英語聽書《白鯨記》第203期

No, he answered, generally he's an early bird--airleyto bed and airley to rise--yea, he's the bird whatcatches the worm.

不,他答道,他平常是只早更鳥...早睡早起...對啦,他就是那種捉得到蟲兒的早更鳥...

But to-night he went out a peddling, you see, and Idon't see what on airth keeps him so late, unless,may be, he can't sell his head.

不過今天晚上,你知道,他出去兜賣東西,我也不知道究竟有什么了不起的事兒弄得他這么晚,要么是,他的頭賣不掉了。

Can't sell his head?--What sort of a bamboozingly story is this you are telling me? getting into atowering rage.

他的頭賣不掉了?你這是在對我耍什么大花招?我不禁火冒三丈。

Do you pretend to say, landlord, that this harpooneer is actually engaged this blessedSaturday night, or rather Sunday morning, in peddling his head around this town?

老板,你是不是當(dāng)真說,這個(gè)標(biāo)槍手確實(shí)是老在這個(gè)吉利的禮拜六晚上,或者不如說在禮拜日早晨,在這城里到處兜賣他的頭嗎?

That's precisely it, said the landlord, and I told him he couldn't sell it here, the market'soverstocked.

正是這樣,店老板說,我還對他說,在這里是銷不掉的,市面上存貨太多了。

With what? shouted I.

是什么太多?我嚷道。

With heads to be sure; ain't there too many heads in the world?

當(dāng)然是頭嘍;世界上的頭不是太多了嗎?

I tell you what it is, landlord, said I quite calmly, you'd better stop spinning that yarn to me-I'm not green.

我老實(shí)告訴你,老板,我相當(dāng)鎮(zhèn)靜地說,你還是別同我胡扯的好...我可不是那種綠滴滴的嫩枝。