ReadingReportTheOldManandtheSea教育经济与管理专业CONTENTS01Authorintroduction02Writingbackground03Storyline04Appreciationoffamoussayings05Themeaningoftheworks02Writingbackground0302Writingbackground01ErnestMillerHemingway(July21,1899–July2,1961)wasanAmericannovelist,shortstorywriter,andjournalist.Hiseconomicalandunderstatedstylehadastronginfluenceoon20th.centuryfiction,whilehislifeofadventureandhisppublicimageinfluencedlatergenerations.Hemingwayproducedmostofhisworkkbetweenthemid1920sandthemid1950s,andwontheNobelPrizeinLiteraturein1954.Hepublishedgsevennovels,sixshortstorycollections,andtwononfictionworks.Additionalworks,includingthreenovels,fourshortstorycollections,andthreenonfictionworks,werepublishedposthumously.ManyofhisworksareconsideredclassicsofAmericanliterature.TheyouthofHemingwayHemingwayinthewarCapturethemarlin02Thenovel“theoldmanandtheseaiswrittenaccordingtoatruestory.AftertheendoftheSecondWorldWar,HemingwaymovedtoCuba,mettheoldfishermanFuentesGregorio.In1930,Hemingwaytooktheboatinthestormvictims,therescueFuentesHemingway.Sincethen,HemingwayandFuentesforgedaprofoundfriendship,andoftengotoseafishing.03hestoryisverysimple,writteninCuba,theoldfishermanSantiagodidnotcatchfishfor84days,byotherfishermenaslosers0102hepersevered,andfinallycaughtalargemarlin,Marlindraggedhisboatintheseaforthreedayswasexhausted,hewaskilledtiedtothesideoftheboat,intheprocessofrepeatedattacksbysharks,heexhaustedallmeanstocounterattack.010203Backtotheport,leavingonlythehead,fishtailandaspine04AppreciationoffamoussayingsAppreciationoffamoussayingsItiswhatamanmustdo.这是一个男子汉所应该做的Mybigfishmustbesomewhere.一定有属于我的大鱼在什么方等着Mostpeopleareheartlessaboutturtlesbecauseaturtle’sheartwillbeatforhoursafterhehasbeencutupandbutchered.Buttheoldmanthought,Ihavesuchahearttooandmyfeetandhandsareliketheirs.大多数人对待(海龟、甲鱼之类的动物吧)很冷酷无情,因为海龟的心会在它身体被剖开和屠杀时,被时光打败.AppreciationoffamoussayingsAmancanbedestroyedbutnotdefeated一个人可以被毁灭但是不能被打倒!Nowisnotimetothinkofbaseball,hethought.Nowisthetimetothinkofonlyonething.ThatwhichIwasbornfor.现在没有时间考虑棒球了,他想.此刻是只能思考一件事情的时候.那是,我生来是为了什么Ifyousaidagoodthing,itmightnothappen.如果你说出了一件好的事情,那么那件好事可能就会不出现了.(大概可以理解为“天机不可泄露”)Keepyourheadclearandknowhowtosufferlikeaman.保持你头脑的清醒,并且懂得如何像一个男子汉那样承受痛苦.05ThemeaningoftheworkstheworksAlthoughtheoldfishermandidnotdragthecompletemarlinbacktothecoast,intheeyesofothersisafailure,butinfactheissuccessful.theworksAsthesayinggoes:nottothesuccessorfailureofthehero,hisstrongwill,bravespiritthanthehero'sbehaviorless,hewillqbecomethesufferingandinvincibleagiant,worthyofeachpersonadvocate.Eyefulofffailurebehind,thepotentialisthemostsinceredesireforvictory.theworksThesimpleworldoftheoldmanandtheseadescribedbyHoiMingweiisprobablytheimagedofourcomplexmodernsociety.Thefailureoftheelderlyasifeveryoneisamicrocosmoftheexperience.Thisislikeanalarm,alwaysremindtheworldtopayattentiontotheirown,concernedaboutthegoalsandsignificanceoftheirlives.Afterall,wehavetowin.theworksLifecanhaveafewbackstroke,wehavetogoallouttofacethechallengestotheheart,convincedthatsuccesswillnotbefaraway.Peoplearenotbornforfailure,apersoncanbedestroyed,butcannotbedefeated.Whenweencounterdifficultiesanddiscouraged,wemustadheretotheancientssaid:themountainispoor,nodoubt,wehaveanothervillage,weTomeetthechallengeswithconfidence.theworksAsthemusicianBeethovensaid,Icanbbedestroyed,butIcannotbeconquered.Thesecannotbedefeatediisthecouragethesecannotbeconqueredisnoble,evenmorethoughtpprovoking:theboymakestheelderlyLoveisthepowerofhumansurvival!THANKYOU