歡迎來到《老人與海》雙語精讀，我是simon.
上一講，老人跟男孩閑聊到棒球的事情，并說到have faith in yankee (對洋基隊要有信心)，更像是對自己說的，要有信心。
有一句關于金錢觀的話值得思考“first you borrow, then you beg.”，一開始借錢，之后乞討。
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When the boy came back the old man was asleep in the chair and the sun was down. The boy took the old army blanket off the bed and spread it over the back of the chair and over the old man’s shoulders. They were strange shoulders, still powerful although very old, and the neck was still strong too and the creases did not show so much when the old man was asleep and his head fallen forward. His shirt had been patched so many times that it was like the sail and the patches were faded to many different shades by the sun. The old man’s head was very old though and with his eyes closed there was no life in his face. The newspaper lay across his knees and the weight of his arm held it there in the evening breeze. He was barefooted.?
When the boy came back the old man was asleep in the chair and the sun was down.
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When the boy came back?男孩回來的時候
the old man was asleep?老人睡著了
in the chair?在椅子上
and the sun was down.太陽下山了
合
當男孩回來的時候，老人在椅子上睡著了，太陽也下山了。
整理
等孩子回來的時候，老人在椅子上熟睡著，太陽已經下去了。
其實我們可以看得出老人已經變現出孱弱的特征，猶如夕陽的余暉，不禁讓人感到一絲同情。
The boy took the old army blanket off the bed and spread it over the back of the chair and over the old man’s shoulders.
The boy took the old army blanket??
男孩拿了一條舊軍用毯子
off the bed?從床上撤下來
這里的off?是和前面的take?共同組成take…?off?的句型，意思是“把…拿下來”
其實介詞，尤其是方位介詞在表現方向上特別重要（不妨復習《全民英語》介詞部分）
and spread it over the back of the chair?鋪在椅子的后背上
spread 意思“攤開”，不僅可以攤開衣服，床單等，也可以表示“伸展”腿腳，像躺在草坪上，攤開身體。就可以spread our limbs. 伸開四肢
and over the old man’s shoulders.?
蓋住老人的肩膀
合
男孩從床上撤下一條舊軍毯，鋪在老人椅背上，蓋著老人的肩膀。
整理
孩子從床上撿起一條舊軍毯，鋪在椅背上，蓋住了老人的雙肩。
They were strange shoulders, still powerful although very old, and the neck was still strong too and the creases did not show so much when the old man was asleep and his head fallen forward.
They were strange shoulders,?這是奇怪的肩膀
still powerful?仍然有力
powerful = power（力量）+ -ful(形容詞后綴，表示滿的) =?有力量的
although very old,?雖然非常老
and the neck was still strong too?脖子也非常強壯
and the creases did not show so much?
皺紋不那么明顯
when the old man was asleep?當老人睡著的時候
and his head fallen forward.?他的頭往前傾
fall forward 向前垂下，這個詞讓人瞬間感覺很奇怪，很容易讓人想到老人已經去世。所以，字里行間都是老人已經接近生命的終結了。
合
這肩膀說也奇怪，雖然很老邁，但是依然強健，脖子也很結實。當他睡著了，頭往前傾，皺紋也就不明顯了。
整理
這兩個肩膀挺怪，人非常老邁了，肩膀卻依然很強健，脖子也依然很壯實，而且當老人睡著了，腦袋向前耷拉著的時候，皺紋也不大明顯了。
His shirt had been patched so many times that it was like the sail and the patches were faded to many different shades by the sun.
詞匯
patched [p?t?t]?打補丁
faded [?fe?d?d]?褪色
shades [?e?dz]?色調
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His shirt had been patched so many times?
他的襯衫已經打過好多補丁
that it was like the sail?就像船帆那樣
and the patches were faded to many different shades?
補丁褪色成深淺不同的色調
這里的戲謔和前文的The sail was patched with flour sacks and, furled, it looked like the flag of permanent defeat.（帆上用面粉袋片打了些補丁，收攏后看來象是一面標志著永遠失敗的旗子。）相呼應。
同樣是老人如今的窮困潦倒。
by the sun.?被太陽（曬）
合
他的襯衫已經像船帆那樣打過好多補丁，由于陽光照射，補丁褪色成深淺不同的色調
整理
他的襯衫上不知打了多少次補丁，弄得象他那張帆一樣，這些補丁被陽光曬得褪成了許多深淺不同的顏色。
The old man’s head was very old though and with his eyes closed there was no life in his face.
