Chapter 6-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《老人与海The Old Man and the Sea》

6 It would be better to gut the dolphin a little later to save the blood in the meat,he thought.I can do that a little later and lash the oars to make a drag at the same time.I had better keep the fish quiet now and not disturb him too much at sunset.The setting of the sun is a difficult time for all fish. He let his hand dry in the air then grasped the line with it and eased 5 himself as much as he could and allowed himself to be pulled forward against the wood so that the boat took the strain as much,or more,than he did. I'm learning how to do it,he thought.This part of it anyway.Then too,remember he hasn't eaten since he took the bait and he is huge and needs much food.I have eaten the whole.Tomorrow I will eat the dolphin.He called it dorado.Perhaps I should eat some of it when I clean it.It will be harder to eat than the bonito.But,then,nothing is easy. “How do you feel,fish?”he asked aloud..“I feel good and my left hand is better and I have food for a night and a day.Pull the boat,fish." He did not truly feel good because the pain from the cord across his back had almost passed pain and gone into a dullness that he ·098· 6 ①gut/gAt/.取出内脏 最好等会儿再把海豚剖开拿出肚肠，这样就能 ②lash /lae/扎捆 把血保留在肉里，他想。我可以晚一点再弄，到时 也把桨一起绑好，以便拖慢鱼的速度。现在我还是 ③disturb/dis't3b/.弄乱， 让鱼安静下来，最好在日落之前都不要过分打扰它， 打扰，扰乱 因为日落时刻对所有鱼类来说都是最难熬的时间。 ④grasp/gra:sp/抓住，抓 他把手晾干，然后抓住钓线，并尽量地放松， 紧 让自己往前靠在木头上让鱼拉着前进，这样船就可 ③ease /i:zl.减轻，缓和 ⑥strain/strem/n张力；负 以产生一些或更大的阻力。 担 我已渐渐学会怎样对付它了，他想。反正至少 在这一方面是这样的。但同时也别忘了它自从上钩 之后就没吃过东西，况且它身体这么大，应该需要 很多食物。我已吃了一条金枪鱼，明天我还要吃那 条海豚。他以西班牙语称它为“金色的鱼类”。也 ⑦dorado/d'ra:dau/m.剑 鱼，旗鱼 许当我剖开它的时候就应该先吃一点，它比金枪鱼 难吃一些。但是，天底下又有哪件事是容易的呢？ “鱼啊！你感觉怎么样？”他大声问，“我感觉很 好，我的左手也好多了，我这里的食物够我吃一天 一夜了。鱼啊！你就用力拉着船走吧！” 他感觉不太舒服，因为他怀疑自己已经受不了 ⑧dullness /'dAlnis/n.钝度， 迟钝 钓绳勒在背上的疼痛，变得麻木起来。但是他心 ·099· The Old Man and the Sea mistrusted.But I have had worse things than that,he thought.My hand is only cut a little and the cramp is gone from the other.My legs are all right.Also now I have gained on him in the question of sustenance. It was dark now as it becomes dark quickly after the sun sets in September.He lay against the worn wood of the bow and rested all that he could.The first stars were out.He did not know the name of Rigel but he saw it and knew soon they would all be out and he would have all his distant friends. “The fish is my friend too,”he said aloud.“I have never seen or heard of such a fish.But I must kill him.I am glad we do not have to try to kill the stars.” Imagine if each day a man must try to kill the moon,he thought. The moon runs away.But imagine if a man each day should have to try to kill the sun?We were born lucky,he thought. Then he was sorry for the great fish that had nothing to eat and his determination5 to kill him never relaxed in his sorrow for him.How many people will he feed,he thought.But are they worthy to eat him? No,of course not.There is no one worthy of eating him from the manner of his behaviour and his great dignity I do not