He was an old man who fished alone in a small boat on the sea and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.

他是一个老人，独自在海上的一条小船上钓鱼。至今出海84天了，他一条鱼也没钓到。

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From his appearance, you wouldn't think he was an old man of seventy years.

从外貌上看，你不会认为他是一个七十岁的老人。

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As for himself, he had been fighting for half an hour now, and he was an old man.

至于他自己呢，他已经斗了半个钟头，他已经是个老头儿了。

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One day, while Giovani was looking out his window, he saw an old man in a black cape walking in the garden.

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