《老人與海》金句賞析

讀了美國(guó)著名作家海明威的小說(shuō)《老人與海》。我十分佩服小說(shuō)中老漁夫的意志，他讓我懂得了一個(gè)人一定要有堅(jiān)持不懈的精神，才能獲得成功。 小說(shuō)描寫(xiě)的是一個(gè)年近六旬的老漁夫，在一次單身出海打魚(yú)時(shí)，釣到了一條大魚(yú)，卻拉不上來(lái)。老漁夫同魚(yú)周旋了幾天后，才發(fā)現(xiàn)這是一條超過(guò)自己漁船數(shù)倍的大馬林魚(yú)，雖然明知很難取勝，但仍不放棄。后來(lái)又因大馬林魚(yú)傷口上的魚(yú)腥味引來(lái)了幾群鯊魚(yú)搶食，但老人仍不愿就這樣放棄，最終突出重圍，將大魚(yú)帶回了漁港，讓其他漁夫佩服不已。

1.But I try not to borrow. First you borrow. Then you beg.

不過(guò)我不想借錢(qián)。第一步是借錢(qián)。下一步就要討飯啰。

2."You'll not fish without eating while I'm alive." "Then live a long time and take care of yourself," the old man said.

“只要我活著，你就決不會(huì)不吃飯就去打魚(yú)。”“這么說(shuō)，祝你長(zhǎng)壽，多保重自己吧，”老人說(shuō)。

3.Only I have no luck any more. But who knows? Maybe today. Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.

問(wèn)題只在于我的運(yùn)氣就此不好了。可是誰(shuí)說(shuō)得準(zhǔn)呢?說(shuō)不定今天就轉(zhuǎn)運(yùn)。每一天都是一個(gè)新的日子。走運(yùn)當(dāng)然是好。不過(guò)我情愿做到分毫不差。這樣，運(yùn)氣來(lái)的時(shí)候，你就有所準(zhǔn)備了。

4.Most people are heartless about turtles because a turtle's heart will beat for hours after he has been cut up and butchered. But the old man thought, I have such a heart too and my feet and hands are like theirs.

人們大都對(duì)海龜殘酷無(wú)情，因?yàn)橐恢缓｝斀o剖開(kāi)、殺死之后，它的心臟還要跳動(dòng)好幾個(gè)鐘點(diǎn)。然而老人想，我也有這樣一顆心臟，我的手腳也跟它們的一樣。

5.I must never let him learn his strength nor what he could do if he made his run. If I were him I would put in everything now and go until something broke. But, thank God, they are not as intelligent as we who kill them; although they are more noble and more able.

我一定不能讓它明白它有多大的力氣，明白如果飛逃的話，它能干出什么來(lái)。我要是它，我眼下就要使出渾身的力氣，一直飛逃到什么東西繃斷為止。但是感謝上帝它們沒(méi)有我們這些要?dú)⒑λ鼈兊娜寺斆?，盡管它們比我們高尚，更有能耐。

6."Christ, I did not know he was so big." "I'll kill him though," he said. "In all his greatness and his glory." Although it is unjust, he thought. But I will show him what a man can do and what a man endures.

“天啊，我當(dāng)初不知道這魚(yú)竟這么大。”“可是我要把它宰了，”他說(shuō)。“不管它多么了不起，多么神氣。”然而這是不公平的，他想。不過(guò)我要讓它知道人有多少能耐，人能忍受多少磨難。

7."I told the boy I was a strange old man," he said. "Now is when I must prove it." The thousand times that he had proved it meant nothing. Now he was proving it again. Each time was a new time and he never thought about the past when he was doing it.

“我跟那孩子說(shuō)過(guò)來(lái)著，我是個(gè)不同尋常的老頭兒，”他說(shuō)。“現(xiàn)在是證實(shí)這話的時(shí)候了。” 他已經(jīng)證實(shí)過(guò)上千回了，這算不上什么。眼下他正要再證實(shí)一回。每一回都是重新開(kāi)始，他這樣做的時(shí)候，從來(lái)不去想過(guò)去。

8.Man is not much beside the great birds and beasts. Still would rather be that beast down there in the darkness of the sea.

人跟偉大的鳥(niǎo)獸相比，真算不上什么。我還是情愿做那只待在黑暗的深水里的動(dòng)物。

9."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."

“這條魚(yú)也是我的朋友，”他說(shuō)出聲來(lái)。“我從沒(méi)看見(jiàn)過(guò)或聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)這樣的魚(yú)。不過(guò)我必須把它弄死。我很高興，我們不必去弄死那些星星。”

10.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.

它能供多少人吃啊他想?？墒撬麄兣涑运鼏?不配，當(dāng)然不配。憑它的舉止風(fēng)度和它的高度的尊嚴(yán)來(lái)看，誰(shuí)也不配吃它。

11.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.

我不懂這些事兒，他想。可是我們不必去弄死太陽(yáng)或月亮或星星，這是好事。在海上過(guò)日子，弄死我們自己真正的兄弟，已經(jīng)夠我們受的了。

12.Then his head started to become a little unclear and he thought, is he bringing me in or am I bringing him in? If I were towing him behind there would be no question. Nor if the fish were in the skiff, with all dignity gone, there would be no question either. But they were sailing together lashed side by side and the old man thought, let him bring me in if it pleases him. I am only better than him through trickery and he meant me no harm.

接著他的頭腦有點(diǎn)兒不清楚了，他竟然想起，是它在帶我回家，還是我在帶它回家呢?如果我把它拖在船后，那就毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)了。如果這魚(yú)丟盡了面子，給放在這小船上，那么也不會(huì)有什么疑問(wèn)。可是他們是并排地拴在一起航行的，所以老人想，只要它高興，讓它把我?guī)Щ丶胰サ昧?。我不過(guò)靠了詭計(jì)才比它強(qiáng)的，可它對(duì)我并無(wú)惡意。

13.It was too good to last, he thought. I wish it had been a dream now and that I had never hooked the fish and was alone in bed on the newspapers. "But man is not made for defeat," he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated."