understand these things,he thought.But it is good that we do not have to try to kill the sun or the moon or the stars.It is enough to live on the sea and kill our true brothers. Now,he thought,I must think about the drag.It has its perils and its merits.I may lose so much line that I will lose him,if he makes his effort and the drag made by the oars is in place and the boat loses all her lightness.Her lightness prolongs both our suffering but it is my safety since he has great speed that he has never yet employed.No ·100· 老人与海 ①mistrust'mIs'trst/g.不 想，我还曾经遭遇过比这更糟的状况。现在我的手 信任，猜疑 只不过有一点割伤，另一只手也不抽筋了。我的腿 2 sustenance /'sAstinans/n. 也仍旧很好。另外在食物方面，我也比它占优势。 食物 现在天色已经黑了，在九月天，太阳只要一下 山，天就黑得特别快。他靠在船头破旧的木头上， 尽可能地休息着。最早的几颗星星出现了，他并不 知道猎户座左脚那颗星的名字，但是他看见它，他 就知道其他的星星也快出现了，然后，它将有许多 远方的朋友陪伴着他。 “这鱼也是我的朋友，”他大声地说，“我从来没 ③glad/gled/a高兴的，乐 意的，感到高兴的 见过也没听过这样的一条鱼。但是，我得杀死它。 我真高兴，我们还不必去捕杀星星。” ④imagine/'macd3n/想 试想一下，如果人们每天都需要捕杀月亮，那 像，设想 会是什么情况？他想，月亮大概也会逃之天天。再 试想，万一人类得夜以继日地捕杀太阳，又会是什 么情况？他想，我们真是幸运。 接下来，他开始同情那条大鱼没有东西吃，虽 5 determination /dit3:mI'nel- ∫nln决心，果断 然他为它感到难过，但要杀它的决心却没有任何改 ⑥sorrow /sprau/n.悲哀，悲 痛 变。他想，这条鱼不知道可以供给多少人享用。可 是，这些人够资格吃它吗？不！当然不够资格。从 ⑦dignity"dignnti/n.尊严， 高贵 它的动作、举止与那高贵的自尊看来，没有任何人 够资格享用它。 他又想，我不了解人类为何要捕杀。但是，我 们不必试着去捕杀太阳、月亮或星星，倒是一件好 事。靠海为生，杀害我们忠实的兄弟，已经够我们 ⑧peril /'per/n.危险 ⑨merit'mert/n.优点，价 受的了。 值 现在，他想，我该来设法增加这艘船的重量 effort /'efat/n.努力，成就 @prolong /pro'lon/k延长， 了。这有利有弊：如果鱼继续使劲地拉，再加上两 拖延 只桨所产生的阻力，这艘船将变得非常沉重，如此 将会被它拉出许多绳子，最后若没有线了，岂不是 ·101· The Old Man and the Sea matter what passes I must gut the dolphin so he does not spoil and eat some of him to be strong. Now I will rest an hour more and feel that he is solid and steady before I move back to the stern to do the work and make the decision.In the meantime I can see how he acts and if he shows any changes.The oars are a good trick;but it has reached the time to play for safety.He is much fish still and I saw that the hook was in the corner of his mouth and he has kept his mouth tight shut.The punishment of the hook is nothing.The punishment of hunger,and that he is against something that he does not comprehend,is everything.Rest now,old man,and let him work until your next duty comes. He rested for what he believed to be two hours.The moon did not rise now until late and he had no way of judging the time.Nor was he really resting except comparatively.He was still bearing the pull of the fish across his shoulders but he placed his left hand on the gunwale of the bow and confided more and more of the resistance to the fish to the skiff itself. How simple it would be if I could make the line fast,he thought. But with one small lurch he could break it.I must cushion the pull of the line with my body and at all times be ready to give line with both hands. “But you have not slept yet,old man,”he said aloud.“'It is half a day and a night and now another day and you have not slept.You must devise a way so that you sleep a little if he is quiet and steady.If you do not sleep you might become unclear in the head." I'm clear enough in the head,he thought.Too clear.I am as clear as the stars that are my brothers.Still I must sleep.They sleep and the moon and the sun sleep and even the ocean sleeps sometimes on certain ·102· 老人与海 也要失去这条鱼了：但是，倘若船依然很轻，就延 长了我们双方的痛苦，虽然它的速度目前还没有对 我造成危险。