The book report of The old man and the sea1《老人与海》英文读书报告

第一篇：The book report of The old man and the sea1《老人与海》英文读书报告

The book report of The old man and the sea

By Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist.Hemingway received the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for The Old Man and the Sea.He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.During his later life, Hemingway suffered from increasing physical and mental problems.In July 1961, he committed suicide by shooting, himself.Hemingway's distinctive writing style is characterized by economy and understatement and had a significant influence on the development of twentieth-century fiction writing.The Old Man and the Sea is based on the novel written true story.After World War II, Hemingway moved to Cuba, met old fisherman Gregorio Fuentes.In 1930, Hemingway by a ship in the storm victims, Fuentesand Hemingway rescued.Since then, Hemingway and Fuentes developed a profound friendship.In 1936, Fuentes was far out to sea to catch a big fish.Fishing is one of the most dangerous work in the word.They must face up to the dangerous environment.Also they must face the loneliness.The story is one year near sixty years of age senior fisherman.At first 84 days, he did not fish one fish.He did not have enough food, and many locals doubt his fishing technique.So, he decided to go to the sea to fish food and proved that he is a skilled fishermen.Finally, he found there is a big fish but he

didn't pull.He fought with the big fish for several days, and discovered that it was a big marlin.Eventually, he defeated the fish.However, the fish's blood smell brought in several crowds of sharks.These fierce sharks snatched the marlin's meat.The exhausted old man returned himself to fight with these sharks.At that moment, although he knew utterly it was difficult for him to win, the old man did not give up.Usually, when people finished this masterpiece, they always are fully convinced by the great old man’s determination, courage, and toughness.I have already heard of this masterpiece for many years.People love it, prise it, and respect it.But when I finished it, at the first moment, I just wonder: Actually, our human-beings don’t know what we really want, what we dream for, and what we fight for.The problems are always produced by ourselves continuously.Then, we try our best to defeat it and even, destroy it.But to the essence, who on earth was defeated till the end? And what’s more, after the conquest, what are we going to do and what can we do? The essence of our Chinese traditional culture is the affinity while for the American culture it emphasizes the conquest, that’s really totally different and it’s what we should think over.When we understand the meaning of conquest,we can absorb and extend the meaning of our life.If we only focus on the conquest blindly, even it’s a wonderful, splendid and encouraging process, nothing will on our hands at last just as the old man Santiago get nothing but the skeleton.Many people admit and praise this

belief that the man is not made for defeat, a man can be destroyed but not defeated, but what about other creatures in the world, to some extense, in the whole universe? No matter what kind of person we are, or how small or humble we are, it doesn’t matter.What matter most is whether we know what we want to purchase through our life.

第二篇：老人与海 读书报告 英文

《老人与海》读书报告

Book Report of The Old Man and the SEA

The Old Man and the SEA is a midium-length novel written by Ernest miller

Hemingway ,who was born in America.Hemingway went through a quite rough life.He experienced two wars.The wars brought lots of honor to him, followed by 237 scars of wounds and frightening memories which can never be driven away.As far back as 1939, Hemingway began to prepare for the novel.But in fact, the novel was not be published until 1952.“A man is not made for defeat.” “A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”After reading the book The Old Man and The Sea , my brain is filled with these two

sentences.Santiago is a true man who taught me to face difficulties bravely and to be confident in my life.The Old Man and the SEA is a story that a old fisherman, Santiago, did not catch any fish in 84 days.At first, a boy named Manolin used to go fishing with Santiago.But after 40 days without any fish ,his parents arranged the boy to go to another boat, because they thought it would unlucky to let the boy stay with the old man.However, in the eighty fifth day ,the old man rowed the boat far away in the early morning ,and to his surprise, he caught a marlin which was bigger than the boat.The old man struggled with the big marlin in the following two days, and finally speared it.However, the injured fish left a trace with blood, leading hundreds sharks to

battle.The old man tried his best to fight with sharks, but when he arrived at

harbor ,the old man fell down exhaustedly ,only to find there was just a huge fishbone left.The boy came to visit the old man and he believed the old man was not a loser.He told the old man "He did not beat you.Not the fish.That afternoon, the old man slept.He met a lion in his dream.In the story, Santiago is the symbol of those who will never give in to the

difficulties no matter how hard they are.The sharks stands for some resistance, even disasters.Santiago showed his optimism.Even if he just caught a fish born, he still a winner in spirit.After reading the novel, we can understand what is true brave.We may meet

various of difficulties and challenges in our life.Facing to them, what should we do? Santiago has given us a powerful answer.I think the old man is the lion in his dream __a lion that will never give up ,no matter what difficulties he met.Never give up__ that'swhat The Old Man and the Sea told us.

