Chapter 4-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《老人与海The Old Man and the Sea》

4 The fish moved steadily and they travelled slowly on the calm2 water.The other baits were still in the water but there was nothing to be done. “I wish I had the boy,”the old man said aloud.“T'm being towed by a fish and I'm the towing bitt 3.I could make the line fast.But then he could break it.I must hold him all I can and give him line when he must have it.Thank God he is travelling and not going down." What I will do if he decides to go down,I don't know.What I'll do if he sounds and dies I don't know.But I'll do something.There are plenty of things I can do. He held the line against his back and watched its slant in the water and the skiff moving steadily to the north-west. This will kill him,the old man thought.He can't do this forever 5. But four hours later the fish was still swimming steadily out to sea,to wing the skiff,and the old man was still braced solidly with the line across his back. “It was noon when I hooked him,”he said.“And I have never seen him.” He had pushed his straw hat hard down on his head before he ·056· 4 ①steadily /'stedl/ad.稳定 那条鱼稳稳地游着，老人和它一起在平静的海 地 ②calm/ka:m/a.(天气、海 中缓缓前进。其他的鱼饵仍旧在水里，但已经无法 洋等静的，平静的 去顾及它们了。 “但愿那孩子现在在我身边才好。”老人大声 3 bitt /bit/n.缆柱 说，“我就像绑在绳子上的木棒一样，被这条鱼拖着 往前走。我可以固定住钓线，使它拉不动。但是一 定会被它挣断。我只有用尽力量跟着，当它挣扎得 厉害的时，我就把绳子放松些。感谢上帝，它只是 往前游，而不是往下潜。” 我真的不知道，假如它潜下去，我该怎么办？ ④plenty of许多 假如它潜入海底死了，我又该怎么办？但是我会想 出办法的。能做的事情有很多。 他把钓线背在背上，注视着绳子在水下的深 5 forever /fa'reva/ad.永远， 永恒，永久 度，小船正平稳地向西北方移动。 老人想，这条鱼终究会累死的。它总不能一直 这么撑着啊！但是，四小时过去了，鱼还是稳稳地 拖着船向前游着，而那绳子仍然结结实实地绷在老 人的背上。 “我钓到它的时候是中午，”老人说，“而到现 6straw hat草帽 在，还一次都没看到它。” ·057· The Old Man and the Sea hooked the fish and it was cutting his forehead.He was thirsty too and he got down on his knees and,being careful not to jerk2 on the line, moved as far into the bow as he could get and reached the water bottle with one hand.He opened it and drank a little.Then he rested against the bow.He rested sitting on the unstepped3 mast and sail and tried not to think but only to endure. Then he looked behind him and saw that no land was visible That makes no difference,he thought.I can always come back by the glow5 from Havana.There are two more hours before the sun sets and maybe he will come up before that.If he doesn't maybe he will come up with the moon.If he does not do that maybe he will come up with the sunrise. I have no cramps and I feel strong.It is he that has the hook in his mouth.But what a fish to pull like that.He must have his mouth shut tight on the wire.I wish I could see him.I wish I could see him only once to know what I have against me. The fish never changed his course nor his direction all that night as far as the man could tell from watching the stars.It was cold after the sun went down and the old man's sweat dried cold on his back and his arms and his old legs.During the day he had taken the sack that covered the bait box and spread it in the sun to dry.After the sun went down he tied it around his neck so that it hung down over his back and he cautiously worked it down under the line that was across his shoulders now.The sack cushioned the line and he had found a way of leaning forward against the bow so that he was almost comfortable The position actually was only somewhat less intolerable;but he thought of it as almost comfortable. I can do nothing with him and he can do nothing with me,he ·058· 老人与海 在他钓到鱼之前，他把草帽用力往下一直压， go down on one's knees屈 现在他额头像被草帽割伤似的刺痛。