光景太好了，不可能持久的，他想。但愿這是一場(chǎng)夢(mèng)，我根本沒(méi)有釣到這條魚(yú)，正獨(dú)自躺在床上鋪的舊報(bào)紙上。不過(guò)人不是為失敗而生的，他說(shuō)。一個(gè)人可以被毀滅，但不能給打敗。

14.Perhaps it was a sin to kill the fish. I suppose it was even though I did it to keep me alive and feed many people. But then everything is a sin. Do not think about sin. It is much too late for that and there are people who are paid to do it. Let them think about it. You were born to be a fisherman as the fish was born to be a fish.

也許殺死這條魚(yú)是一樁罪過(guò)。我看該是的，盡管我是為了養(yǎng)活自己并且給許多人吃用才這樣干的。不過(guò)話得說(shuō)回來(lái)，什么事都是罪過(guò)啊。別想罪過(guò)了吧?，F(xiàn)在想它也實(shí)在太遲了，而且有些人是拿了錢(qián)來(lái)干這個(gè)的。讓他們?nèi)タ紤]吧。你天生是個(gè)漁夫，正如那魚(yú)天生就是一條魚(yú)一樣。

15."Half fish," he said. "Fish that you were. I am sorry that I went too far out. I ruined us both. But we have killed many sharks, you and I, and ruined many others. How many did you ever kill, old fish? You do not have that spear on your head for nothing."

半條魚(yú)，他說(shuō)。你原來(lái)是條完整的。我很抱歉，我出海太遠(yuǎn)了。我把你我都?xì)Я恕２贿^(guò)我們殺死了不少鯊魚(yú)，你跟我一起，還打傷了好多條。你殺死過(guò)多少啊，好魚(yú)?你頭上長(zhǎng)著那只長(zhǎng)嘴，可不是白長(zhǎng)的啊。

16.What will you do now if they come in the night? What can you do? "Fight them," he said. "I'll fight them until I die."

要是它們夜里來(lái)，你該怎么辦?你又有什么辦法?“跟它們斗，”他說(shuō)。“我要跟它們斗到死。”

17.He felt that perhaps he was already dead. He put his two hands together and felt the palms. They were not dead and he could bring the pain of life by simply opening and closing them.

他感到說(shuō)不定自己已經(jīng)死了。他合上雙手，摸摸掌心。這雙手沒(méi)有死，他只消把它們開(kāi)合一下，就能感到生之痛楚。

18.In the night sharks hit the carcass as someone might pick up crumbs from the table. The old man paid no attention to them and did not pay any attention to anything except steering. He only noticed how lightly and how well the skiff sailed now there was no great weight beside her.

夜里有些鯊魚(yú)來(lái)咬這死魚(yú)的殘骸，就象人從飯桌上撿面包屑吃一樣。老人不去理睬它們，除了掌舵以外他什么都不理睬。他只留意到船舷邊沒(méi)有什么沉重的東西，小船這時(shí)駛來(lái)多么輕松，多么出色。

19."They beat me, Manolin," he said. "They truly beat me." "He didn't beat you. Not the fish." "No. Truly. It was afterwards."

“它們把我打敗了，馬諾林，”他說(shuō)。“它們確實(shí)把我打敗了。”“它沒(méi)有打敗你。那條魚(yú)可沒(méi)有。”“對(duì)。真?zhèn)€的。是后來(lái)才吃敗仗的。”

20.Up the road, in his shack, the old man was sleeping again. He was still sleeping on his face and the boy was sitting by him watching him. The old man was dreaming about the lions.

在大路另一頭老人的窩棚里，他又睡著了。他依舊臉朝下躺著，孩子坐在他身邊，守著他。老人正夢(mèng)見(jiàn)獅子。

21.It is what a man must do.

這是一個(gè)男子漢所應(yīng)該做的。

22.All my life the early sun has hurt my eyes, he thought. Yet they are still good.

生命中的旭陽(yáng)刺痛了我的眼睛，他想。還好這雙眼睛現(xiàn)在還挺好。

23.My big fish must be somewhere.

一定有屬於我的大魚(yú)在什麼地方等著。

24.5.The water was a dark blue now, so dark that it was almost purple.

如今的海水是深藍(lán)色的，深到幾乎成了紫色。

25.Now is no time to think of baseball, he thought. Now is the time to think of only one thing. That which I was born for.

現(xiàn)在沒(méi)有時(shí)間考慮棒球了，他想。此刻是只能思考一件事情的時(shí)候。那是，我生來(lái)是為了什麼。

26.If you said a good thing, it might not happen.

如果你說(shuō)出了一件好的事情，那么那件好事可能就會(huì)不出現(xiàn)了。

27.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.

我不知道，如果他下來(lái)或者如果他倒地一聲死了，我要怎么辦。但是我知道，我會(huì)做一些事情。還有很多東西我可以做。

28.Then he looked behind him and saw that no land was visible. That makes no difference, he thought.

然后他望向背后，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)，沒(méi)有一塊可以看見(jiàn)的陸地。他想，海洋沒(méi)有制造什麼差異，跟之前沒(méi)有什麼區(qū)別。

29.The position actually was only somewhat less intolerable; but he thought of it as almost comfortable.

實(shí)際上的方位只能稍微帶給人少許無(wú)法忍受的感覺(jué)，但他幾乎想象這是一件舒適的事情。

30.Still I would rather be that beast down there in the darkness of the sea.

我還是情愿做那只待在黑暗的大海。