第三篇：老人与海英文读书报告

A Book Report of The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea is a novel written by Ernest Hemingway, an American novelist.The story is set in the 20th century after World War II, which is based on the novel written true story Hemingway himself has experienced.Exactly, it’s a story of an epic struggle between an old, seasoned fisherman and the greatest catch of his life.Leading character Santiago, an aged Cuban fisherman, has set out to sea and returned empty-handed.At first 84 days, he did not even fish one fish.He did not have enough food, and many locals to doubt his fishing technique.Some even laugh at him.So, He decided to go to the sea to fish food and proved that he is a skilled fisherman.On the eight-fifth day of his unlucky streak, Santiago does as promised, sailing his skiff far beyond the island’s shallow coastal waters and venturing into the Gulf Stream.At noon, a big fish, marlin, take the bait that Santiago has placed before.Although the old man expertly hooks the fish, but he cannot pull it in.Instead, the fish begins to pull the boat.He knows perfectly well very difficult to win, but still did not give up.Since then, they began their three-day fighting.The entire time, Santiago, endures constant pain from the fishing line.Eventually, the third day, the fish tires, and Santiago manages to pull the marlin in close enough to kill it with a harpoon thrust.However, things do not go smoothly as he expected.On his way home, he is attacked buy several crowds of shark.Although he kills the sharks in the end, they have devoured the marlin’s precious meat, leaving only skeleton.The old man arrives home before daybreak, and sleeps very deeply.Later on, the old man wakes up and finds the little boy Mandolin staying with him, and decides to go to sea to fish again.In fact, the story contains many different symbols and themes.By reading this book, I was deeply impressed by the old man and what he said “a man can be destroyed but not defeated.” Santiago, though destroyed at the end of the novella, is never defeated.Instead, he emerges as a hero.Santiago’s struggle does not enable him to change man’s place in the world.But the struggle somehow enables him to meet his most dignified destiny.The old man sets a good example for us.He teachers us that we

should fight and never lose faith, never give up.No matter how hard the life is, it’s possible for us to overcome the difficulties.简介

The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most enduring works.Told in language of great simplicity and power,it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman,down on his luck,and his supreme ordeal——a relentless,agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream.Here Hemingway recasts,in strikingly contemporary style,the classic thene of courage in the face of defeat,of personal triumph won from los.Written in 1952,this hugely successfully novella confirmed his power and presence in the literary world and played a huge part in his

winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature.Ernest Hemingway The Old Man and the Sea may very well become one of the true classics of this generation.Certainly, the qualities of Ernest Hemingway's short novel are those which we associate with many great stories of the past: near perfection of form within the limitations of its subject matter, restraint of treatment, regard for the unities of time and place, and evocative simplicity of style.Also, like most great stories, it can be read on more than one level of meaning.On one it is an exciting but tragic adventure story.Sustained by the pride of his calling, the only pride he has left, a broken old fisherman ventures far out into the Gulf Stream and there hooks the biggest marlin ever seen in those waters.Then, alone and exhausted by his struggle to harpoon the giant fish, he is forced into a losing battle with marauding sharks;they leave him nothing but the skeleton of his catch.On another level the book is a fable of the unconquerable spirit of man, a creature capable of snatching spiritual victory from circumstances of disaster and material defeat.On still another it is a parable of religious significance, its theme supported by the writer's unobtrusive handling of Christian symbols and metaphors.Like Coleridge's Ancient Mariner, Hemingway's Cuban fisherman is a character allowing the imagination of his creator to operate simultaneously in two different worlds of meaning and value, the one real and dramatic, the other moral and devotionally symbolic.老 人 与 海

