英語(yǔ)聽書《白鯨記》第739期
And besides other reasons, to this conclusion I am impelled,
撇開其它一切理由，
by considerations touching the great inherent dignity and sublimity of the Sperm Whale;
我是由于考慮到抹香鯨本身具有無(wú)限威嚴(yán)與雄壯的氣概，而不得不下這個(gè)結(jié)論的；
I account him no common, shallow being,
我認(rèn)為它不是普通淺薄的東西，
inasmuch As It Is an undisputed fact that he is never found on soundings, or near shores; all other whales sometimes are.
因?yàn)?，無(wú)可爭(zhēng)辯的，它決不象其它一般鯨那樣，可以在水深的地方或者在岸邊讓人們發(fā)現(xiàn)到。
He is both ponderous and profound.
它是既穩(wěn)重又具有深謀遠(yuǎn)慮的動(dòng)物。
And I am convinced that from the heads of all ponderous profound beings, such as Plato, Pyrrho, the Devil, Jupiter, Dante, and so on,
我認(rèn)為，在一切既穩(wěn)重而又有深謀遠(yuǎn)慮的人們的腦袋里，象柏拉圖，皮洛（懷疑主義的始創(chuàng)者），閻王，天神，但丁（意大利詩(shī)人）等等，
there always goes up a certain semi-visible steam, while in the act of thinking deep thoughts.
當(dāng)他們正在思索奧妙的問(wèn)題時(shí)，總會(huì)冒起一股隱約可見的霧氣來(lái)。
While composing a little treatise on Eternity, I had the curiosity to place a mirror before me;
我在構(gòu)思一篇《論靈魂不滅》的小文章的時(shí)候，就曾經(jīng)好奇地在我面前擺著一面鏡子；
and ere long saw reflected there, a curious involved worming and undulation in the atmosphere over my head.
于是，不久就看到那里面反映出：一陣古怪的煙氣在我頭頂四周繚繞起伏。
The invariable moisture of my hair, while plunged in deep thought, after six cups of hot tea in my thin shingled attic, of an August noon;
我在八月的正午，在我那間簡(jiǎn)陋的閣樓里，喝了六大杯熱茶后沉思苦想時(shí)，頭發(fā)里就一定是濕漉漉的；
this seems an additional argument for the above supposition.
這似乎又為上邊的假設(shè)增添一個(gè)論據(jù)了。
And how nobly it raises our conceit of the mighty, misty monster, to behold him solemnly sailing through a calm tropical sea;
看到大鯨威風(fēng)十足地游過(guò)熱帶那種風(fēng)平浪靜的海洋時(shí)，這只魁梧而迷蒙蒙的巨獸，可一下子教我們激起了多么壯麗的幻想。
his vast, mild head overhung by a canopy of vapor, engendered by his incommunicable contemplations,
在它那碩大、柔和的頭頂，由于它那無(wú)法言傳的沉思默想而掛著一頂霧氣重重的華蓋，
and that vapor— as you will sometimes see it—glorified by a rainbow, as if Heaven itself had put its seal upon his thoughts.
而那種霧氣——你有時(shí)看得到——又被虹彩照耀得光輝燦爛，仿佛上天已經(jīng)批準(zhǔn)它的思想似的。
