英語(yǔ)聽(tīng)書《白鯨記》第595期
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(shuō)，因?yàn)橐环N深沉的靜寂，雖然是暴風(fēng)雨的明顯的前奏和預(yù)兆，卻也許比暴風(fēng)雨本身更為令人可畏；因?yàn)椋聦?shí)上，靜寂就正是暴風(fēng)雨的外表和表皮，把暴風(fēng)雨包藏在它本身中，正如那看似并無(wú)大害的來(lái)福槍，卻裝著致命的火藥。彈丸和炸藥一樣；因此，當(dāng)捕鯨索在沒(méi)有實(shí)際發(fā)生作用之前，悄悄地盤繞在槳手的身上時(shí)，它那種優(yōu)雅自若的架勢(shì)，就是遠(yuǎn)比這種危險(xiǎn)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(guò)等到突然讓死神倏地捉住了，人類這才體會(huì)到了生命那種悄然而來(lái)的、難以索解的卻又永遠(yuǎn)存在的危險(xiǎn)。如果你是個(gè)哲學(xué)家，那么，盡管你是坐在捕鯨小艇上，你還是會(huì)象晚上坐在爐前，旁邊擱著一支火鉗，而不是一支標(biāo)槍那樣，心中毫無(wú)畏懼的。
Chapter 61 Stubb Kills a Whale
第六十一章 斯塔布?xì)⑺酪粭l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(shuō)，在斯達(dá)巴克看來(lái)，那只幽靈似的大烏賊是種不祥之物，那么，在魁魁格看來(lái)，它可完全是另外一種東西了。