〔美〕海明威? 杨枕旦 译注

《老人与海》完全可能成为当代一部名副其实的经典作品。厄纳斯特•海明威的这部短篇小说无疑具有以往许多巨著的共同特点： 在题材所限的范围内几乎达到形式上的完美无缺、处理方法谨严、注意时间和地点的统一，行文简洁而内涵很深。另外，和极大多数巨著一样，海明威的这篇小说读起来可有不止一层的意思。一方面，这是一个激动人心的带有悲剧性的冒险故事。故事讲到一个精神沮丧的老渔人，在他对职业的自豪感(他留下的唯一自豪感)的支持之下，冒险远航至墨西哥湾流并在那里钓住了一条该水域中从未见过的最大的马林鱼。故事接着说到他孤零零地、在因奋力叉住这条大鱼而耗尽了力气之后，被迫投入一场和一群海盗似的鲨鱼的绝望的搏斗之中，结果是那些鲨鱼只给他留下了猎获物的一具骨架。另一方面，这又是一个寓言，它描述了人所具有的不可征服的精神力量——一个人如何从灾难和实际失败的环境中攫取精神上的胜利。再一方面，这是带有宗教意义的一种隐喻，作者不引人注目地给这一主题添加了基督教的一些象征和比喻。和柯勒律治笔下的“老水手”一样，海明威笔下的古巴渔民是这样一个角色，他容许作者的想象力同时在两个领域中活动，这两个领域具有不同的意义和价值，一个注意写实，有着动人的情节；另一个则侧重道德说教，充满象征的意义。

For eighty four days old Santiago had not caught a single fish.At first a young boy, Manolin, had shared his bad fortune, but after the fortieth luckless day the boy's father told his son to go in another boat.From that

time on Santiago worked alone.Each morning he rowed his skiff out into the Gulf Stream where the big fish were.Each evening he came in empty-handed.桑提亚哥老人已经八十四天没有捕到一条鱼了。最初，一个年轻的孩子曼诺林和他一起分担恶运，但在过了四十天倒霉日子之后，孩子的爸爸让孩子到另一条船上干活去了。从那个时候起，桑提亚哥只是一个人干活。每天早晨他划着小船到有大鱼出没的墨西哥湾流去，每天晚上他总是两手空空地回来。

The boy loved the old fisherman and pitied him.If Manolin had no money of his own, he begged or stole to make sure that Santiago had enough to eat and fresh baits for his lines.The old man accepted his kindness with humility that was like a quiet kind of pride.Over their evening meals of rice or black beans they would talk about the fish they had taken in luckier times or about American baseball and the great DiMaggio.At night, alone in his shack, Santiago dreamed of lions on the beaches of Africa, where he had gone on a sailing ship years before.He no longer dreamed of his dead wife.孩子喜欢并且可怜这个老渔人。曼诺林要是自己没有挣到钱，就会乞讨或偷窃以保证桑提亚哥有足够的食物和新鲜的鱼饵。老人谦卑地接受孩子的好意，谦卑中带有某种隐而不露的自豪感。晚餐时(吃的是大米饭和黑蚕豆)他们总会谈论在运气好的日子里一起捕获的大鱼，或是谈论美国的棒球赛和伟大的狄马吉奥。夜间桑提亚哥一个人躺在自己的小棚屋里，梦见非洲海滩上的狮子，几年前他航海去过那个地方。他不再梦见自己死去的老婆了。

On the eighty-fifth day Santiago rowed out of the harbor in the cool dark before dawn.After leaving the smell of land behind him, he set his lines.Two of his baits were fresh tunas the boy had given him, as well as sardines to cover his hooks.The lines went straight down into deep dark water.在第八十五天，桑提亚哥在寒冷的黎明前的黑暗中，把小船划出了港口。在把陆地的气息抛在身后之后，他放下了钓丝。他的两个鱼饵是孩子给他的鲜金枪鱼，还有把鱼钩遮盖起来的沙丁鱼。钓丝垂直地下到暗黑的深水里。

