英语听书《白鲸记》第357期

Nevertheless, ere long, the warm, warblingpersuasiveness of the pleasant, holiday weather wecame to, seemed gradually to charm him from hismood. For, as when the red-cheeked, dancing girls,April and May, trip home to the wintry, misanthropicwoods; even the barest, ruggedest, most thunder-cloven old oak will at least send forth some fewgreen sprouts, to welcome such gladheartedvisitants; so Ahab did, in the end, a little respond tothe playful allurings of that girlish air. More thanonce did he put forth the faint blossom of a look,which, in any other man, would have soon flowered out in a smile.

然而,不久,我们所碰到的这种愉快兴奋的。鸟啭莺啼的激人心弦的暖和天气,似乎也慢慢地挑动他的心情了。因为,这时就象是四月五月这两个双颊鲜红。蹦蹦跳跳的姑娘回到那冬天的,令人嫌恶的树林的老家一样;连光秃秃最难看的。树皮开裂打皱的老?树,至少也抽出几根嫩绿的新芽,来欢迎这两个心畅神怡的来客;因此,到最后,亚哈也这样的跟那嬉戏诱人的女孩似的天气有点两相投合了。他的脸上不只一次地微显快意,而且那张脸,如果换成任何其他一个人,准会立刻粲然一笑。