第一篇：The book report of The old man and the sea1《老人與?！酚⑽淖x書報告

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：老人與海 讀書報告 英文

《老人與海》讀書報告

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：老人與海英文讀書報告

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.簡介

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 與 海

〔美〕海明威? 楊枕旦 譯注

《老人與?！吠耆赡艹蔀楫敶徊棵逼鋵嵉慕浀渥髌?。厄納斯特?海明威的這部短篇小說無疑具有以往許多巨著的共同特點： 在題材所限的范圍內幾乎達到形式上的完美無缺、處理方法謹嚴、注意時間和地點的統一，行文簡潔而內涵很深。另外，和極大多數巨著一樣，海明威的這篇小說讀起來可有不止一層的意思。一方面，這是一個激動人心的帶有悲劇性的冒險故事。故事講到一個精神沮喪的老漁人，在他對職業的自豪感(他留下的唯一自豪感)的支持之下，冒險遠航至墨西哥灣流并在那里釣住了一條該水域中從未見過的最大的馬林魚。故事接著說到他孤零零地、在因奮力叉住這條大魚而耗盡了力氣之后，被迫投入一場和一群海盜似的鯊魚的絕望的搏斗之中，結果是那些鯊魚只給他留下了獵獲物的一具骨架。另一方面，這又是一個寓言，它描述了人所具有的不可征服的精神力量——一個人如何從災難和實際失敗的環境中攫取精神上的勝利。再一方面，這是帶有宗教意義的一種隱喻，作者不引人注目地給這一主題添加了基督教的一些象征和比喻。和柯勒律治筆下的“老水手”一樣，海明威筆下的古巴漁民是這樣一個角色，他容許作者的想象力同時在兩個領域中活動，這兩個領域具有不同的意義和價值，一個注意寫實，有著動人的情節；另一個則側重道德說教，充滿象征的意義。

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.桑提亞哥老人已經八十四天沒有捕到一條魚了。最初，一個年輕的孩子曼諾林和他一起分擔惡運，但在過了四十天倒霉日子之后，孩子的爸爸讓孩子到另一條船上干活去了。從那個時候起，桑提亞哥只是一個人干活。每天早晨他劃著小船到有大魚出沒的墨西哥灣流去，每天晚上他總是兩手空空地回來。

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.孩子喜歡并且可憐這個老漁人。曼諾林要是自己沒有掙到錢，就會乞討或偷竊以保證桑提亞哥有足夠的食物和新鮮的魚餌。老人謙卑地接受孩子的好意，謙卑中帶有某種隱而不露的自豪感。晚餐時(吃的是大米飯和黑蠶豆)他們總會談論在運氣好的日子里一起捕獲的大魚，或是談論美國的棒球賽和偉大的狄馬吉奧。夜間桑提亞哥一個人躺在自己的小棚屋里，夢見非洲海灘上的獅子，幾年前他航海去過那個地方。他不再夢見自己死去的老婆了。

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，桑提亞哥在寒冷的黎明前的黑暗中，把小船劃出了港口。在把陸地的氣息拋在身后之后，他放下了釣絲。他的兩個魚餌是孩子給他的鮮金槍魚，還有把魚鉤遮蓋起來的沙丁魚。釣絲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.太陽升起時，他看到別的一些船只都頭朝著海岸，在海上看來海岸象是一條接近地平線的綠帶子。一只盤旋的軍艦鳥給老人指明了海豚追逐飛魚的地方。但是魚群游得太快、也太遠了。這只猛禽又在盤旋了，這次桑提亞哥瞧見金槍魚在太陽光下躍起。一條小金槍魚咬住了他艉纜上的魚鉤。老人在把顫動的金槍魚拉上船板以后，心想這可是一個好兆頭。

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.快到中午時，一條馬林魚開始啃起一百深處的那塊魚餌來了。老人輕輕地擺布那條上了鉤的魚，根據釣絲的份量他知道那準是一條大魚。最后他猛拉釣絲把魚鉤給穩住了。但是，那條魚并沒有浮出水面，反而開始把小船拖著往西北方向跑。老人打起精神，斜挎在肩膀上的釣絲繃得緊緊的。他雖然孤身一人，體力也不如從前，但是他有技術，他懂得許多訣竅。他耐心地等待魚累乏下來。

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，寒意襲人，老人冷得發抖。當他剩下的魚餌中有一塊被咬住時，他就用自己那把帶鞘的刀把釣絲給割斷了。有一次那條魚突然一個側身，把桑提亞哥拉得臉朝下地跌了一跤，老人的頰部也給劃破了。黎明時分，他的左手變得僵硬并抽起筋來了。那條魚還是一直往北游，一點陸地的影子都瞧不見了。釣絲又一次猛的一拉，把老人的右手給勒傷了。老人肚子餓得發慌，就從金槍魚身上割下幾片肉，放在嘴里慢慢嚼著，等著太陽出來曬暖他的身子和減輕手指抽筋的痛苦。