As the sun rose he saw other boats in toward shore, which was only a low green line on the sea.A hovering man-of-war bird showed him where dolphin were chasing some flying fish, but the school was moving too fast and too far away.The bird circled again.This time Santiago saw tuna leaping in the sunlight.A small one took the hook on his stern line.Hauling the quivering fish aboard, the old man thought it a good omen.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.At last he struck to settle the hook.The fish did not surface.Instead, it began to tow the skiff to the northwest.The old man braced himself, the line taut across his shoulders.Although he was alone and no longer strong, he had his skill and knew many tricks.He waited patiently for the fish to tire.太阳升起时，他看到别的一些船只都头朝着海岸，在海上看来海岸象是一条接近地平线的绿带子。一只盘旋的军舰鸟给老人指明了海豚追逐飞鱼的地方。但是鱼群游得太快、也太远了。这只猛禽又在盘旋了，这次桑提亚哥瞧见金枪鱼在太阳光下跃起。一条小金枪鱼咬住了他艉缆上的鱼钩。老人在把颤动的金枪鱼拉上船板以后，心想这可是一个好兆头。

The old man shivered in the cold that came after sunset.When something took one of his remaining baits, he cut the line with his sheath knife.Once the fish lurched suddenly, pulling Santiago forward on his face and cutting his cheek.By dawn his left hand was stiff and cramped.The fish had headed northward;there was no land in sight.Another strong tug on the line sliced Santiago's right hand.Hungry, he cut strips from the tuna

and chewed them slowly while he waited for the sun to warm him and ease his cramped fingers.That morning the fish jumped.Seeing it leap, Santiago knew he had hooked the biggest marlin he had even seen.Then the fish went under and turned toward the east.Santiago drank sparingly from his water bottle during the hot afternoon.Trying to forget his cut hand and aching back, he remembered the days when men had called him Campeon and he had wrestled with a giant Negro in the tavern at Cienfuegos.Once an airplane droned overhead on its way to Miami.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。最后他猛拉钓丝把鱼钩给稳住了。但是，那条鱼并没有浮出水面，反而开始把小船拖着往西北方向跑。老人打起精神，斜挎在肩膀上的钓丝绷得紧紧的。他虽然孤身一人，体力也不如从前，但是他有技术，他懂得许多诀窍。他耐心地等待鱼累乏下来。

Close to nightfall a dolphin took the small hook he had rebaited.He lifted the fish aboard, careful not to jerk the line over his shoulder.After he had rested, he cut fillets from the dolphin and kept also the two flying fish he found in its maw.That night he slept.He awoke to feel the line running through his fingers as the fish jumped.Feeding line slowly, he tried to tire the marlin.After the fish slowed its run.he washed his cut hands in sea water and ate one of the flying fish.At sunrise the marlin began to circle.Faint and dizzy, he worked to bring the big fish nearer with each turn.Almost exhausted, he finally drew his catch alongside and drove in the harpoon.He drank a little water before he lashed the marlin to bow and stern of his skiff.The fish was two feet longer than the boat.No catch like it had ever been seen in Havana harbor.It would make his fortune, he thought, as he hoisted his patched sails and set his course toward the southwest.日落之后，寒意袭人，老人冷得发抖。当他剩下的鱼饵中有一块被咬住时，他就用自己那把带鞘的刀把钓丝给割断了。有一次那条鱼突然一个侧身，把桑提亚哥拉得脸朝下地跌了一跤，老人的颊部也给划破了。黎明时分，他的左手变得僵硬并抽起筋来了。那条鱼还是一直往北游，一点陆地的影子都瞧不见了。钓丝又一次猛的一拉，把老人的右手给勒伤了。老人肚子饿得发慌，就从金枪鱼身上割下几片肉，放在嘴里慢慢嚼着，等着太阳出来晒暖他的身子和减轻手指抽筋的痛苦。

