From that time on Santiago worked alone. Each morning he rowed his skiff out into the Gulf Stream where the Big fish were. Each evening he came in empty-handed.

• 从那个时候起,桑提亚哥只是一个人干活。每天早晨他划着小船到有大鱼出没的墨西哥湾流去,每天晚上他总是两手空空地回来。