《老人与海》（节选）

Ernest Miller Hemingway

作者：

歐内斯特·米勒·海明威（Ernest Miller Hemingway，1899年7月21日—1961年7月2日），出生于美国伊利诺伊州芝加哥市郊区奥克帕克，美国作家、记者，被认为是20世纪最著名的小说家之一。1953年，他以《老人与海》（The Old Man and theSea）一书获得普利策奖；1954 年，《老人与海》又为海明威夺得诺贝尔文学奖。2001年，海明威的《太阳照常升起》（The Sun Also Rises）与《永别了，武器》（A Farewellto Arms）两部作品被美国现代图书馆列入“20世纪100部最佳英文小说”。

作品：

《老人与海》的故事背景是在二十世纪中叶的古巴。故事主人公是一位叫圣地亚哥的老渔夫。这位风烛残年的渔夫一连八十多天都没有钓到一条鱼，几乎都快饿死了，但他仍然不肯认输，充满着奋斗的精神，最后终于钓到一条体重约一千五百磅的大马林鱼。大鱼拖着船往大海走，但老人依然拉着不放，即使没有水，没有食物，没有武器，没有助手，而且左手抽筋，他也丝毫不灰心。经过两天两夜，他终于杀死大鱼，把它拴在船边。这部小说表现了一种奋斗的人生观，即使面对的是不可征服的大自然，但人仍然可以得到精神上的胜利。在奋斗的过程中，我们可以看到一个人如何成为一个顶天立地的大丈夫。

On the next turn， the oldman nearly had the fish. Butagain he righted himself andswam slowly away. You arekilling me， fish， the old manthought. But you have a right to.Never have I seen a greater， ormore beautiful， or a calmer ormore noble thing than you，brother. Come on and kill me.I do not care who kills who.Now you are getting confusedin the head， he thought. Youmust keep your head clear.Keep your head clear andknow how to suffer like a man，or a fish， he thought.“ Clear up， head，” hesaid in a voice he could hardly hear.“Clear up.”

Twice more it was the same on theturns. I do not know， the old man thought.He had been on the point of feeling himselfgo each time. I do not know. But I willtry it once more. He tried it once more andhe felt himself going when he turned thefish. The fish righted himself and swam offagain slowly with the great tail weaving inthe air. Ill try it again， the old manpromised， although his hands were mushynow and he could only see well in flashes.He tried it again and it was the same.

So he thought， and he felt himselfgoing before he started; I will try it onceagain. He took all his pain and what wasleft of his strength and his long gone pride.He put it against the fishs agony and thefish came over onto his side and swamgently on his side， his bill almost touchingthe planking of the skiff and started topass the boat， long， deep， wide， silver andbarred with purple and interminable in thewater. The old man dropped the line andput his foot on it and lifted the harpoon ashigh as he could and drove it down with allhis strength， and more strength he had justsummoned， into the fishs side just behindthe great chest fin that rose high in the airto the altitude of the mans chest.

He felt the iron go in and he leanedon it and drove it further and then pushedall his weight after it. Then the fish camealive， with his death in him， and rose highout of the water showing all his greatlength and width and all his power and hisbeauty. He seemed to hang in the airabove the old man in the skiff. Then he fellinto the water with a crash that sent sprayover the old man and over all of the skiff.

The old man felt faint and sick andhe could not see well. But he cleared theharpoon line and let it run slowly throughhis raw hands and， when he could see， hesaw the fish was on his back with his silverbelly up.

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