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Then he said aloud, "I wish I had the boy. To help me and to see this."
然后他說出聲來：“但愿孩子在就好了。可以幫我一手，讓他見識見識這種光景。”
No one should be alone in their old age, he thought. But it is unavoidable. I must remember to eat the tuna before he spoils in order to keep strong. Remember, no matter how little you want to, that you must eat him in the morning. Remember, he said to himself.
誰也不該上了年紀獨個兒待著，他想。不過這也是避免不了的。為了保養體力，我一定要記住趁金槍魚沒壞時就吃。記住了，哪怕你只想吃一點點，也必須在早上吃。記住了，他對自己說。
During the night two porpoises came around the boat and he could hear them rolling and blowing. He could tell the difference between the blowing noise the male made and the sighing blow of the female.
夜間，兩條海豚游到小船邊來，他聽見它們翻騰和噴水的聲音。他能辯別出那雄的發出的喧鬧的噴水聲和那雌的發出的喘息般的噴水聲。
"They are good," he said. "They play and make jokes and love one another. They are our brothers like the flying fish."
“它們都是好樣的，”他說。“它們嬉耍，打鬧，相親相愛。它們是我們的兄弟，就象飛魚一樣。”
Then he began to pity the great fish that he had hooked. He is wonderful and strange and who knows how old he is, he thought. Never have I had such a strong fish nor one who acted so strangely. Perhaps he is too wise to jump. He could ruin me by jumping or by a wild rush. But perhaps he has been hooked many times before and he knows that this is how he should make his fight. He cannot know that it is only one man against him, nor that it is an old man. But what a great fish he is and what will be bring in the market if the flesh is good. He took the bait like a male and he pulls like a male and his fight has no panic in it. I wonder if he has any plans or if he is just as desperate as I am?
跟著他憐憫起這條被他釣住的大魚來了。它真出色，真奇特，而且有誰知道它年齡多大呢，他想。我從沒釣到過這樣強大的魚，也沒見過行動這樣奇特的魚。也許它太機靈，不愿跳出水來。它可以跳出水來，或者來個猛沖，把我搞垮。不過，也許它曾上鉤過好多次，所以知道應該如何搏斗。它哪會知道它的對手只有一個人，而且是個老頭兒。不過它是條多大的魚啊，如果魚肉良好的話，在市場上能賣多大一筆錢啊，它咬起餌來象條雄魚，拉起釣索來也象雄魚，搏斗起來一點也不驚慌。不知道它有沒有什么打算，還是就跟我一樣地不顧死活？
