第11章 英文版 1（第1页）
第11章英文版（1）
TheOldManandtheSea
Hewasanoldmanwhofishedaloneinaskiffireamandhehadgoy-fourdaysnowwithouttakingafish。Ifortydaysaboyhadbeenwithhim。Butafterfortydayswithoutafishtheboy’sparentshadtoldhimthattheoldmanwaselyandfinallysalao，whichistheworstformofunludtheboyhadgoheirordersiwhichcaughtthreegoodfishthefirstweek。Itmadetheboysadtoseetheoldmaneineachdaywithhisskiffemptyandhealntohelphimcarryeithertheesaffandharpoohatwasfurledarouhesailatchedwithfloursad，furled，itlookedliketheflagofperma。
Theoldmanwasthinandgauntwithdeepwrihebackofhishebrowhebeskihesunbringsfromitsreflethetropicseawereoheblotwelldownthesidesofhisfadhishandshadthedeep-creasedshandlingheavyfishonthecords。Buthesescarswerefresh。Theywereasoldaserosionsi。
&hingabouthimwasoldexcepthiseyesahesamecolorastheseaandwerecheerfulaed。
“Santiago，”theboysaidtohimastheyclimbedthebankfromwheretheskiff。“Icouldgowithyouagain。We’vemadesomemoney。”
Theoldmanhadtaughttheboytofishandtheboylovedhim。
“No，”theoldmansaid。“You’rewithaluckyboat。Staywiththem。”
“Butrememberhowyouwey-sevendayswithoutfishabigoneseverydayforthreeweeks。”
“Iremember，”theoldmansaid。“Iknowyoudidnotleavemebecauseyoudoubted。”
“Itamademeleave。IamaboyandImustobeyhim。”
“Iknow，”theoldmansaid。“Itisquitenormal。”
&beenmuchfaith。”
“No，”theoldmansaid。“Butwehave，haven’twe?”
&heboysaid。“Iofferyouabeeroerradtheakethestuffhome?”
“Whynot?”theoldmansaid。“Betweenfishermen。”
&oerrayofthefishermeheoldmaaheolderfishermehimatheydidnotshowitandtheyspokepolitelyaboutthedthedepthstheyhaddriftedtheirliaeadygoodweatherandofwhattheyhadseen。Thesuccessfulfishermenofthatdaywerealreadyinandhadbutcheredtheirmarlinoutahemlaidfulllengthacrosstwoplanks，withtwomeheendofeak，tothefishhousewheretheywaitedfortheicetrucktocarrythemtothemarketinHavana。Thosewhohadcaughtsharkshadtakehesharkfatheothersideofthecovewheretheywerehoistedonablodtackle，theirliversremoved，theirfinsdtheirhidesskiandtheirfleshtostripsf。
&hewindwasiasmellcameacrosstheharbourfromthesharkfactory;buttodaytherewasoedgeoftheodourbecausethewindhadbatothenorthandthendroppedoffanditleasantandsuerrace。
“Santiago，”theboysaid。
&heoldmansaid。Hewasholdinghisglassandthinkingofmanyyearsago。
“Igoouttogetsardinesforyoufortomorrow?”
“No。Goandplaybaseball。Istillreliowillthrowthe。”
“Iwouldliketogo。IfIotfishwithyou。Iwouldliketoserveinsome>
“Youboughtmeabeer，”theoldmansaid。“Youarealreadyaman。”
“Hohenyoufirsttookmeinaboat?”
“FiveandyounearlywerekilledwhenIbroughtthefishintoogreeoretheboattopieyouremember?”