Audiobook Dictation: “At the prow I carved the…”

At the prow I carved the head with open mouth and forked tongue thrust out.

在船头，我雕了一个张着嘴、吐出分叉舌头的龙头。

"'There, stand so!' I said, 'and glare and hiss at my foes.'

“‘好，就这样立着！’我说，‘对我的敌人怒目而视、嘶嘶作响吧。’

There I put the pilot's seat and a strong tiller for the rudder.

在那里我装了舵手的座位和一根结实的舵柄。

On the breast and sides I carved the dragon's scales.

在船胸和两侧，我雕上了龙鳞。

"The night that it was finished I went to my father's feast.

“船完工的那天夜里，我去赴父亲的宴席。

"'This is my vow: I will sail to Norway and I will harry the coast and fill my boat with riches.

“‘这是我的誓言：我要扬帆去挪威，劫掠那里的海岸，用财宝装满我的船。

Then I will get me a farm and will winter in that land.

然后我要在那片土地上弄一座农庄，在那里过冬。

Now who will follow me?'

现在，谁愿意跟随我？’

"But others jumped to their feet with their mead-horns in their hands. Thirty men, one after another, raised their horns and said:

“但另一些人手持蜜酒角杯一跃而起。三十个人一个接一个举起角杯，说道：

"On the next morning we got into my dragon and started.

“第二天早上，我们登上我的龙船出发了。