Toward noon a marlin started nibbling at the Bait which was one hundred fathoms down. Gently the old man played the fish, a Big one, as he knew from the weight on the line.

• 快到中午时,一条马林鱼开始啃起一百深处的那块鱼饵来了。老人轻轻地摆布那条上了钩的鱼,根据钓丝的份量他知道那准是一条大鱼。