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p.A group of fishermen gather the next day around the boat where the fish39。s skeleton is still attached. One of the fishermen measures it to be eighteen feet from nose to tail. Tourists at the nearby caf233。 mistakenly take it for a shark. Manolin, worried during the old man39。s endeavor, cries upon finding him safe asleep. The boy brings him newspapers and coffee. When the old man wakes, they promise to fish together once again. Upon his return to sleep, Santiago dreams of lions on the African beach. 這本書(shū)講了古巴的一個(gè)名叫圣地亞哥的老漁夫,獨(dú)自一個(gè)人出海打魚(yú),在一無(wú)所獲的84天之后釣到了一條無(wú)比巨大的馬林魚(yú)。這是老人從來(lái)沒(méi)見(jiàn)過(guò)也沒(méi)聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)的比他的船還長(zhǎng)兩英尺的一條大魚(yú)。魚(yú)的勁非常大,拖著小船漂流了整整兩天兩夜,老人在這兩天兩夜中經(jīng)歷了從未經(jīng)受的艱難考驗(yàn),終于把大魚(yú)刺死,拴在船頭。然而這時(shí)卻遇上了鯊魚(yú),老人與鯊魚(yú)進(jìn)行了殊死搏斗,結(jié)果大馬林魚(yú)被鯊魚(yú)吃光了,老人最后拖回家的只剩下一副光禿禿的魚(yú)骨架和一身的傷。最后卻得到了人們的贊賞。