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《The Old Man and the Sea》Chapter 3—5
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老人心想：如今已是第二日了，我却仍不知比赛的结果如何。This is the second day now that I do not know the result of the juegos, he thought.
但我必须保持信心，我也必须配得上那位伟大的迪马吉奥；即便承受着脚跟“骨刺”带来的痛楚，他仍能完美地完成每一项任务。But I must have confidence and I must be worthy of the great DiMaggio who does all things perfectly even with the pain of the bone spur in his heel.
“骨刺”是什么？老人问自己。
What is a bone spur？he asked himself.
那是一种骨头上的突起物，我们可没有这种东西。它是否像斗鸡的骨刺一样疼痛？Un espuela de hueso. We do not have them. Can it be as painful as the spur of a fighting cock in one's heel？
我不认为自己能忍受那种痛苦，或是失去一两只、乃至双眼后，仍能像斗鸡那样继续战斗。I do not think I could endure that or the loss of the eye and of both eyes and continue to fight as the fighting cocks do.
人类在伟大的鸟类和野兽面前，并不占多大优势。即便如此，我仍宁愿成为那深海黑暗中的野兽。Man is not much beside the great birds and beasts. Still I would rather be that beast down there in the darkness of the sea.
“除非鲨鱼来了！”老人大声说道：“如果鲨鱼来了，上帝怜悯我和它。”("Unless sharks come," he said aloud. "If sharks come, God pity him and me.")
你认为，伟大的迪马吉奥会像我会一直陪伴这条鱼一样，长久地留在它身边吗？Do you believe the great DiMaggio would stay with a fish as long as I will stay with this one？
老人暗自思忖道：我相信他会的，而且还会更加如此；因为，他既年轻、又强壮。He thought. I am sure he would and more since he is young and strong.
此外，他的父亲也是一名渔夫。
Also his father was a fisherman.
但骨刺，是否会给他带来过大的困扰呢？“我不知道！”老人大声说道：“我可从来没有过骨刺。”But would the bone spur hurt him too much？"I do not know," he said aloud. "I never had a bone spur."
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夕阳西下时，老人回想起在“卡萨布兰卡”那家酒馆里的时光，为了增添自己的信心，他就曾经玩过“掰手腕”游戏；As the sun set he remembered, to give himself more confidence, the time in the tavern at Casablanca when he had played the hand game
那对手是一位来自“锡安富戈斯”身材魁梧的黑人，此人当时是码头上的最强壮者。with the great negro from Cienfuegos who was the strongest man on the docks.
他们一连玩了一天一夜，肘部抵在桌上的粉笔线上，前臂笔直向上，俩人手紧握。They had gone one day and one night with their elbows on a chalk line on the table and their forearms straight up and their hands gripped tight.
双方都在努力地迫使对方的手向下倾倒，压至桌面。Each one was trying to force the other's hand down onto the table.
其间，赌注颇丰，人们在煤油灯下进进出出；老人，曾仔细观察过那个黑人的手臂和手掌，以及他的面部表情。There was much betting and people went in and out of the room under the kerosene lights and he had looked at the arm and hand of the negro and at the negro's face.
比赛开始后的前8轮过后，他们每4小时就会更换一次裁判，以便让裁判能够休息。They changed the referees every four hours after the first eight so that the referees could sleep.
从老人的手指甲和黑人双手的指甲下，都渗出了鲜血；双方选手彼此对视，同时观察着自己的双手和前臂。Blood came out from under the fingernails of both his and the negro's hands and they looked each other in the eye and at their hands and forearms
赌客们，则不断进出房间；坐在靠墙的高脚椅上，仔细观望。and the bettors went in and out of the room and sat on high chairs against the wall and watched.
墙壁被涂成了明亮的蓝色，由木材制成；灯光投下的阴影，映衬在墙壁上。The walls were painted bright blue and were of wood and the lamps threw their shadows against them.
黑人的影子，显得格外巨大；随着微风摆动灯盏时，其身影也随之在墙上移动。The negro's shadow was huge and it moved on the wall as the breeze moved the lamps.
整夜之中，胜算都会反复变化。他们为老人提供“黑奴朗姆酒”，并点燃香烟。The odds would change back and forth all night and they fed the negro rum and lighted cigarettes for him.
然后，这位黑奴在喝过“朗姆酒”后，会奋力一搏；Then the negro, after the rum, would try for a tremendous effort
一旦他成功地抓住那位当时还未显老态、实则已是“冠军圣地亚哥”的老人时，后者几乎会失去近三英寸的平衡感。and once he had the old man, who was not an old man then but was Santiago El Campeon, nearly three inches off balance.
然而，老人已再次将手抬至几乎完全平衡的位置。But the old man had raised his hand up to dead even again.
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那时候的他，很确信自己已经击败了那个黑人：而这个人，不仅是个优秀的人，也是一位出色的运动员。He was sure then that he had the negro, who was a fine man and a great athlete, beaten.
天刚亮时，赌客们纷纷要求判为平局，而裁判则是摇头表示反对；And at daylight when the bettors were asking that it be called a draw and the referee was shaking his head,
于是，老人开始全力以付，以迫使黑人的手不断被动向下压，直至触及木板。he had unleashed his effort and forced the hand of the negro down and down until it rested on the wood.
这场比赛，始于一个周日的早上，结束于一个周一的清晨。The match had started on a Sunday morning and ended on a Monday morning.
许多赌客，曾要求判为平局，因为他们得去码头工作，负责装运一袋袋的糖，或是去“哈瓦那”煤炭公司上班。Many of the bettors had asked for a draw because they had to go to work on the docks loading sacks of sugar or at the Havana Coal Company.
否则的话，所有人都会希望比赛能一直进行下去。但老人最终还是完成了比赛，而且是在所有人都“不得不”去上班之前。Otherwise everyone would have wanted it to go to a finish. But he had finished it anyway and before anyone had to go to work.
在那之后的很长一段时间里，所有人都称我们的老人为“冠军”；春季还举行了一场复赛。For a long time after that everyone had called him The Champion and there had been a return match in the spring.
然投注的金额并不多，而且老人赢得比赛也相当地轻松；因为在首次较量中，他击垮了来自锡安富戈斯的那个黑人选手的信心。But not much money was bet and he had won it quite easily since he had broken the confidence of the negro from Cienfuegos in the first match.
此后，老人又参加了几场比赛；但之后，就再也没有了。After that he had a few matches and then no more.
他认定，只要自己已经足够努力，就能击败任何人；同时，老人也认为钓鱼对右手来说有损健康。He decided that he could beat anyone if he wanted to badly enough and he decided that it was bad for his right hand for fishing.
老人还曾尝试，用左手进行一些练习赛。但他的左手一直是个“叛徒”，无法按照他所要求的去做，因此自己也不太信任它。He had tried a few practice matches with his left hand. But his left hand had always been a traitor and would not do what he called on it to do and he did not trust it.
(时间，被拉回到了海上……)
老人想：“现在，太阳将会把它晒干；除非晚上太冷了，否则它不会再在我身上发生。我很想知道，今晚会带来什么。”The sun will bake it out well now, he thought. It should not cramp on me again unless it gets too cold in the night. I wonder what this night will bring.
一架飞机从头顶飞过，前往“迈阿密”；老人观察到，飞机的影子吓着了一群飞鱼。An airplane passed overhead on its course to Miami and he watched its shadow scaring up the schools of flying fish.
………………未完待续………………