英語聽書《白鯨記》 第158期

And if we had a lucky voyage, might pretty nearlypay for the clothing I would wear out on it,

如果我們有一次幸運的航程,我的衣服錢就省下了,

not to speak of my three years' beef and board, forwhich I would not have to pay one stiver.

但我還可以在船上白吃白住三年呢!

It might be thought that this was a poor way toaccumulate a princely fortune—and so it was, avery poor way indeed.

可能你會說，這么掙錢也太可憐了!確實如此。

But I am one of those that never take on aboutprincely fortunes, and am quite content if the world is ready to board and lodge me,

我也從來沒有想發(fā)什么大財，在這個世界上，

while I am putting up at this grim sign of the Thunder Cloud.

有我的立錐之地便已足矣。

Upon the whole, I thought that the 275th lay would be about the fair thing,

所以，我自認為二百七十五分之一就算公平了，

but would not have been surprised had I been offered the 200th, considering I was of a broad-shouldered make.

當(dāng)然，如果再小一些，到二百分之一，那最理想!

But one thing, nevertheless, that made me a little distrustful about receiving a generousshare of the profits was this:

但有一件事,這讓我有點不信任獲得如此慷慨的利潤份額:

Ashore, I had heard something of both Captain Peleg and his unaccountable old crony Bildad;how that they being the principal proprietors of the Pequod,

在岸上我聽說過一些法勒船長和他的不負責(zé)任的老朋友比勒達;他們?nèi)绾纬蔀榕崂绿柕拇蠊蓶|,

therefore the other and more inconsiderable and scattered owners, left nearly the wholemanagement of the ship's affairs to these two.

此二人掌握著船上大到雇用什么樣的水手，小到該不該為船上采購一根繩子的所有權(quán)利。