但它的真本领是否还没完全使出来 呢？无论如何，我要先把海豚的肚肠挖出来，这样 ①in the meantime同时 可以在腐烂前吃一点以增加体力。 此刻我还要休息一个钟头，等到那条鱼平稳之 ②corner/'ko:na/n角落 后，再到船尾干活，并做出决定。同时，我也可以 顺便观察它的动静，看它会有什么变化。我把两把 3punishment /pAniJmant/ n惩罚，处罚，惩处 桨放在那儿是个好对策，但是如今已到了该安全行 comprehend/,komprt'hend 事的时候。它仍是一条厉害的大鱼，我看得见鱼钩 领会，理解，包括包含) 仍挂在它紧闭的嘴里。鱼钩的痛应该不算什么。但 是饥饿的痛苦，加上还得对抗一个它完全不了解的 人，这就够它受了。老头子，你现在可以休息了， 让它独自挣扎吧！晚一点儿你再进行你的工作。 5 comparatively /kam'pacra- tivl/ad.比较地，相当地 他相信已经休息了约两个钟头。月亮等很晚才 ⑥confide/kon'fad,委托， 信赖 会爬上来，他没有任何可以判断时间的依据。他也 ⑦resistance/r'zIstons/n反 并不是真的完全休息着，只不过是比之前放松了一 抗，抵抗力 些。他背上仍旧负荷着鱼的拉力，但是，他把左手 搁在前面的船舷上，把鱼的反抗力一点点转移给小 船。 如果我能够把这条钓线拴牢在船上，那就轻松 多了，他想。可是，只要鱼乱动一下，钓绳就会绷 断。我一定要用我的身体缓冲它对绳子的拉力，并 ⑧devise /d'varz/v.作出（计 随时准备着用双手把绳子放出去。 划)，想出（办法） “可是，你都还没睡觉呢！老头。”他大声地 说，“已经有半天和一整夜你都没有睡觉，现在又是 一天过去了，你一定要想出一个办法，趁它还比较 安静时，赶快小睡一会。因为你缺乏睡眠的话，可 能头脑就会变得不清楚了。” ·103· The Old Man and the Sea days when there is no current and a flat calm. But remember to sleep,he thought.Make yourself do it and devise some simple and sure way about the lines.Now go back and prepare the dolphin.It is too dangerous to rig the oars as a drag if you must sleep. I could go without sleeping,he told himself.But it would be too dangerous. He started to work his way back to the stern on his hands and knees,being careful not to jerk against the fish.He may be half asleep himself,he thought.But I do not want him to rest.He must pull until he dies. Back in the stern he turned so that his left hand held the strain of the line across his shoulders and drew his knife from its sheath with his right hand.The stars were bright now and he saw the dolphin clearly and he pushed the blade of his knife into his head and drew him out from under the stern.He put one of his feet on the fish and slit him quickly from the vent 5 up to the tip of his lower jaw.Then he put his knife down and gutted him with his right hand,scooping him clean and pulling the gills clear.He felt the maw heavy and slippery in his hands and he slit it open.There were two flying fish inside.They were fresh and hard and he laid them side by side and dropped the guts and the gills over the stern.They sank leaving a trail of phosphorescence in the water.The dolphin was cold and a leprous gray-white now in the starlight and the old man skinned one side of him while he held his right foot on the fish's head.Then he turned him over and skinned the other side and cut each side off from the head down to the tail. He slid the carcass overboard and looked to see if there was any ·104· 老人与海 但是他心想，我头脑够清醒了。太清醒了，清 醒得就像天空中的繁星，它们都是我的兄弟。不 过，我还是需要睡眠。月亮和太阳都要睡觉，甚至 ①grg装上索具：配 当没有潮流、风平浪静的时候，海洋也会睡的。 备，装配 可别忘了要睡觉，他想。想一个简单而可靠的 办法控制住那根钓线，设法让自己睡上一觉。现在 先到船尾收拾好那条海豚。如果你一定要睡觉，就 不能够把桨绑在一起造成船前进的阻力，不然就太 冒险了。 他告诉自己，我不睡觉也能撑住，但是这样太 危险了。 他开始手脚并用地爬到船尾，小心翼翼地避免 惊动那条鱼。那条鱼可能已是半睡眠状态，但是， ②sheath小：0/n.鞘；护套 我不能让它休息。至死也要拉着。 爬到船尾之后，他转过身来，让他的左手握住 肩膀上压着的钓线，再用右手把小刀从皮鞘里拔 ③push.into推…进去， 按…进去 出。