同时他也感到 膝，跪下 2 jerk /d33k/痉栗，急 口渴，他跪下来，避免触及钓线，他尽力向船头爬 拉，颠簸地行进 去，伸出一只手来拿到水瓶。他打开了它，喝了一 点水。然后，他又靠在船头休息。这时，船上的桅 3 unstep/An'step/v.把桅杆 (从桅座上取下 杆并没有竖立，帆也没有张挂，他就坐在桅杆和帆 布上，他努力不去想什么，仅仅只有忍耐。 ④visible'vizabl/a.看得见 他再回头去看，陆地已经看不见了。他想，这 的，明显的，显著的 glow/gl/发光，发热 也无所谓。哈瓦那灯火的红色辉光总是会指引我回 去。离太阳下山还有两个钟头，也许在这之前，它 6 come up出现 会浮出水面。如果没有，也许它会和月亮一起出 现。如果它仍不出来，那也许就只有和太阳升起时 cramp/kraemp/n.抽舫 再一同浮上来了。我的手脚并没有抽筋，我觉得自 己还很强壮。嘴里钩着一只鱼钩的是它。而这条鱼 实在了不起，这样拉着船死命地游。它必须是紧紧 地闭着嘴衔着那鱼线才行。我真希望能看见它。哪 怕能看见它一次就好，至少让我可以知道我的对手 是什么样子。 那天晚上，老人一整夜在观察星象，他知道那 条鱼并没有改变它的路线与方向。太阳下山后，天 气变得很冷，老人的汗干了，寒意从背上传到他的 手臂，再到他衰老的双腿。装饵的盒子上盖着的布 袋子，他白天把它摊在太阳下晒干了。现在太阳下 cautiously /kofasl/ad. 山了，他就把这只袋子绑在脖子上，使它挂在背 重地 9 cushion'kofan/w.加衬 上，小心地垫在钓线底下，那钓线紧紧拉在他的肩 垫 10 comfortable /kAmfatabl a. 背上。有了袋子垫在背上，他又想出让弯着的腰靠 舒适的 在船头，这下他总算舒服多了。这个姿势实际上有 I intolerable /in'tplarabl/a. 无法忍受的，难耐的 点令人无法忍受，但他觉得实在很舒服了。 他想着，我拿它一点办法也没有，而它也拿我 ·059· The Old Man and the Sea thought.Not as long as he keeps this up. Once he stood up and urinated over the side of the skiff and looked at the stars and checked his course.The line showed like a phosphorescent streak in the water straight out from his shoulders. They were moving more slowly now and the glow of Havana was not so strong,so that he knew the current must be carrying them to the eastward 3.If I lose the glare of Havana we must be going more to the eastward,he thought.For if the fish's course held true I must see it for many more hours.I wonder how the baseball came out in the grand leagues today,he thought.It would be wonderful to do this with a radio.Then he thought,think of it always.Think of what you are doing. You must do nothing stupid. Then he said aloud,"I wish I had the boy.To help me and to see this.” No one should be alone in their old age,he thought.But it is unavoidable 5.I must remember to eat the tuna before he spoils in order to keep strong.Remember,no matter how little you want to, that you must eat him in the morning.Remember,he said to himself. During the night two porpoises came around the boat and he could hear them rolling and blowing.He could tell the difference between the blowing noise the male made and the sighing blow of the female. “They are good,”he said.“They play and make jokes and love one another.They are our brothers like the flying fish." Then he began to pity 0 the great fish that he had hooked.He is wonderful and strange and who knows how old he is,he thought.Never have I had such a strong fish nor one who acted so strangely.Perhaps he is too wise to jump.He could ruin me by jumping or by a wild rush. ·060· 老人与海 没办法。这下子就看谁能坚持下去了。 他站起身在船边小解，再看看星星，研究一下 现在的航向。钓线在水中有如一道磷光，从他肩膀 D phosphorescent /fosfo're- 上直射出去。