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《The Old Man and the Sea》Chapter 3—1
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老人想：或许，只要我能稍稍加大压力，说不定它就会跳上来。Maybe if I can increase the tension just a little it will hurt him and he will jump, he thought.
既然现在已是白天，就让它跳上来吧；这样就能将空气填满贯穿其脊背的袋子，如此一来它便无法再潜得更深，直至丧命。Now that it is daylight let him jump so that he'll fill the sacks along his backbone with air and then he cannot go deep to die.
老人试图进一步增加拉力，但自从钩住这条鱼以来，钓线都已经紧绷到了“即将达到突发点”的极限；He tried to increase the tension, but the line had been taut up to the very edge of the breaking point since he had hooked the fish
当老人向后用力拉时，他感受到了其中的阻力；他知道，自己不能再施加更大的压力了。and he felt the harshness as he leaned back to pul and knew he could put no more train on it.
老人心想：我绝对不能下狠手猛拉它。
I must not jerk it ever, he though.
每一次的拉扯，都会加大钩子造成的切口；而一旦大鱼突然弹起，就可能会脱钩。Each jerk widens the way I feel better cut the hook makes and ther with when he the sun and for once I do not no does jump he might throw it.
不管怎样，有阳光相伴让我感觉好些了；而且这一次，我无需再盯着水面看。Anyway I feel better with the sun and for I do not have to look into it.
鱼线上，有黄色的海草；但老人知道，这反而会增加阻力，他对此感到满意。There was yellow weed on the line but the old man knew that only made an added drag and he was pleased.
正是这种黄色的墨西哥湾海草，在夜晚产生着如此多的磷光。It was the yellow Gulf weed that had made so much phosphorescence in the night.
老人自言自语地说道：“鱼，我非常爱你、并且很尊重你。但在这一天结束之前，我会把你杀死。”("Fish," he said, "I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends.")
希望如此，他想。
Let us hope so, he thought.
一只小鸟，从北方朝小船飞来。它是一只莺鸟，低空在水面上飞行。老人看得出，这鸟非常疲惫。A small bird came toward the skiff from the north. He was a warbler and flying very low over the water. The old man could see that he was very tired.
鸟停在船尾，然后飞到老人的头顶，在那里休息。接着又绕着老人的头飞来飞去，并落在了它感觉更为舒适的地方。The bird made the stern of the boat and rested there. Then he flew around the old man's head and rested on the line where he was more comfortable.
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老人问鸟：“你多大了？这是你的愉快旅行吗？”他说这话时，鸟儿望着他。"How old are you?" The old man asked the bird. "Is this your first trip?" The bird looked at him when he spoke.
老人太累了，无法控制鱼线，只能用纤细的脚紧紧抓住它，身体在上面摇晃。He was too tired even to examine the line and he teetered on it as his delicate feet gripped it fast.
老人告诉鸟儿：“风很稳，太稳了。在无风的夜晚之后，你该累了。鸟儿们来这，做甚？”
"It's steady," the old man told him. "It's too steady. You shouldn't be that tired after a windless night. What are birds coming to？"
老人想到的是，那些飞到海上来迎接它们的鹰。但他没有对那只“无论如何都听不懂他话的鸟”说这些，因为这只鸟很快就会知道关于鹰的事情。The hawks, he thought, that come out to sea to meet them. But he said nothing of this to the bird who could not understand him a anyway and who would learn about the hawks soon enough.
老人说：“好好休息一下，小鸟；然后，像人、鸟或鱼一样，去抓住机会。”这让他鼓起勇气说话，因为他的背部在晚上僵硬了，现在真的疼。"Take a good rest, small bird," he said."Then go in and take yo chance like any man or bird or fish." It encouraged him to talk because his back had stiffened in the night and it hurt truly now.
接着又说：“如果你愿意，就待在我家吧，小鸟。很抱歉，我不能撑起帆，带你顺着微风而上；但我正和一个朋友在一起。”("Stay at my house if you like, bird," he said."I am sorry I cannot hoist the sail and take you in with the small breeze that is rising. But I am with a friend.")
就在这时，鱼突然猛地一跳，将老人拉向船头，险些把他掀翻。如果，不是他紧紧地抓着船舷、并放出一些线，肯定就被甩出去了。Just then the fish gave a sudden lurch that pulled the old man down onto the bow and would have pulled him overboard if he had not braced himself and given some line.
当鱼线猛地一抽时，鸟已经飞走了，老人甚至还没来得及看见它。他用右手小心地摸了摸鱼线，发现自己的手正在流血。The bird had flown up when the line jerked and the old man had not even seen him go. He felt the line carefully with his right hand and noticed his hand was bleeding.
老人大声说道：“当时有东西伤到了它！”并用力拉紧钓线，试图将鱼扭转过来。"Something hurt him then," he said aloud and pulled back on the line to see if he could turn the fish.
但当他的手触及到拉力极限时，他稳住了身形，并承受住了钓线的拉力。But when he was touching the breaking point he held steady and settled back against the strain of the line.
老人说：“鱼儿啊，你现在感觉到了吧？而我呢，上帝知道，我也一样。”("You're feeling it now, fish," he said. "And so, God knows, am I.")
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老人，现在四处寻找那只鸟；因为希望它可以陪伴自己。而那只鸟，已经不见了。He looked around for the bird now because he would have liked him for company. The the bird was gone.
老人心想：你停留的时间并不长。但前往目的地途中确实颇为艰辛，直到你抵达岸边为止。You did not stay long, the man thought. But it is rougher where you are going until you make the shore.
我怎么就让那条鱼，用那一下猛烈的拉扯伤到了呢？我肯定变得特愚蠢了。How did I let the fish cut me with that one quick pull he made？I must be getting very stupid.
或许，我那时正注视着那只小鸟，满脑子都在想着它。Or perhaps I was looking at the small bird and thinking of him.
现在，我需专心于自己的工作；然后必须吃掉这条金枪鱼，这样才不会体力不支。Now I will pay attention to my work and then I must eat the tuna so that I will not have a failure of strength.
老人再一次大声说道：“真希望那个男孩能在这里，而且我还能有些盐。”("I wish the boy were here and that I had some salt," he said aloud.)
老人，将钓线的重量转移到左肩上，小心翼翼地跪下来，在海洋中洗了洗手，并将手浸在水中；Shifting the weight of the line to his left shoulder and kneeling carefully he washed his hand in the ocean and held it there, submerged,
持续了一分多钟后，老人观察着血迹逐渐消散，以及随着船体移动时，水对手掌的平稳拍打动作。for more than a minute watching the blood trail away and the steady movement of the water against his hand as the boat moved.
老人说：“它慢了很多。”
"He has slowed much," he said.
这位老人，原本很想继续把手留在盐水里多待一会儿，但他担心鱼儿会再次突然猛冲过来；于是，站起身来做好心理准备，并将手举到阳光下。The old man would have liked to keep his hand in the salt water longer but he was afraid of another sudden lurch by the fish and he stood up and braced himself and held his hand up against the sun.
这只不过是一道划伤，只是切入了他的皮肤而已。但这伤口位于手部的活动部位。It was only a line burn that had cut his flesh. But it was in the working part of his hand.
老人知道，在此事结束之前，自己肯定得用到双手；而他并不想在这事开始之前，就失去了双手。He knew he would need his hands before this was over and he did not like to be cut before it started.
当老人的手干了，他说：“现在，我必须吃掉小金枪鱼。我可以用钩子抓住它，并在这里舒适地吃掉。"Now," he said, when his hand had dried, "I must eat the small tuna. I can reach him with the gaff and eat him here in comfort."
………………未完待续………………