Chapter 7-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《老人与海The Old Man and the Sea》

7 It has more nourishment than almost any fish,he thought.At least the kind of strength that I need.Now I have done what I can,he thought.Let him begin to circle and let the fight come. The sun was rising for the third time since he had put to sea when the fish started to circle. He could not see by the slant of the line that the fish was circling. It was too early for that.He just felt a faint slackening of the pressure of the line and he commenced to pull on it gently with his right hand.It tightened,as always,but just when he reached the point where it would break,line began to come in.He slipped his shoulders and head from under the line and began to pull in line steadily and gently.He used both of his hands in a swinging5 motion and tried to do the pulling as much as he could with his body and his legs.His old legs and shoulders pivoted with the swinging of the pulling. “It is a very big circle,”he said,“but he is circling..” Then the line would not come in any more and he held it until he saw the drops jumping from it in the sun.Then it started out and the old man knelt down and let it go grudgingly back into the dark water. "He is making the far part of his circle now."he said.I must hold ·116· 7 ①at least至少 飞鱼几乎比任何一种鱼都要有营养，他想。至 少它可以提供我所需的精力。他想，现在我能做的 都做了。拜托那条大鱼开始绕圈子吧！好让这场战 斗赶快到来。 自从他出海以来已是第三次看到太阳升起了， 太阳升上来之后，鱼开始兜圈子了。 @slant/sla:nt/n.倾斜 ③faint /feint/a.轻微的：无 他从钓线的倾斜度看不出它是否正在兜圈子， 力的 ④slacken /slackan/.松弛： 为时尚早。他只是感觉钓线的压力稍微松弛了一 放慢 些，他开始用右手轻轻拉钓线。还是如往常一样绷 紧。但是，当绳子几乎断裂的时候，钓线开始松弛 了。他的肩膀和头从钓线底下钻过去，开始平稳而 且轻柔地把钓线收回来。他双手并用甩动着，并尽 ⑤swinging/swiin/a.摇摆 的，摆动的 量用他的身体和腿来拉曳绳子，在一拉一甩中，他 ⑥motion/maufan/n运动， 那苍老的腿和肩膀就跟着旋转。 动作 ⑦pirote /pirat/以.以…为 “可真是非常大的圈子，”他说，“它确实开始兜 中心旋转 圈子了。” 接下来，绳子再也收不回来了，他紧拉着，直 到水珠在阳光下从绳子中跳出来为止。然后，钓线 grudgingly /'grAd3ml/ad 不愿地，勉强地，吝啬地 开始又往外溜了，老人跪下来，很不甘心地让钓线 继续回到那深暗的水中。 ·117· The Old Man and the Sea all I can,he thought.The strain will shorten his circle each time.Perhaps in an hour I will see him.Now I must convince him and then I must kill him. But the fish kept on circling slowly and the old man was wet with sweat and tired deep into his bones two hours later.But the circles were much shorter now and from the way the line slanted he could tell the fish had risen steadily while he swam. For an hour the old man had been seeing black spots before his eyes and the sweat salted his eyes and salted the cut over his eye and on his forehead He was not afraid of2 the black spots.They were normal at the tension that he was pulling on the line.Twice,though,he had felt faint and dizzy and that had worried him. “I could not fail myself and die on⑤a fish like this,.”he said. "Now that I have him coming so beautifully,God helps me endure.I'll say a hundred Our Fathers and a hundred Hail Marys.But I cannot say them