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，這條魚蹦出了水面。桑提亞哥瞧見魚的躍起，知道自己釣到了一條未見過的最大的馬林魚。一會兒魚又往下沉去，轉向了東方。在熾熱的下午，桑提亞哥節省地喝起水壺里的水。為了忘掉劃破的手和疼痛的背，他回想起過去人們如何稱他為“優勝者”和他如何在西恩富戈斯地方一家酒館里和一個大個子黑人比手勁。有一次一架飛機嗡嗡地從頭上掠過，向邁阿密飛去。

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.黃昏之際，一條海豚吞食了他重新放上魚餌的小鉤子。他把這條“魚”提到了船板上，小心不去拉動他肩上的釣絲。休息一會之后，他切下幾片海豚肉并且把在海豚胃中發現的兩條飛魚留了下來。那天夜里他睡著了。他醒來時覺得當這條魚跳起時釣絲就滑過他的手指。他緩慢地把釣絲放松，盡力想把這條馬林魚拖乏。在這條大魚放慢跳躍時，他把劃破的雙手放在海里洗，并且吃了一條飛魚。日出時，這條馬林魚開始打起轉來了。老人感到頭暈目眩，但他盡力把大魚在每轉一圈時拉得更近一些。他雖然幾乎筋疲力盡，終于還是把自己的捕獲物拉得和小船并排在一起并用魚叉猛擊這條馬林魚。他喝了一點水，然后把馬林魚捆綁在他那條小船的頭部和尾部。這條馬林魚比船還長兩英尺。哈瓦那港從來沒有見過捕到這么大的魚，他扯起有補丁的船帆開始向西南方向駛去，心想這下要發財了。

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 一個小時以后，他瞧見了第一條鯊魚。這是一條兇猛的尖吻鯖鯊。它飛快地游了過來，用耙一樣的牙齒撕這條死馬林魚。老人用盡余力把魚叉往鯊魚身上扎去。尖吻鯖鯊打著滾沉下去了，帶走了魚叉，而且已經把馬林魚咬得殘缺不全，鮮血直流。桑提亞哥知道血腥味會散開來。他望著海面，看到兩條犁頭鯊游近來了。他用綁在槳的一頭的刀子擊中了其中的一條，

第四篇：老人與海英文讀書報告

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：《老人與?！纷x書報告

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風燭殘年的老漁夫圣地亞哥一連八十四天都沒有釣到一條魚，幾乎快餓死但他仍然不肯認輸，而充滿斗志，他的希望和自信從未消失。終于在第八十五天釣到一條身長十八尺，體重一千五百磅的大魚。大魚拖著船往海里走，老人頑強地和大魚搏斗，左手抽筋，頭暈眼花，經過兩天兩夜后，他終于殺死大魚，把它拴在船邊。但反途中卻遭到很多鯊魚攻擊，老漁夫并不畏懼，誓死守衛自己的戰果，又一個個殺死了鯊魚，最后只剩下了一支折斷的舵柄作為武器。結果受到一群鯊魚的攻擊，老人無力應對，大魚仍難逃脫被吃光的命運，最后老人筋疲力盡地拖回一副魚骨架。

讀書心得：

讀完《老人與?！肺腋杏|很深，腦海中老人在茫茫大海中與大魚作斗爭的畫面揮之不去，老人的樂觀堅強，不懼困難的精神讓我敬佩，讓我折服。我挑選自己體會比較深的幾個方面寫了自己的讀書心得，記錄此刻的感悟。

一、孩子的支持與關懷

小說主人公是一位年邁體衰瘦骨嶙峋的老漁夫圣地亞哥，陪伴他左右的是一個從五歲就跟隨他的小男孩，老人時運不濟接連四十天沒有捕到魚，男孩不得已在父母安排下上了另外一條船，跟隨別人打魚。男孩對老人充滿崇敬與愛戴，他沒有從此拋棄老人，五歲時跟隨老人打魚，魚差點把船撞碎，他與老人海上共患難的場景始終不曾忘記，男孩的善良讓我感動，“只要我活著你就絕不會不吃飯就去打魚”，他給忍饑挨餓的老人拿來飯菜，并細心帶來刀叉和湯匙，用餐巾紙包著。還為自己粗心大意沒有想到給老人帶肥皂和干凈的毛巾而懊惱，并想再給老人弄件襯衫、夾克衫、鞋子和毯子來讓他過冬，男孩一直照顧關懷著老人。他不僅給予老人物質上的關懷，還給了老人極大的心靈安慰，他一直相信老人，一直支持老人，認為老人是最好的漁夫，男孩始終相信他們能捕到大魚。男孩的支持也多多少少給了老人勇氣與信心，老人在與大魚作斗爭的過程中時時念叨“要是那孩子在就好了”，男孩是老人的精神支柱之一。

