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He was a very big Make shark built to swim as fast as the fastest fish in the sea and everything about him was beautiful except his jaws.

它是條很大的灰鯖鯊,，生就一副好體格,，能游得跟海里最快的魚一般快，周身的一切都很美,，除了它的上下顎,。

His back was as blue as a sword fish's and his belly was silver and his hide was smooth and handsome.

它的背部和劍魚的一般藍(lán)，肚子是銀色的,，魚皮光滑而漂亮,。

He was built as a sword fish except for his huge jaws which were tight shut now as he swam fast, just under the surface with his high dorsal fin knifing through the water without wavering.

它長得和劍魚一般，除了它那張正緊閉著的大嘴,，它眼下就在水面下迅速地游著,，高聳的脊鰭像刀子般劃破水面，一點(diǎn)也不抖動,。

Inside the closed double lip of his jaws all of his eight rows of teeth were slanted inwards.

在這緊閉著的雙唇里面,，八排牙齒全都朝里傾斜著。

They were not the ordinary pyramid-shaped teeth of most sharks.

它們和大多數(shù)鯊魚的不同，不是一般的金字塔形的,。

They were shaped like a man's fingers when they are crisped like claws.

它們像爪子般蜷曲起來的人的手指,。

They were nearly as long as the fingers of the old man and they had razor-sharp cutting edges on both sides.

它們幾乎跟這老人的手指一般長，兩邊都有刀片般鋒利的快口,。

This was a fish built to feed on all the fishes in the sea, that were so fast and strong and well armed that they had no other enemy.

這種魚生就拿海里所有的魚當(dāng)食料,，它們游得那么快，那么壯健,，武器齊備,，以致所向無敵。

Now he speeded up as he smelled the fresher scent and his blue dorsal fin cut the water.

它聞到了這新鮮的血腥氣,，此刻正加快了速度,，藍(lán)色的脊鰭劃破了水面。

When the old man saw him coming he knew that this was a shark that had no fear at all and would do exactly what he wished.

老人看見它在游來,，看出這是條毫無畏懼而堅決為所欲為的鯊魚,。

He prepared the harpoon and made the rope fast while he watched the shark come on.

他準(zhǔn)備好了魚叉，系緊了繩子,，一面注視著鯊魚向前游來,。

The rope was short as it lacked what he had cut away to lash the fish.

繩子短了，缺了他割下用來綁魚的那一截,。

The old man's head was clear and good now and he was full of resolution but he had little hope.

老人此刻頭腦清醒,，正常，充滿了決心,，但并不抱著多少希望,。

It was too good to last, he thought.

光景太好了，不可能持久的,，他想,。

He took one look at the great fish as he watched the shark close in.

他注視著鯊魚在逼近，抽空朝那條大魚望上一眼,。

It might as well have been a dream, he thought.

這簡直等于是一場夢,，他想。

I cannot keep him from hitting me but maybe I can get him.

我沒法阻止它來襲擊我,，但是也許我能弄死它,。

Dentuso, he thought. Bad luck to your mother.

登多索鯊，他想,。你它媽交上壞運(yùn)啦,。

The shark closed fast astern and when he hit the fish the old man saw his mouth open and his strange eyes and the clicking chop of the teeth as he drove forward in the meat just above the tail.

鯊魚飛速地逼近船梢，它襲擊那魚的時候,，老人看見它張開了嘴,，看見它那雙奇異的眼睛,，它咬住魚尾巴上面一點(diǎn)兒的地方，牙齒咬得嘎吱嘎吱地響,。

The shark's head was out of water and his back was coming out and the old man could hear the noise of skin and flesh ripping on the big fish when he rammed the harpoon down onto the shark's head at a spot where the line between his eyes intersected with the line that ran straight back from his nose.

鯊魚的頭露出在水面上,，背部正在出水，老人聽見那條大魚的皮肉被撕裂的聲音,，這時候,，他用魚叉朝下猛地扎進(jìn)鯊魚的腦袋，正扎在它兩眼之間的那條線和從鼻子筆直通到腦后的那條線的交叉點(diǎn)上,。

There were no such lines.

這兩條線實(shí)在是并不存在的,。

There was only the heavy sharp blue head and the big eyes and the clicking, thrusting all-swallowing jaws.

只有那沉重、尖銳的藍(lán)色腦袋,，兩只大眼睛和那嘎吱作響,、吞噬一切的突出的兩顎。

But that was the location of the brain and the old man hit it.

可是那兒正是腦子的所在,，老人直朝它扎去,。

He hit it with his blood mushed hands driving a good harpoon with all his strength.

他使出全身的力氣，用糊著鮮血的雙手,，把一支好魚叉向它扎去,。

He hit it without hope but with resolution and complete malignancy.

他扎它，并不抱著希望,，但是帶著決心和十足的惡意,。

背景音樂：寫給海洋

朗讀：迪新

翻譯：海觀