and I will see to thisstrange affair myself.

噢，胡賽太太，無論如何他還活著，讓我來處理吧，您請自便。

Closing the door upon the landlady, I endeavored to prevail upon Queequeg to take a chair;but in vain.

老板娘聽我這么說，就走了。我關(guān)上門，想說服魁魁格休息一下，可他還是一動不動，

There he sat; and all he could do—for all my polite arts and blandishments,

唉，也許他這種每年一次的齋戒就應(yīng)該一絲不動地呆上一天呢!

he would not move a peg, nor say a single word, nor even look at me, nor notice my presencein the slightest way.

眼皮抬也不抬，好像我根本不存在。

I wonder, thought I, if this can possibly be a part of his Ramadan; do they fast on their hamsthat way in his native island.

我不應(yīng)該打擾他，他遲早會起來的，他不會永遠(yuǎn)這么呆下去的。