the old man and the sea

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1、ErnestHemingwayTheOldManAndTheSeaToCharlieShribnerAndToMaxPerkinsHewasanoldmanwhofishedaloneinaskiffintheGulfStreamandhehadgoneeighty-fourdaysnowwithouttakingafish.Inthefirstfortydaysaboyhadbeenwithhim.Butafterfortydayswithoutafishtheboy'sparentshadtoldhimthattheoldmanwasnowd

2、efinitelyandfinallysalao,whichistheworstformofunlucky,andtheboyhadgoneattheirordersinanotherboatwhichcaughtthreegoodfishthefirstweek.Itmadetheboysadtoseetheoldmancomeineachdaywithhisskiffemptyandhealwayswentdowntohelphimcarryeitherthecoiledlinesorthegaffandharpoonandthesailth

3、atwasfurledaroundthemast.Thesailwaspatchedwithfloursacksand,furled,itlookedliketheflagofpermanentdefeat.Theoldmanwasthinandgauntwithdeepwrinklesinthebackofhisneck.Thebrownblotchesofthebenevolentskincancerthesunbringsfromitsreflectiononthetropicseawereonhischeeks.Theblotchesra

4、n第1页共50页http://www.en8848.com.cn/原版英语阅读网welldownthesidesofhisfaceandhishandshadthedeep-creasedscarsfromhandlingheavyfishonthecords.Butnoneofthesescarswerefresh.Theywereasoldaserosionsinafishlessdesert.Everythingabouthimwasoldexcepthiseyesandtheywerethesamecolorastheseaandwere

5、cheerfulandundefeated."Santiago,"theboysaidtohimastheyclimbedthebankfromwheretheskiffwashauledup."Icouldgowithyouagain.We'vemadesomemoney."Theoldmanhadtaughttheboytofishandtheboylovedhim."No,"theoldmansaid."You'rewithaluckyboat.Staywiththem.""Butrememberhowyouwenteighty-seven

6、dayswithoutfishandthenwecaughtbigoneseverydayforthreeweeks.""Iremember,"theoldmansaid."Iknowyoudidnotleavemebecauseyoudoubted.""Itwaspapamademeleave.IamaboyandImustobeyhim.""Iknow,"theoldmansaid."Itisquitenormal.""Hehasn'tmuchfaith.""No,"theoldmansaid."Butwehave.Haven'twe?"'Y

7、es,"theboysaid."CanIofferyouabeerontheTerraceandthenwe'lltakethestuffhome.""Whynot?"theoldmansaid."Betweenfishermen."TheysatontheTerraceandmanyofthefishermenmadefunoftheoldmanandhewasnotangry.Others,oftheolderfishermen,lookedathimandweresad.Buttheydidnotshowitandtheyspokepoli

8、telyaboutthecurrentandthedepthstheyhaddriftedtheirlinesatandthestead