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One hundred fathoms down a marlin was eating the sardines that covered the point and the shank of the hook where the hand-forged hook projected from the head of the small tuna.
在一百英尋的深處有條大馬林魚正在吃包住釣鉤尖端和鉤身的沙丁魚，這個手工制的釣鉤是從一條小金槍魚的頭部穿出來的。
The old man held the line delicately, and softly, with his left hand, unleashed it from the stick. Now he could let it run through his fingers without the fish feeling any tension.
老人輕巧地攥著釣索，用左手把它從竿子上輕輕地解下來。他現在可以讓它穿過他手指間滑動，不會讓魚感到一點兒牽引力。
This far out, he must be huge in this month, he thought. Eat them, fish. Eat them. Please eat them. How fresh they are and you down there six hundred feet in that cold water in the dark. Make another turn in the dark and come back and eat them.
在離岸這么遠的地方，它長到本月份，個頭一定挺大了，他想。吃魚餌吧，魚啊。吃吧。請你吃吧。這些魚餌多新鮮，而你啊，待在這六百英尺的深處，在這漆黑黑的冷水里。在黑暗里再繞個彎子，拐回來把它們吃了吧。
He felt the light delicate pulling and then a harder pull when a sardine's head must have been more difficult to break from the hook. Then there was nothing.
他感到微弱而輕巧地一拉，跟著較猛烈地一拉，這時準是有條沙丁魚的頭很難從釣鉤上扯下來。然后沒有一絲動靜了。
"Come on," the old man said aloud. "Make another turn. Just smell them. Aren't they lovely? Eat them good now and then there is the tuna. Hard and cold and lovely. Don't be shy, fish. Eat them."
“來吧，”老人說出聲來?！霸倮@個彎子吧。聞聞這些魚餌。它們不是挺鮮美嗎？趁它們還新鮮的時候吃了，回頭還有那條金槍魚。又結實，又涼快，又鮮美。別怕難為情，魚兒。把它們吃了吧。”
He waited with the line between his thumb and his finger, watching it and the other lines at the same time for the fish might have swum up or down. Then came the same delicate pulling touch again.
他把釣索夾在大拇指和食指之間等待著。同時盯著它和其他那幾根釣索，因為這魚可能已游到了高一點的地方或低一點的地方。跟著又是那么輕巧地一拉。
"He'll take it," the old man said aloud. "God help him to take it."
“它會咬餌的，”老人說出聲來?！扒筇熘鲙退юD吧?！?/div>
He did not take it though. He was gone and the old man felt nothing.
然而它沒有咬餌。它游走了，老人沒感到有任何動靜。
"He can't have gone," he said. "Christ knows he can't have gone. He's making a turn. Maybe he has been hooked before and he remembers something of it."
“它不可能游走的，”他說?！疤熘浪遣豢赡苡巫叩?。它正在繞彎子吶。也許它以前上過鉤，還有點兒記得?！?/div>
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| hook | [huk] |
想一想再看 n. 鉤狀物，勾拳，鉤 |
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| spoil | [spɔil] |
想一想再看 n. 戰利品，獎品 |
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| cereal | ['siəriəl] |
想一想再看 n. 谷類食物，麥片 |
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| skiff | [skif] |
想一想再看 n. 輕舟，小船 |
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| projected | [prə'dʒektid] |
想一想再看 adj. 投影的，投射 v. 投射（project的過去 |
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| delicate | ['delikit] |
想一想再看 n. 精美的東西 |
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| pilot | ['pailət] |
想一想再看 n. 飛行員，領航員，引航員 |
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| stick | [stik] |
想一想再看 n. 枝，桿，手杖 |
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| delicately | ['delikətli] |
想一想再看 adv. 優美地，微妙地，精致地，謹慎地，巧妙地 |
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| tension | ['tenʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 緊張，拉力，張力，緊張狀態，[電]電壓 |
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