An hour later he sighted the first shark.It was a fierce Mako, and it came in fast to slash with raking teeth at the dead marlin.With failing might the old man struck the shark with his harpoon.The Mako rolled and sank, carrying the harpoon with it and leaving the marlin mutilated and bloody.Santiago knew the scent would spread.Watching, he saw two shovel nosed sharks closing in.He struck at one with his knife lashed to the end of an oar and watched the scavenger sliding down into deep water.The other he killed while it tore at the flesh of the marlin.When the third appeared, he thrust at it with the knife, only to feel the blade snap as the fish rolled.The other sharks came at sunset.At first he tried to club them with the tiller from the skiff, but his hands were raw and bleeding and there were too many in the pack.In the darkness, as he steered toward the faint glow of Havana against the sky, he heard them hitting the carcass again and again.But the old man thought only of his steering and his great tiredness.He had gone out too far and the sharks had beaten him.He knew they would leave him nothing but the stripped skeleton of his great catch.第二天早上，这条鱼蹦出了水面。桑提亚哥瞧见鱼的跃起，知道自己钓到了一条未见过的最大的马林鱼。一会儿鱼又往下沉去，转向了东方。在炽热的下午，桑提亚哥节省地喝起水壶里的水。为了忘掉划破的手和疼痛的背，他回想起过去人们如何称他为“优胜者”和他如何在西恩富戈斯地方一家酒馆里和一个大个子黑人比手劲。有一次一架飞机嗡嗡地从头上掠过，向迈阿密飞去。

All lights were out when he sailed into the little harbor and beached his skiff.In the gloom he could just make out the white backbone and the upstanding tail of the fish.he started up the shore with the mast and furled sail of his boat.Once he fell under their weight and lay patiently until he could gather his strength.In his shack he fell on his bed and went to sleep.黄昏之际，一条海豚吞食了他重新放上鱼饵的小钩子。他把这条“鱼”提到了船板上，小心不去拉动他肩上的钓丝。休息一会之后，他切下几片海豚肉并且把在海豚胃中发现的两条飞鱼留了下来。那天夜里他睡着了。他醒来时觉得当这条鱼跳起时钓丝就滑过他的手指。他缓慢地把钓丝放松，尽力想把这条马林鱼拖乏。在这条大鱼放慢跳跃时，他把划破的双手放在海里洗，并且吃了一条飞鱼。日出时，这条马林鱼开始打起转来了。老人感到头晕目眩，但他尽力把大鱼在每转一圈时拉得更近一些。他虽然几乎筋疲力尽，终于还是把自己的捕获物拉得和小船并排在一起并用鱼叉猛击这条马林鱼。他喝了一点水，然后把马林鱼捆绑在他那条小船的头部和尾部。这条马林鱼比船还长两英尺。哈瓦那港从来没有见过捕到这么大的鱼，他扯起有补丁的船帆开始向西南方向驶去，心想这下要发财了。

There the boy found him later that morning.Meanwhile other fishermen, gathered about the skiff, marveled at the giant marlin, eighteen feet long from nose to tail.When Manolin returned to Santiago's shack with hot coffee, the old man awoke.The boy, he said, could have the spear of his fish.Manolin told him to rest, to make himself fit for the days of fishing they would have together.All that afternoon the old man slept, the boy sitting by his bed.Santiago was dreaming of lions.— Excerpts from Masterpieces of World Literature in Digest Form 一个小时以后，他瞧见了第一条鲨鱼。这是一条凶猛的尖吻鲭鲨。它飞快地游了过来，用耙一样的牙齿撕这条死马林鱼。老人用尽余力把鱼叉往鲨鱼身上扎去。尖吻鲭鲨打着滚沉下去了，带走了鱼叉，而且已经把马林鱼咬得残缺不全，鲜血直流。桑提亚哥知道血腥味会散开来。他望着海面，看到两条犁头鲨游近来了。他用绑在桨的一头的刀子击中了其中的一条，

