🔊 SHIPMATES! the funeral of the whale is made. His shroud is the sea; and his pall the quick, flitting schools of fish that feast on his remains. For days, if not weeks, the vast carcass floats, a hideous mass of putrefaction, upon the waves; and at last, when the bones are picked clean, they sink to the bottom, to be buried in the ooze of the deep. Thus ends the whale's long life, and thus his funeral rites are performed.

船员伙伴们！鲸鱼的葬礼已成。他的裹尸布是海洋；他的棺罩是那些以他残骸为食的、迅捷游动的鱼群。这庞大的尸身,漂浮于波涛之上,少则数日,多则数周,化作一团可怖的腐烂巨物；最终,当骨头被啃食干净,它们沉入海底,埋葬在深海的软泥中。鲸鱼漫长的生命就此终结,他的葬礼仪式亦如是告成。

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shroud /ʃraʊd/

n. 裹尸布；覆盖物➕

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pall /pɔːl/

n. 棺罩；幕；遮盖物➕

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flitting /ˈflɪtɪŋ/

adj. 快速移动的；掠过➕

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schools /skuːlz/

n. 鱼群；同类生物群➕

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carcass /ˈkɑːrkəs/

n. 动物尸体；残骸➕

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hideous /ˈhɪdiəs/

adj. 极其丑陋的；可怕的➕

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putrefaction /ˌpjuːtrɪˈfækʃn/

n. 腐败,腐烂（过程）➕

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ooze /uːz/

n. 软泥；渗出的粘稠物➕

🔊 Nor is this all. For as the whale's body decays, it becomes a source of life for countless creatures. The sharks, the hag-fish, and the sea-birds all partake of the feast. The ocean, that mighty grave, receives the remains and transforms them into new forms of existence.

然而,这远非全部。随着鲸鱼尸体的腐烂,它成为无数生物的生命之源。鲨鱼、盲鳗和海鸟都共享这场盛宴。海洋,那座强大的坟墓,接收着残骸,并将它们转化为新的存在形式。

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decays /dɪˈkeɪz/

v. 腐烂；衰败➕

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hag-fish /ˈhæɡ fɪʃ/

n. 盲鳗➕

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partake /pɑːrˈteɪk/

v. 分享；参与；吃/喝➕

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mighty /ˈmaɪti/

adj. 强大的；巨大的➕

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transforms /trænsˈfɔːrmz/

v. 改变；转变➕

🔊 Thus, in the whale's death, there is a renewal; a cycle that perpetuates the life of the sea. And so, we whalemen, who have caused this death, are but agents in this eternal process.

因此,在鲸鱼的死亡中,有着新生；一个循环,令海洋的生命得以永续。而我们捕鲸人,正是这永恒过程中的执行者。

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renewal /rɪˈnuːəl/

n. 更新；恢复；复兴➕

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cycle /ˈsaɪkl/

n. 循环；周期➕

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perpetuates /pərˈpetʃueɪts/

v. 使永久；使持续➕

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agents /ˈeɪdʒənts/

n. 代理人；动因；作用者➕

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eternal /ɪˈtɜːrnl/

adj. 永恒的；永久的➕

Chapter sixty-nine: The Funeral (第六十九章:葬礼)

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