英文书推荐：《老人与海》/《The old man and sea》

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故事梗概🦈🦈：风烛残年的桑提亚哥很久没捕到鱼了。面对外界巨大的压力和厄运打击时，他永远都保持着一个好斗、永不服输的”硬汉“形象。终于在第85天，老人捕到了一条1500磅的大马林鱼，这是一条和老人一样勇猛好战的勇士。面对在内心孤独、生理的饥饿、疼痛、麻木，老人一直咬牙坚持与未知的敌人缠斗。并说出了金句”人不是为失败而生的。一个人可以被毁灭，但不能被打败“（Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated）。这位鹤发鸡皮的老人靠着斗志和一艘破旧的小艇，硬是耗死了比自己强壮几倍的大马林鱼。即使最后老天无情的收走了这位可怜老人近在眼前的硕果，他也从未抱怨，而是在上次的失败中总结原因，为下次出海做更好的准备。

Story outline

The book mainly tell a story about a old fisherman whose name is Santiago. He hadn't been catching a fish for long time. But he never said die because he was a scrappy and proud old man. he went to sea with full of the spirit of struggle as usual.And then He caught a big marlin on day eighty-fifth

The fish dragged the boat out the sea but the old man never lose his heart ,even there was no water, no weapon no help.What more his left hand is cramped and numb.They battled in the sea for two days and nights cause the fish was scrappy like the old man too. The old man finally won and he killed the fish and tied it on the side of boat.

But the blood smell of the dead marlin attracted many sharks to coming, and they came in pack and rob the fish meat .He killed these robbers one by one, until he exhausted all of his energy and all weapon was broken .

Soon after ，these robbers ate up the fish，and the old man dragged back a big pair of fish skeleton.When he went home and lay in bed, he could only dream of the good old days to forget the harsh reality. The old fisherman didn't complain about the harsh reality to people instead of thinking about how to improve the fishing equipment for the next sailing.

推荐理由🌊🌊🌊：本书阅读难度不大，却包含了很深刻的哲理。它赞颂了人类面对艰难困苦时所显示的坚不可摧的精神力量。海明威写这部作品的时间1950年～1951年，距离二战结束后不久。这一代人也被称为“迷惘的一代”，万物百废待兴。而本书的诞生，也唤醒了人们对未来斗志昂扬的热情。海明威被誉为美利坚民族的精神丰碑，他是“新闻体”小说的创始人，他精通于叙事艺术。书中对夜色下漫无边际的大海描写如”海水共月光一色”，凄美壮观。最让我印象深刻的是老人和他的破旧小艇漂浮游荡在无垠的碧海银光里，似如他断梗浮萍、孤苦伶仃的晚年光景。还有关于老人与大马林鱼缠斗时的挣扎和竭尽全力，彷如置身事内。总之，本书值得谢谢品读，特别是当你缺乏斗志、失去自我的时候