老人也曾風光過，英雄遲暮，也許有人會譏笑諷刺，有人會同情，有人會忘記你曾經的光輝，只知道你現在的落魄，但有那么一個人，默默地陪伴你，支持你，相信你，是幸運的。我們在生活中也要盡可能的給予他人鼓勵支持，一句鼓勵的話，也許很簡短，卻可能給別人帶來無盡的力量。

二、機遇只給有準備的人

老人第八十五天出海打魚他把釣索垂得比任何人更直，別的漁夫讓釣索隨著海流漂去，他總是把它們精確地放在適當的地方。說不定今天就轉運了，每一天都是一個新的日子，他情愿做到分毫不差。這樣，運氣來的時候，就有所準備了。

機遇只給有準備的人，老人一絲不茍的做好工作，不因為之前沒有收獲而懈怠松散，即使每天的工作是重復的，是無趣的。老人時刻準備著能夠捕到大魚，好運也光顧了他。

三、老漁夫——永不認輸的樂觀主義精神。

不因他人的嘲諷而懷疑自己。老人接連八十四天沒有收獲，不少漁夫拿老人開玩笑，老人并不生氣。另外一些上了些年紀的漁夫望著他，感到難受。但老人的希望和自信從未消失，他愉快而不肯認輸。人生路上我們應堅持自己的夢想，不因別人的輕視嘲笑而放棄，不因條件的惡劣不利而認輸，相信自己，堅信通過努力一定可以實現自己的夢想。

堅持就是勝利。第八十五天出海，他終于有了意外的收獲，但卻是一條極大的魚，老人被魚拖到了遠海。他要對付的這條魚，是他見過最大的，比他聽說過的還要大，糟糕的是他的沒有足夠的武器，沒有足夠的力氣，沒有幫手。但他沒有就此放棄，而是竭盡所能，苦苦和大魚僵持著，互相拿彼此沒有辦法，老人左手抽筋，右手被繩索勒得鮮血淋漓，頭暈眼花，汗流浹背，體力嚴重透支，纏斗了兩天兩夜，斗智斗勇，終于將大魚刺死。老人的堅持令人佩服，老人永不服輸的精神令人敬畏，面對強大的對手，老人的斗志被激發，他拼死斗爭到底，老人這種精神值得我們學習。回想自己，面對困難有多少次輕言放棄？面對挫折有多少次軟弱低頭？破釜沉舟，背水一戰的勇氣可曾有過？有時候，打敗我們的不是困難本身，而是我們自己那畏懼的內心；毀掉夢想的不是它的遙不可達，而是我們不肯堅持到底的放棄。保持樂觀，自我激勵。老人在與大魚斗爭的過程中，也曾想過放棄，但他及時的激勵自己，給自己打氣，為了給自己增強信心，他回想起那回跟碼頭上力氣最大的大個子黑人比手勁的光景，整整一天一夜，兩只手緊握著，雙方都竭力將對方的手使勁朝下壓到桌面上。勢均力敵，老人使出渾身力氣，最終贏得勝利，如果一心想要做到的話，就能夠打敗任何人。老人相信自己曾經可以，現在也可以。他自言自語的給自己心理暗示，“手，不要抽筋。頭，為了我熬下去吧，不要暈。”努力的想要保持頭腦清醒，他堅信自己可以取得勝利。有時候自我激勵何嘗不是一種有效的方法，奮斗的過程是孤獨的，我們要做自己的心靈伴侶，我們要做自己的支持者，我們要為自己加油。以往的成就也能激勵我們，給我們信心與動力，困境中不妨想想曾經的勝利，堅持下去，不斷前進。

即使一無所得也不會輕言放棄，只為證明自己不是弱者。老人在返航途中遭遇鯊魚的襲擊，他盡力抗爭，累到吐血，最終只收獲了一副魚的骨架。面對鯊魚群。老人沒有放任它們肆意搶奪自己的戰利品，他依舊想盡千方百計趕走鯊魚。他表現出無與倫比的力量和勇氣，不失人的尊嚴，是精神上的勝利者。

生活中，我們應不吝嗇的給予本人幫助與支持，也應時不時地給自己鼓勵，要有永不服輸的樂觀主義精神。凡成大事者都有超乎常人的意志力、忍耐力，也就是說，碰到艱難險阻或陷入困境，常人難以堅持下去而放棄或逃避時，有作為的人往往能夠挺過去，挺過去了就是勝者。生活中能壓倒一切的不算是強者，不被一切壓倒的人才是真正的強者。所以，戰勝自我，超越自我，充實自我，以最大的熱情去擁抱生活。