第四篇：老人与海英文读书报告

A Book Report of The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea is a novel written by Ernest Hemingway, an American novelist.The story is set in the 20th century after World War II, which is based on the novel written true story Hemingway himself has experienced.Exactly, it’s a story of an epic struggle between an old, seasoned fisherman and the greatest catch of his life.Leading character Santiago, an aged Cuban fisherman, has set out to sea and returned empty-handed.At first 84 days, he did not even fish one fish.He did not have enough food, and many locals to doubt his fishing technique.Some even laugh at him.So, He decided to go to the sea to fish food and proved that he is a skilled fisherman.On the eight-fifth day of his unlucky streak, Santiago does as promised, sailing his skiff far beyond the island’s shallow coastal waters and venturing into the Gulf Stream.At noon, a big fish, marlin, take the bait that Santiago has placed before.Although the old man expertly hooks the fish, but he cannot pull it in.Instead, the fish begins to pull the boat.He knows perfectly well very difficult to win, but still did not give up.Since then, they began their three-day fighting.The entire time, Santiago, endures constant pain from the fishing line.Eventually, the third day, the fish tires, and Santiago manages to pull the marlin in close enough to kill it with a harpoon thrust.However, things do not go smoothly as he expected.On his way home, he is attacked buy several crowds of shark.Although he kills the sharks in the end, they have devoured the marlin’s precious meat, leaving only skeleton.The old man arrives home before daybreak, and sleeps very deeply.Later on, the old man wakes up and finds the little boy Mandolin staying with him, and decides to go to sea to fish again.In fact, the story contains many different symbols and themes.By reading this book, I was deeply impressed by the old man and what he said “a man can be destroyed but not defeated.” Santiago, though destroyed at the end of the novella, is never defeated.Instead, he emerges as a hero.Santiago’s struggle does not enable him to change man’s place in the world.But the struggle somehow enables him to meet his most dignified destiny.The old man sets a good example for us.He teachers us that we should fight and never lose faith, never give up.No matter how hard the life is, it’s possible for us to overcome the difficulties.

第五篇：《老人与海》读书报告

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风烛残年的老渔夫圣地亚哥一连八十四天都没有钓到一条鱼，几乎快饿死但他仍然不肯认输，而充满斗志，他的希望和自信从未消失。终于在第八十五天钓到一条身长十八尺，体重一千五百磅的大鱼。大鱼拖着船往海里走，老人顽强地和大鱼搏斗，左手抽筋，头晕眼花，经过两天两夜后，他终于杀死大鱼，把它拴在船边。但反途中却遭到很多鲨鱼攻击，老渔夫并不畏惧，誓死守卫自己的战果，又一个个杀死了鲨鱼，最后只剩下了一支折断的舵柄作为武器。结果受到一群鲨鱼的攻击，老人无力应对，大鱼仍难逃脱被吃光的命运，最后老人筋疲力尽地拖回一副鱼骨架。

读书心得：

读完《老人与海》我感触很深，脑海中老人在茫茫大海中与大鱼作斗争的画面挥之不去，老人的乐观坚强，不惧困难的精神让我敬佩，让我折服。我挑选自己体会比较深的几个方面写了自己的读书心得，记录此刻的感悟。

一、孩子的支持与关怀

小说主人公是一位年迈体衰瘦骨嶙峋的老渔夫圣地亚哥，陪伴他左右的是一个从五岁就跟随他的小男孩，老人时运不济接连四十天没有捕到鱼，男孩不得已在父母安排下上了另外一条船，跟随别人打鱼。男孩对老人充满崇敬与爱戴，他没有从此抛弃老人，五岁时跟随老人打鱼，鱼差点把船撞碎，他与老人海上共患难的场景始终不曾忘记，男孩的善良让我感动，“只要我活着你就绝不会不吃饭就去打鱼”，他给忍饥挨饿的老人拿来饭菜，并细心带来刀叉和汤匙，用餐巾纸包着。还为自己粗心大意没有想到给老人带肥皂和干净的毛巾而懊恼，并想再给老人弄件衬衫、夹克衫、鞋子和毯子来让他过冬，男孩一直照顾关怀着老人。他不仅给予老人物质上的关怀，还给了老人极大的心灵安慰，他一直相信老人，一直支持老人，认为老人是最好的渔夫，男孩始终相信他们能捕到大鱼。男孩的支持也多多少少给了老人勇气与信心，老人在与大鱼作斗争的过程中时时念叨“要是那孩子在就好了”，男孩是老人的精神支柱之一。

老人也曾风光过，英雄迟暮，也许有人会讥笑讽刺，有人会同情，有人会忘记你曾经的光辉，只知道你现在的落魄，但有那么一个人，默默地陪伴你，支持你，相信你，是幸运的。我们在生活中也要尽可能的给予他人鼓励支持，一句鼓励的话，也许很简短，却可能给别人带来无尽的力量。