现在他们移动的速度更缓慢，而哈瓦 s3nt/a.发出磷光的，磷光 性的 那的灯火也不那么强烈了，他推断海流正把他们带 ②streak/stri:k/i.条纹：颜 向东方。他心想，如果我看不见哈瓦那的灯火，我 色或质地与周围不同的线 条、记号、污点或区域 们一定是到了更东的方向。如果这条鱼的方向始终 3 eastward /i:stwad/n.东 方，东部 不变，我应该还有好几个钟头的时间可以看见那灯 火。不知道今天棒球联赛的结果怎样？如果，能带 一个无线电收音机多好。但是他心想，这只是想想 wonderful /'wAndoful/a. 就好。想想现在正在做的事。千万不要做傻事。 令人惊奇的，奇妙的，极好 的，令人愉快的 然后他又大声说：“我真希望这孩子在这里。至 少他可以帮我的忙，也可以让他见见这大鱼。” 他想，人老了的时候都不应当孤独。可是，这 又不可避免。为了保持气力，我一定要在金枪鱼还 5 unavoidable /'Ano'vpidobl/ 没变坏之前吃掉它。记住，无论多么不想吃，一定 4.不能避免的，不可避免 要在早上吃掉它，切记，他对自己叮嘱着。 的 6 spoil/spDV变质，变坏 夜里，船边来了两只海豚，他可以听见它们在 ⑦no matter how无论怎样 8 porpoise/'p3p3s/n.海豚 那里翻滚和喷水。他能分辨出公海豚的喷水声和母 海豚的叹息声。 “它们真是很要好的一对，”他说，“一起玩，一 female /f:me/a.女性 起嬉戏，彼此相爱。它们和飞鱼一样，都是我们的 的：雌的 好兄弟。” 然后，他开始可怜起这条被他钓到的大鱼。他 想着，它真是奇妙，古怪得很，谁知道它到底多大 0 pity /pit(觉得)可怜 年纪。我从来没钓到过一条像它这么大的力气的 鱼，也从来没有见到过一条鱼行动这么怪异。也许 它太聪明了会跳起来。如果它跳起来，或是疯狂地 ruin /ruin/v.(使)破产， (使)堕落，毁灭 冲撞过来，我就惨了。但是它也许曾经上钩过很多 ·061· The Old Man and the Sea But perhaps he has been hooked many times before and he knows that this is how he should make his fight.He cannot know that it is only one man against him,nor that it is an old man.But what a great fish he is and what will he bring in the market if the flesh is good.He took the bait like a male and he pulls like a male and his fight has no panic in it.I wonder if he has any plans or if he is just as desperate2 as I am? He remembered the time he had hooked one of a pair of marlins. The male fish always let the female fish feed first and the hooked fish, the female,made a wild,panic-stricken,despairing fight that soon exhausted her,and all the time the male had stayed with her,crossing the line and circling with her on the surface.He had stayed so close that the old man was afraid he would cut the line with his tail which was sharp as a scythe and almost of that size and shape.When the old man had gaffed her and clubbed her,holding the rapier bill with its sandpaper edge and clubbing her across the top of her head until her colour turned to a colour almost like the backing of mirrors,and then, with the boy's aid,hoisted her aboard,the male fish had stayed by the side of the boat.Then,while the old man was clearing the lines and preparing the harpoon,the male fish jumped high into the air beside the boat to see where the female was and then went down deep,his lavender wings,that were his pectoral fins spread wide and all his wide lavender stripes showing.He was beautiful,the old man remembered, and he had stayed. That was the saddest thing I ever saw with them,the old man thought.The boy was sad too and we begged her pardon and butchered her promptly". "I wish the boy was here,"he said aloud and settled himself against ·062· 老人与海 次，因此知道应该用这种方法来对付。它不可能知 道它的敌人只有一个人，而且还是一个老头子。话 说回来，它还真是够大，假如它的肉质好，在市场 上应该可以卖多少钱呢？看它吞饵的方式，真像是 ①male/meW:男人：雄性 一条公鱼，它拖曳的本领也像一条公鱼，它在挣扎 动物 2desperate /'desparit/a. 之中也毫不显出一丝丝的惊慌。不知道它到底打着 人绝望的 什么主意，是否它也和我一样绝望无助呢？ 他记得有一次钓到一对马林鱼其中一只的情 3 despairing /dis'peorin/a. 形。因为公鱼总是先让母鱼先吃，所以上钩的一条 绝望的，失望的 ④exhaust/ig'zo:st/k用尽， 雌鱼，疯狂而且惊慌万分又绝望地挣扎着，不久就 耗尽 筋疲力尽了，那公鱼一直跟在旁边，它在钓线上游 来游去，陪着它在水面上打转。它靠得非常近，老 人很担心它会用尾巴将钓线弄断，它的尾巴锐利得 scythe/saId/n.