now."Consider them said,he thought.I'll say them later. Just then he felt a sudden banging and jerking on the line he held with his two hands.It was sharp and hard-feeling and heavy. He is hitting the wire leader with his spear,he thought.That was bound to come.He had to do that.It may make him jump though and I would rather he stayed circling now.The jumps were necessary for him to take air.But after that each one can widen the opening of the hook wound and he can throw the hook. “Don't jump,fish,”he said.“Don't jump.” The fish hit the wire several times more and each time he shook his head the old man gave up a little line. I must hold his pain where it is,he thought.Mine does not matter.I ·118· 老人与海 “它现在兜圈子兜到最外围了。”他说。我一定 要全力拉住它，他想。鱼觉得拉曳吃力，它就会把游 动范围再缩小一些。或许再一个钟头，我就能看见它 了。现在，我得重新驯服它，然后我一定要杀死它。 然而，那鱼只是慢慢兜圈子，两个小时之后， 老人彻底地累了，全身汗流浃背。但是圆弧已经小 得多了，由钓绳的斜度可以看出，鱼已经慢慢游上 来了。 已经有一个钟头了，老人眼前一直出现一些黑 点，咸咸的汗水浸人他的眼睛以及眼睛上方和额头 ①forehead/f:hedn.前额 ②afraid of害怕 上的伤口。他并不害怕眼前的黑点，像他这样全力 ③normal /n:3ma/a.正常 拉扯钓线而眼冒金星是正常的现象。但有两次他觉 的 ④dizzy /diz/a(指人)晕 得头晕，昏昏沉沉的，这就使他担忧了。 眩的，昏乱的 ⑤die on在…面前死去 “我不能不争气啊！为了这样一条鱼而送掉我 的老命，”他说，“现在我已快到手了，求上帝帮助 我再熬一点时间。我会念一百遍天主经，一百遍圣 母经。只是我现在没办法念。”现在就当作已经念 ⑥bang /ban/k发巨响；重 过好了，他想，我以后会念的。 击 就在这时，他双手握着的钓线，不知被什么东 ⑦spear/spIa/n矛，枪 西强烈碰撞了一下，来势很猛，有一种强劲的感 ⑧be bound to一定要… 觉，很是沉重。 现在它正用它的尖嘴猛击钓钩与钓线之间的金 属圈，他想。这终究是要发生的。它不得不这样 ⑨widen /'waidn/加宽，放 宽，扩展 做。但是，这或许会使它跳上来，但我情愿它继续 转圈子。只是它为了呼吸空气，必须要跳出水面。 但是，每跳一次，就会把它嘴上的伤口拉大，最后 就可以挣脱钓钩了。 “鱼啊！不要跳，”他说，“不要跳。” 那条鱼又攻击了那铁圈好几次，每次它一甩 ·119· The Old Man and the Sea can control mine.But his pain could drive him mad After a while the fish stopped beating at the wire and started circling slowly again.The old man was gaining line steadily now.But he felt faint again.He lifted some sea water with his left hand and put it on his head.Then he put more on and rubbed the back of his neck. “I have no cramps,”he said.“He'll be up soon and I can last..You have to last.Don't even speak of it." He kneeled against the bow and,for a moment,slipped the line over his back again.I'll rest now while he goes out on the circle and then stand up and work on him when he comes in,he decided. It was a great temptation to rest in the bow and let the fish make one circle by himself without recovering any line.But when the strain showed the fish had turned to come toward the boat,the old man rose to his feet and started the pivoting and the weaving pulling that brought in all the line he gained. I'm tireder than I have ever been,he thought,and now the trade wind is rising.But that will be good to take him in with.I need that badly. “I'll rest on the next turn as he goes out,”he said.“I feel much better.Then in two or three turns more I will have him." His straw hat was far on the back of his head and he sank down into the bow with the pull of the line as he felt the fish turn. You work now,fish,he thought.I'll take you at the turn. The sea had risen considerably But it was a fairweather breeze and he had to have it to get home. “T'll just steer south and west,”he said.