英语听书《白鲸记》第89期

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

你这么坐了一天了? 老板娘问。

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问题。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,

他这么坐了八九个小时了，滴水未进，

going too without his regular meals.

肯定已经精疲力竭了。

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，胡赛太太，无论如何他还活着，让我来处理吧，您请自便。

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

老板娘听我这么说，就走了。我关上门，想说服魁魁格休息一下，可他还是一动不动，

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

唉，也许他这种每年一次的斋戒就应该一丝不动地呆上一天呢!

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.

我不应该打扰他，他迟早会起来的，他不会永远这么呆下去的。