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The old man’s head was very old though?
老人的頭已經蒼老
and with his eyes closed?閉著眼睛的時候
there was no life?沒有生機
in his face.?在臉上
合
老人的頭已經蒼老，閉著眼睛的時候，臉上沒有生氣。
整理
老人的頭非常蒼老，眼睛閉上了，臉上就一點生氣也沒有。
如果是被年老體弱打敗，或許這個故事就已經沒有未來了。映入腦海的是老人漸漸失去光彩，生命從體內一絲絲抽離的場景。
The newspaper lay across his knees and the weight of his arm held it there in the evening breeze. He was barefooted.?
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The newspaper lay across his knees?
報紙橫在膝蓋上
Lay across 是介詞短語，動詞+副詞=動作+方向。即，動作是“放著”，介詞是“橫跨著”，也就是“（報紙）橫跨著（雙腿）放著”
and the weight of his arm held it there?胳膊的重量把它壓在那兒
多少能看得出這份報紙對老人說可能是難得的“禮物”吧！
in the evening breeze.?在夜晚的微風
breeze 是“微風”，一般表示春天的柔風（a light gentle wind），與 wind 相比內在含義更豐富。
He was barefooted.?他光著腳
barefooted [?be??f?t?d] = bare-?（光的，禿的）+ foot (腳) + ed (形容詞后綴) =?光著腳的
建議記住bare-這個前綴，非常好用，比如，bareface 厚顏無恥；bareback 沒有馬鞍，barehand 徒手，空手等等。很多單詞，無師自通。
合：
報紙橫在膝蓋上，胳膊的重量把它壓在那兒，才沒讓夜晚的風刮走，他赤著腳。
整理
報紙攤在他膝蓋上，在晚風中，靠他一條胳臂壓著才沒被吹走。他光著腳。
整段分析
When the boy came back the old man was asleep in the chair and the sun was down. The boy took the old army blanket off the bed and spread it over the back of the chair and over the old man’s shoulders. They were strange shoulders, still powerful although very old, and the neck was still strong too and the creases did not show so much when the old man was asleep and his head fallen forward. His shirt had been patched so many times that it was like the sail and the patches were faded to many different shades by the sun. The old man’s head was very old though and with his eyes closed there was no life in his face. The newspaper lay across his knees and the weight of his arm held it there in the evening breeze. He was barefooted.?
等孩子回來的時候，老人在椅子上熟睡著，太陽已經下去了。孩子從床上撿起一條舊軍毯，鋪在椅背上，蓋住了老人的雙肩。這兩個肩膀挺怪，人非常老邁了，肩膀卻依然很強健，脖子也依然很壯實，而且當老人睡著了，腦袋向前耷拉著的時候，皺紋也不大明顯了。他的襯衫上不知打了多少次補丁，弄得象他那張帆一樣，這些補丁被陽光曬得褪成了許多深淺不同的顏色。老人的頭非常蒼老，眼睛閉上了，臉上就一點生氣也沒有。報紙攤在他膝蓋上，在晚風中，靠他一條胳臂壓著才沒被吹走。他光著腳。
看到的是一個風燭殘年的老人獨自躺在椅子上，夕陽隨大海漸入沉寂，晚風襲來的陣陣涼意。給人的感受是真實的老邁，然而其中又透著些堅強，奇怪的肩膀，不屈的脖子。即使老人年輕時的風光不減，又是老賴將至的無奈。
敲黑板
take…?off?“把…拿下來”
spread “攤開”，“伸展” ??spread our limbs. 伸開四肢
powerful = power（力量）+ -ful(形容詞后綴，表示滿的) =?有力量的
Lay across 是介詞短語，動詞+副詞=動作+方向。
breeze 是“微風”，一般表示春天的柔風（a light gentle wind）
bare- ??barefoot光腳；?bareface 厚顏無恥；bareback 沒有馬鞍；barehand 徒手，空手
今天學到這里，下期見。
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