长柄镰刀 ⑥rapier /rerpla/i.轻巧细 犹如镰刀一样，连大小和样子都极像镰刀。老人用 长的剑 sandpaper /'saendpeipal n. 鱼叉刺母鱼，用木棒打母鱼那剑一样的长唇，它的 砂纸 长唇边缘粗糙得像砂纸，他握住那嘴，用木棒打它 的头，直到像镜背一样黝黑为止。然后，男孩从旁 边协助他，把母鱼拖上岸来，公鱼依然在船边游 着。之后，老人正清理着钓线，并收拾起鱼叉，那 公鱼就在船边高高地跳起，要再看母鱼最后一眼， 8 lavender /'laevinda/a. 然后，张开它那淡紫色的翅膀—那是它的胸 紫色的 鳍 一一条条淡紫色的宽纹，便沉入海底。老人依 9 pectoral /'pektarol/a. 部的 然记得，它实在美极了，而且它始终待在那儿不 00 fin /fin/n鳍，鱼翅 走。 这是我所看见鱼类世界中最悲惨的一件事了， 老人认为。男孩也很难过，我们请求母鱼原谅我 们，随即便把它宰割了。 promptly /'promptl/ad敏 捷地，迅速地 “我真希望这孩子在这里。”他大声说，他靠在 刨成弧形的船头木板上，从他肩膀上背着的钓线， ·063· The Old Man and the Sea the rounded planks of the bow and felt the strength of the great fish through the line he held across his shoulders moving steadily toward whatever he had chosen. When once,through my treachery,it had been necessary to him to make a choice,the old man thought. His choice had been to stay in the deep dark water far out beyond all snares2 and traps and treacheries.My choice was to go there to find him beyond all people.Beyond all people in the world.Now we are joined together and have been since noon.And no one to help either one of us. Perhaps I should not have been a fisherman,he thought.But that was the thing that I was born for.I must surely remember to eat the tuna after it gets light. Some time before daylight something took one of the baits that were behind him.He heard the stick break and the line begin to rush out over the gunwale5 of the skiff.In the darkness he loosened his sheath knife and taking all the strain of the fish on his left shoulder he leaned back and cut the line against the wood of the gunwale.Then he cut the other line closest to him and in the dark made the loose ends of the reserve coils fast.He worked skillfully with the one hand and put his foot on the coils to hold them as he drew his knots tight.Now he had six reserve coils of line.There were two from each bait he had severed and the two from the bait the fish had taken and they were all connected. After it is light,he thought,I will work back to the forty-fathom bait and cut it away too and link up the reserve coils.I will have lost two hundred fathoms of good Catalan cartel and the hooks and leaders.That can be replaced.But who replaces this fish if I hook some fish and it ·064· 老人与海 他可以感受到那条大鱼的力度，它决定稳稳地向它 选定的目标游去。 它一旦上了我的圈套，就不得不做一种选择， ①treachery'tretfor/n.背 老人想着。 叛，背信弃义，变节，叛逆 它选择了留在黝黑的深海中，远离陷阱和渔 行为 网，以及欺诈。我的选择是抛开人群和它一起到它 想去的地方。现在我们碰到一起了，自从中午就碰 ②nare/sne3/n陷阱 atra即Lrxp/n.图套，陷阱 在一起。双方都没有任何可以帮忙的外力。 也许当初我不该做一个渔夫，他想着。但是， 我注定要当个渔夫。天亮之后，我一定要记着吃掉 那条金枪鱼。 离天亮还有一段时间，他感觉有什么东西咬住 了他后面的鱼饵。他听见木棒折断的声音，那船舷 上的钓线开始飞快地往外溜。在黑暗中，他解开插 在皮鞘里的小刀子，并把鱼的重量移到他的左肩， ④rush out奔出，冲出 5 gunwale'gAnl/n.船舷上 身体向后仰，把船舷上绑着的钓线割断了。然后把 象 离他最近的另一根钓线也割断了。他摸黑把两卷备 sheath小：0/n.鞘，护套， 外壳 用的绳子系牢在一起。他只用单手便很熟练地完成 了这些工作，他用一只脚定住线盘，把结打得很 紧。现在他有六卷绳子预备在这里。每一条切断的 ⑦reserve/n'z3wln.储备 钓线有两卷备用，另外两卷则连接着这条钓上的 (物)，储藏量 8 skillfully /'skilfalt/ad. 鱼，现在，这些钓线全部接在一起了。 妙地，技术好地 他想，天亮之后我来想办法向后挪动，把那四 9 knot/not/n(绳等的结， (树的)节 十英寻深处的饵也砍断，把备用的卷绳也连接起 来。这样一来，我将丢掉两百英寻卡塔卡尼亚的钓 索、钓钩和导线。这些都还可以再弄到。可是，要 到哪儿才能再遇到这么一条鱼呢？万一，我为了钓 其他的鱼，反倒让它乘机逃走了呢。我不知道刚才 咬到饵的是一条什么样的鱼。可能是一条马林鱼或 ·065·