二、机遇只给有准备的人

老人第八十五天出海打鱼他把钓索垂得比任何人更直，别的渔夫让钓索随着海流漂去，他总是把它们精确地放在适当的地方。说不定今天就转运了，每一天都是一个新的日子，他情愿做到分毫不差。这样，运气来的时候，就有所准备了。

机遇只给有准备的人，老人一丝不苟的做好工作，不因为之前没有收获而懈怠松散，即使每天的工作是重复的，是无趣的。老人时刻准备着能够捕到大鱼，好运也光顾了他。

三、老渔夫——永不认输的乐观主义精神。

不因他人的嘲讽而怀疑自己。老人接连八十四天没有收获，不少渔夫拿老人开玩笑，老人并不生气。另外一些上了些年纪的渔夫望着他，感到难受。但老人的希望和自信从未消失，他愉快而不肯认输。人生路上我们应坚持自己的梦想，不因别人的轻视嘲笑而放弃，不因条件的恶劣不利而认输，相信自己，坚信通过努力一定可以实现自己的梦想。

坚持就是胜利。第八十五天出海，他终于有了意外的收获，但却是一条极大的鱼，老人被鱼拖到了远海。他要对付的这条鱼，是他见过最大的，比他听说过的还要大，糟糕的是他的没有足够的武器，没有足够的力气，没有帮手。但他没有就此放弃，而是竭尽所能，苦苦和大鱼僵持着，互相拿彼此没有办法，老人左手抽筋，右手被绳索勒得鲜血淋漓，头晕眼花，汗流浃背，体力严重透支，缠斗了两天两夜，斗智斗勇，终于将大鱼刺死。老人的坚持令人佩服，老人永不服输的精神令人敬畏，面对强大的对手，老人的斗志被激发，他拼死斗争到底，老人这种精神值得我们学习。回想自己，面对困难有多少次轻言放弃？面对挫折有多少次软弱低头？破釜沉舟，背水一战的勇气可曾有过？有时候，打败我们的不是困难本身，而是我们自己那畏惧的内心；毁掉梦想的不是它的遥不可达，而是我们不肯坚持到底的放弃。保持乐观，自我激励。老人在与大鱼斗争的过程中，也曾想过放弃，但他及时的激励自己，给自己打气，为了给自己增强信心，他回想起那回跟码头上力气最大的大个子黑人比手劲的光景，整整一天一夜，两只手紧握着，双方都竭力将对方的手使劲朝下压到桌面上。势均力敌，老人使出浑身力气，最终赢得胜利，如果一心想要做到的话，就能够打败任何人。老人相信自己曾经可以，现在也可以。他自言自语的给自己心理暗示，“手，不要抽筋。头，为了我熬下去吧，不要晕。”努力的想要保持头脑清醒，他坚信自己可以取得胜利。有时候自我激励何尝不是一种有效的方法，奋斗的过程是孤独的，我们要做自己的心灵伴侣，我们要做自己的支持者，我们要为自己加油。以往的成就也能激励我们，给我们信心与动力，困境中不妨想想曾经的胜利，坚持下去，不断前进。

即使一无所得也不会轻言放弃，只为证明自己不是弱者。老人在返航途中遭遇鲨鱼的袭击，他尽力抗争，累到吐血，最终只收获了一副鱼的骨架。面对鲨鱼群。老人没有放任它们肆意抢夺自己的战利品，他依旧想尽千方百计赶走鲨鱼。他表现出无与伦比的力量和勇气，不失人的尊严，是精神上的胜利者。

生活中，我们应不吝啬的给予本人帮助与支持，也应时不时地给自己鼓励，要有永不服输的乐观主义精神。凡成大事者都有超乎常人的意志力、忍耐力，也就是说，碰到艰难险阻或陷入困境，常人难以坚持下去而放弃或逃避时，有作为的人往往能够挺过去，挺过去了就是胜者。生活中能压倒一切的不算是强者，不被一切压倒的人才是真正的强者。所以，战胜自我，超越自我，充实自我，以最大的热情去拥抱生活。