英語聽書《白鯨記》第595期

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Again: as the profound calm which only apparently precedes and prophesies of the storm, is perhaps more awful than the storm itself; for, indeed, the calm is but the wrapper and envelope of the storm; and contains it in itself, as the seemingly harmless rifle holds the fatal powder, and the ball, and the explosion; so the graceful repose of the line, as it silently serpentines about the oarsmen before being brought into actual play-- this is a thing which carries more of true terror than any other aspect of this dangerous affair. But why say more? All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, everpresent perils of life. And if you be a philosopher, though seated in the whale-boat, you would not at heart feel one whit more of terror, than though seated before your evening fire with a poker, and not a harpoon, by your side.

再說，因為一種深沉的靜寂，雖然是暴風雨的明顯的前奏和預(yù)兆，卻也許比暴風雨本身更為令人可畏；因為，事實上，靜寂就正是暴風雨的外表和表皮，把暴風雨包藏在它本身中，正如那看似并無大害的來福槍，卻裝著致命的火藥。彈丸和炸藥一樣；因此，當捕鯨索在沒有實際發(fā)生作用之前，悄悄地盤繞在槳手的身上時，它那種優(yōu)雅自若的架勢，就是遠比這種危險事件的任何方面都更具有真正恐怖的東西。但是，為什么還要多嚕蘇呢？人類都是生活在捕鯨索的包圍里。人類都是天生就在脖子上套著絞索的；只不過等到突然讓死神倏地捉住了，人類這才體會到了生命那種悄然而來的、難以索解的卻又永遠存在的危險。如果你是個哲學(xué)家，那么，盡管你是坐在捕鯨小艇上，你還是會象晚上坐在爐前，旁邊擱著一支火鉗，而不是一支標槍那樣，心中毫無畏懼的。

Chapter 61 Stubb Kills a Whale

第六十一章 斯塔布殺死一條鯨

If to Starbuck the apparition of the Squid was a thing of portents, to Queequeg it was quite a different object.

如果說，在斯達巴克看來，那只幽靈似的大烏賊是種不祥之物，那么，在魁魁格看來，它可完全是另外一種東西了。