“A man is never lost at sea and it is a long island." ·120· 老人与海 ①drive mad变疯，将逼 头，老人就放出一些钓线。 得发疯 我绝对不能增加它的痛苦，他想。我的痛苦算 不了什么。我可以控制住，但是，它的痛苦足以使 它发疯。 ②rub /rAb/擦，摩擦 过了一会儿，那条鱼停止了敲打钓钩上的金属 圈，又开始慢慢旋转了。现在，老人可以平稳地收 回一点线了。但是，他又感到头晕了，他用左手从 海里取了一点水泼到脸上和头上。然后，他又泼了 一点水揉搓颈部。 “我并没有抽筋，”他说，“它很快就会升上来 了，我还可以忍耐下去。你一定要撑下去，想都不 temptation /temp'terfan/ 要多想。” 儿诱惑，诱惑物 ④recover/'kAva/重新 他靠着船边跪下来，然后又把绳子背在背上。 获得，恢复，使改过 rise to向上浮动，达到 现在我要先休息，它正在往外兜圈子，等它转过瘾 ⑥weave /w:v/.迂回行 了，我再站起来收拾它。他就这么决定了。 进，摇晃 能在船头休息，真是好舒服，就让鱼自己去转 圈子，一点钓线都不用收回来。但是，当绳子紧 ⑦trade wind信风：贸易风 拉，表示鱼向船这边游过来了，老人站起来，摇晃 着，尽量把钓线收回来。 此刻的我是最疲倦的，他想，现在信风又吹起 来了。但是有风也好，拖它回去可以比较顺手，我 太需要风的帮忙了。 “它再兜下一个圈子时，我就可以休息一下。” 他说，“我感觉好多了。它再兜两三个圈子，我就可 8 considerably /kon'sidora- 以抓到它了。” bal/ad.相当地 他的草帽掉到脑后去了，他才刚觉得那条鱼转 9 fairweather /feowedo/n 晴天 过身，他就被钓线的拉力拉倒在船头上了。 steer/sta/v.驾驶，掌舵 鱼啊！你尽力挣扎吧！他想，我可以在你转身 的时候再来对付你。 ·121· The Old Man and the Sea It was on the third turn that he saw the fish first. He saw him first as a dark shadow that took so long to pass under the boat that he could not believe its length. “No,”he said.“He can't be that big..” But he was that big and at the end of this circle he came to the surface only thirty yards away and the man saw his tail out of water.It was higher than a big scythe blade and a very pale lavender above the dark blue water.It raked back and as the fish swam just below the surface the old man could see his huge bulk and the purple stripes that banded him.His dorsal 5 fin was down and his huge pectorals were spread wide. On this circle the old man could see the fish's eye and the two gray sucking fish that swam around him.Sometimes they attached themselves to him.Sometimes they darted off.Sometimes they would swim easily in his shadow.They were each over three feet long and when they swam fast they lashed their whole bodies like eels The old man was sweating now but from something else besides the sun.On each calm placid turn the fish made he was gaining line and he was sure that in two turns more he would have a chance to get the harpoon in. But I must get him close,close,close,he thought.I mustn't try for the head.I must get the heart. “Be calm and strong,old man,”he said. On the next circle the fish's back was out but he was a little too far from the boat.On the next circle he was still too far away but he was higher out of water and the old man was sure that by gaining some more line he could have him alongside. ·122· 老人与海 海面已经升得很高。这是微风吹拂的好天气， 他还指望有风才能回去。 “我只要朝着西南方向就好，”他说，“人在海上 是不会迷路的，这是个狭长的岛屿。” 鱼第三次转身的时候，他才真正看见它。 他先是看见一个黑色的影子游过船底，而且是 ①yard/ja:d/m码（长度单 位，3英尺) 用了相当长的时间才通过，他简直无法相信那条鱼 ②pale /perl.苍白的，青白 有那么长。 的 ③rake /reik/g.倾斜 “不，”他说，“它不可能有那么大。” ④bulk /balk/n.(肥胖的)身 躯 但是，它确实是那么大，这一圈兜完之后，它 ⑤dorsal /do:sala背的，脊 在距离老人只有三十码的水面浮了上来，老人看见 的 它的尾巴露在水面。