The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway"s most enduring works.Told in language of great simplicity and power,it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman,down on his luck,and his supreme ordeal——a relentless,agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream.Here Hemingway recasts,in strikingly contemporary style,the classic thene of courage in the face of defeat,of personal triumph won from los.Written in 1952,this hugely successfully novella confirmed his power and presence in the literary world and played a huge part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature.
The boy loved the old fisherman and pitied him. If Manolin had no money of his own, he begged or stole to make sure that Santiago had enough to eat and fresh baits for his lines. The old man accepted his kindness with humility that was like a quiet kind of pride. Over their evening meals of rice or black beans they would talk about the fish they had taken in luckier times or about American baseball and the great DiMaggio. At night, alone in his shack, Santiago dreamed of lions on the beaches of Africa, where he had gone on a sailing ship years before. He no longer dreamed of his dead wife.
On the eighty-fifth day Santiago rowed out of the harbor in the cool dark before dawn. After leaving the smell of land behind him, he set his lines. Two of his baits were fresh tunas the boy had given him, as well as sardines to cover his hooks. The lines went straight down into deep dark water.
As the sun rose he saw other boats in toward shore, which was only a low green line on the sea. A hovering man-of-war bird showed him where dolphin were chasing some flying fish, but the school was moving too fast and too far away. The bird circled again. This time Santiago saw tuna leaping in the sunlight. A small one took the hook on his stern line. Hauling the quivering fish aboard, the old man thought it a good omen.
海明威的一生之中曾榮獲不少獎項。他在第一次世界大戰期間被授予銀製勇敢勳章；1953年，他以《老人與海》一書獲得普利策獎；1954年的《老人與海》又為海明威奪得諾貝爾文學獎。2001年，海明威的《太陽照樣升起》（The Sun Also Rises）與《永別了，武器》兩部作品被美國現代圖書館列入“20世紀中的100部最佳英文小說”中。
The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway"s most enduring works.Told in language of great simplicity and power,it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman,down on his luck,and his supreme ordeal——a relentless,agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream.Here Hemingway recasts,in strikingly contemporary style,the classic thene of courage in the face of defeat,of personal triumph won from los.Written in 1952,this hugely successfully novella confirmed his power and presence in the literary world and played a huge part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature.
中文意思：老人和海是海明威最不朽的作品之一。這是一位zhi古巴老漁夫的故事，講述的是一位古巴老漁夫的故事，他的運氣很好，而他的最高苦難經歷了一場殘酷無情的戰鬥，與遠在墨西哥灣的一個巨大的馬林魚展開了一場殘酷無情的戰鬥。在這裡，海明威以驚人的現代風格，在面對失敗時的勇氣，從洛斯那裡贏得了個人勝利。1952年，這部非常成功的小說在文學世界中獲得了巨大的成功，並在他1954年獲得諾貝爾文學獎的過程中發揮了重要作用。
擴充套件：故事簡介：
The boy loved the old fisherman and pitied him. If Manolin had no money of his own, he begged or stole to make sure that Santiago had enough to eat and fresh baits for his lines. The old man accepted his kindness with humility that was like a quiet kind of pride. Over their evening meals of rice or black beans they would talk about the fish they had taken in luckier times or about American baseball and the great DiMaggio. At night, alone in his shack, Santiago dreamed of lions on the beaches of Africa, where he had gone on a sailing ship years before. He no longer dreamed of his dead wife.
孩子喜歡並且可憐這個老漁人。曼諾林要是自己沒有掙到錢，就會乞討或偷竊以保證桑提亞哥有足夠的食物和新鮮的魚餌。老人謙卑地接受孩子的好意，謙卑中帶有某種隱而不露的自豪感。晚餐時(吃的是大米飯和黑蠶豆)他們總會談論在運氣好的日子裡一起捕獲的大魚，或是談論美國的棒球賽和偉大的狄馬吉奧。夜間桑提亞哥一個人躺在自己的小棚屋裡，夢見非洲海灘上的獅子，幾年前他航海去過那個地方。他不再夢見自己死去的老婆了。
On the eighty-fifth day Santiago rowed out of the harbor in the cool dark before dawn. After leaving the smell of land behind him, he set his lines. Two of his baits were fresh tunas the boy had given him, as well as sardines to cover his hooks. The lines went straight down into deep dark water.
在第八十五天，桑提亞哥在寒冷的黎明前的黑暗中，把小船劃出了港口。在把陸地的氣息拋在身後之後，他放下了釣絲。他的兩個魚餌是孩子給他的鮮金槍魚，還有把魚鉤遮蓋起來的沙丁魚。釣絲垂直地下到暗黑的深水裡。
As the sun rose he saw other boats in toward shore, which was only a low green line on the sea. A hovering man-of-war bird showed him where dolphin were chasing some flying fish, but the school was moving too fast and too far away. The bird circled again. This time Santiago saw tuna leaping in the sunlight. A small one took the hook on his stern line. Hauling the quivering fish aboard, the old man thought it a good omen.
太陽昇起時，他看到別的一些船隻都頭朝著海岸，在海上看來海岸象是一條接近地平線的綠帶子。一隻盤旋的軍艦鳥給老人指明瞭海豚追逐飛魚的地方。但是魚群遊得太快、也太遠了。這隻猛禽又在盤旋了，這次桑提亞哥瞧見金槍魚在太Sunny下躍起。一條小金槍魚咬住了他艉纜上的魚鉤。老人在把顫動的金槍魚拉上船板以後，心想這可是一個好兆頭。
擴充套件知識：
海明威的一生之中曾榮獲不少獎項。他在第一次世界大戰期間被授予銀製勇敢勳章；1953年，他以《老人與海》一書獲得普利策獎；1954年的《老人與海》又為海明威奪得諾貝爾文學獎。2001年，海明威的《太陽照樣升起》（The Sun Also Rises）與《永別了，武器》兩部作品被美國現代圖書館列入“20世紀中的100部最佳英文小說”中。
1961年7月2日，海明威在愛達荷州凱徹姆的家中用獵槍自殺身亡，享年62歲。
海明威一生中的感情錯綜複雜，先後結過四次婚，是美國“迷惘的一代”（Lost Generation）作家中的代表人物，作品中對人生、世界、社會都表現出了迷茫和彷徨。他一向以文壇硬漢著稱，他是美利堅民族的精神豐碑。海明威的作品標誌著他獨特創作風格的形成，在美國文學史乃至世界文學史上都佔有重要地位。