我告诉她说有荷马史诗，西塞罗的著作，还有海明威描写一个老人跟鱼和大海搏斗的故事。
I told her about Homer, Cicero, and Hemingway's story about the old man and his battle with the fish and the sea.
我在什么地方读到过——那个人写的不是关于爬山人的事，而是水手的故事——大海赐予的惟一的礼物就是经受得起残酷无情的击打，而且偶尔也是感受顽强的机遇。
I read somewhere-and the person who wrote this was not a mountaineer but a sailor-that the sea's only gifts are harsh blows and, occasionally, the chance to feel strong.
他还听说了许许多多人在同样的旅程中死在途中的故事，这些人有的被活活憋死，有些被活着扔进大海。
He heard stories of men who had died trying to make a similar voyage, who had suffocated or been thrown overboard alive.
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