尾巴比一个长柄大镰刀还要高 大，在那深蓝色的海上，呈现淡淡的紫色。然后它 6sucking fish七鰓鳗 又往后翻了过去，鱼在水面下游动时，老人可以看 ⑦attach to依附 ⑧dart off飞快地走开 到它巨大的身躯和裹在它身上的紫色条纹。它背脊 ⑨eel:Vn鳗鲡，鳗鱼 上的鳍往下垂，而庞大的胸鳍向外张开着。 在鱼的这次绕圈子中，老人可以看见它的眼 睛，还有两条灰色七鳃鳗在它身边游动。有时它们 0 placid/plaesid/a.平静的 紧靠着，有时候跑开，有时从容地在大鱼的影子下 游着。这些鱼都有三英尺多长，它们游得快的时 候，就把整个躯体甩动着，像鳗鱼一样。 老人的汗水一直不停地流，但不只因为太阳的 照射，还有别的原因。鱼每安静地兜一个圈子，他 就收回一些钓线。老人相信，如果鱼再转两圈，他 就有机会把鱼叉刺进去了。 但是我一定要把它拉得很近，拉近再拉近，他想。 我千万不能只刺到头部，我一定要戳到它的心脏。 “老头子，你可要镇定而坚强啊！”他说。 在转下一个圈时，大鱼的背脊露在外面了，但 ·123· The Old Man and the Sea He had rigged his harpoon long before and its coil of light rope was in a round basket and the end was made fast to the bitt in the bow. The fish was coming in on his circle now calm and beautiful looking and only his great tail moving.The old man pulled on him all that he could to bring him closer.For just a moment the fish turned a little on his side.Then he straightened himself and began another circle. “I moved him,”the old man said.“I moved him then.” He felt faint again now but he held on the great fish all the strain that he could.I moved him,he thought.Maybe this time I can get him over.Pull,hands,he thought.Hold up,legs.Last for me,head.Last for me.You never went.This time I'll pull him over But when he put all of his effort on,starting it well out before the fish came alongside and pulling with all his strength,the fish pulled part way over and then righted himself and swam away. “Fish,”the old man said.“Fish,you are going to have to die anyway.Do you have to kill me too?" That way nothing is accomplished,he thought.His mouth was too dry to speak but he could not reach for the water now.I must get him alongside this time,he thought.I am not good for many more turns.Yes you are,he told himself.You're good forever. On the next turn,he nearly had him.But again the fish righted himself and swam slowly away. You are killing me,fish,the old man thought.But you have a right to.Never have I seen a greater,or more beautiful,or a calmer or more noble thing than you,brother.Come on and kill me.I do not care who kills who. Now you are getting confused in the head,he thought.You must ·124· 老人与海 是，还是离船远了一些。再下一个圈子，它仍然远了 一点点，但是它在水面上的背脊更高了些。老人确 信，只要再收回一些钓线，就可以把它拉到船边了。 他早就把鱼叉准备好了，鱼叉上的一卷绳子则 放在一个圆筐里，绳子的另一头被绑牢在船头的缆 柱上。 现在，鱼又再次绕圈子，它姿势很优美，很平 静，只有它的大尾巴在甩动。老人尽全力将鱼拖近， 有那么一眨眼的工夫，鱼身稍微朝他的方向斜了一 下，随即又把自己摆正了，开始绕另一个圈子。 ①hold up举起，抬起 ②pull over拉过来 “我拉动它了，”老人说，“就是刚才，我拉动了 它。” 他现在又感到有些晕眩，但是，他竭尽全力紧 3 alongside /'lon'sard/ad 在旁 紧拉住那条大鱼。我拉动了它，他想。也许这次我 可以把它拉过来。手啊！拉呀！他想，腿啊！要站 稳了。头啊！看在我的分上，为我保持清醒吧！为 我保持清醒吧！你从来也没有头晕过，这一次我一 定要把它拉过来。 accomplish /a'komplif/v. 完成，达到，实现 但是，他用尽所有的力气，鱼还是没有游到船 边，他又拼命地拉着，那鱼身体倾斜了一下，又挺 直身体游开了。 “鱼啊！”老人说，“你反正就快死了，鱼，难道 你也要把我弄死吗？” 照这样下去，什么也办不成，他想。他口干舌 燥，话也说不出来，但是他现在还不能拿水喝。这 一次我一定要把它拉到船边来，他想。它再多绕几 ⑤come on快点，赶快 个圈子，我就撑不下去了。“但是你行的，”他告 ⑥confused/kan'fju:zd/a困 诉自己，“你永远可以的。” 惑的，烦恼的 在它游下一圈的时候，他差一点就抓住他。但 ·125·