现在星光灿烂，他可以很清楚地看见海豚，他 ④sit/slt/.切开，斯裂 ⑤vent/went/n(鸟、虫的) 把刀锋插进它的头部，把它从船尾拉过来。他用一 肛门 只脚踩在鱼的身上，很快地把它剖开，从肛门一直 @scoop/skup/.掘，挖 ⑦gild3Vn腮 剖到下颚部分。然后他放下小刀，用右手把肠子挖 ⑧mawm3:/n.动物的内脏 出来，把鳃也统统拉掉，并把它洗干净了。而鱼肚 在他手里拿着，感觉到有些沉重又滑腻，因此，他 把它完全剖开来。里面有两条新鲜而坚韧的飞鱼。 ⑨leprous/lepras/a.鳞状的 他把它们并排搁在一起，然后把海豚的内脏与鳃丢 0skin/skn/剥皮 出去。看着它们往下沉，拖着一条闪亮的磷光。海 豚的肉是冰冷的，在星光下呈现一种鳞片一样的灰 白色，老人把它一边的皮剥掉，右脚踏在鱼头上。 然后再把它翻过来，把另一边的皮也剥掉，把它从 头到尾割成两边。 ·105· The Old Man and the Sea swirl in the water.But there was only the light of its slow descent.He turned then and placed the two flying fish inside the two fillets of fish and putting his knife back in its sheath,he worked his way slowly back to the bow.His back was bent with the weight of the line across it and he carried the fish in his right hand. Back in the bow he laid the two fillets of fish out on the wood with the flying fish beside them.After that he settled the line across his shoulders in a new place and held it again with his left hand resting on the gunwale.Then he leaned over the side and washed the flying fish in the water,noting the speed of the water against his hand.His hand was phosphorescent from skinning the fish and he watched the flow of the water against it.The flow was less strong and as he rubbed the sides of his hand against the planking of the skiff,particles of phosphorus floated offo and drifted slowly astern “He is tiring or he is resting,”the old man said.“Now let me get through the eating of this dolphin and get some rest and a little sleep." Under the stars and with the night colder all the time he ate half of one of the dolphin fillets and one of the flying fish,gutted and with its head cut off."What an excellent fish dolphin is to eat cooked,"he said. "And what a miserable fish raw.I will never go in a boat again without salt or limes..” If I had brains I would have splashed water on the bow all day and drying,it would have made salt,he thought.But then I did not hook the dolphin until almost sunset.Still it was a lack of preparation.But I have chewed it all well and I am not nauseated The sky was clouding over to the east and one after another the stars he knew were gone.It looked now as though he were moving into a ·106· 老人与海 ①descent/d'sent/n降下， 他把鱼的残骸丢到船外，看看水里是否掀起了 降落 ②fillet /frlt/n鱼片 漩涡，但只见徐徐下沉的磷光。他转过身来，把那 两条飞鱼放进海豚肉里，把刀插进刀鞘，然后再慢 慢移向船头。由于绳索的重量压在肩膀上，他弓着 背，右手还拿着鱼。 回到船头，他把那两块鱼肉搁在木头上，并把 从里面找到的飞鱼摆在木头旁边。他再把肩膀上的 钓线挪一挪，挪向另一个新位置，再用左手重新握 住钓线放在船舷上。然后，他靠在船边，把飞鱼洗 ③lean over靠在 干净，注意看着水冲激到手上的速度。他的手因为 剥鱼皮时沾了鱼鳞，也发出闪闪的磷光，但他仍观 察着从手中漂流而过的水流。发现水流减慢了，当 他在船板上揉擦着手时，一片片的磷质缓缓向船尾 ④particle/'pa:tk/n.极小 漂流而去。 量，微粒 5 phosphorus /'fosfaras/n. “它开始感到疲倦了，或许它已在那里休息 磷 ⑥float off浮起 了，”老人说，“现在，让我来吃掉这条海豚，顺便 ⑦astern/s't3n/ad.在船 休息一下，睡一会吧！” 尾，向船尾 在星光下，晚间越来越冷了，他把切好的海豚 肉吃掉了半块，另外一条肠子和头都已切掉的飞 鱼，他也一并吃完了。“海豚要是煮熟了多么好 吃，”他说，“生吃实在难以下咽。以后出海捕鱼一 @miserable/mizorabl/a痛 苦的 定要带盐或柠檬。” 我要是够聪明，应该在白天一直往船头泼水， ⑨splash/splaef/v.溅，泼， 水晒干之后，不就有盐可用了吗？他想。但是，直 到太阳快下山了，我才钓到这条海豚，但毕竞是准 备工作做得不足。然而我把它好好咀嚼之后，倒也 00 nauseated /no:zieitid/a. 作呕的，厌恶的 没有想呕吐的感觉。 东边的天空出现了许多云，他所认识的星星一 个一个消失了。此刻看起来，仿佛正在驶进一个巨 ·107·