先过一遍词汇，再看文章选段内容
核心词汇：
1. hook /hʊk/ (v.) 钩住
2. blind /blaɪnd/ (adj.) 盲的、失明的
3. shaft /ʃæft/ (n.) （工具或武器的）杆，柄
4. stern /stɜːrn/ (n.) 船尾
5. club /klʌb/ (n.) 棍；棒
6. subdue /səbˈduː/ (v.) 制服
7. dew /duː/ (n.) 露水
8. temptation /tempˈteɪʃn/ (n.) 诱惑；引诱
9. shack /ʃæk/ (n.) 简陋小屋
10. lean /liːn/ (v.) （使）倾斜，（使）向一侧歪斜
11. wrap /ræp/ (v.) 包；裹
12. bud /bʌd/ (n.) 芽
13. charcoal /ˈtʃɑːrkoʊl/ (n.) 木炭
14. sturdy /ˈstɜːrdi/ (adj.) 结实的
15. relic /ˈrelɪk/ (n.) 遗物
16. fiction /ˈfɪkʃn/ (n.) 虚构的事
17. terminal /ˈtɜːrmɪnl/ (n.) 终端，终点站（文中引申为尾号）
核心短语：
1. Mosquito Coast 蚊子海岸
2. cast net 渔网
3. go after 追逐
4. pick sb/sth up 举起；抱起；提起
5. Sacred Heart of Jesus 耶稣圣心像
6. Virgin of Cobre 考伯圣女图
正文选段
“Tomorrow is going to be a good day with this current,” he said.
“Where are you going?” the boy asked.
“Far out to come in when the wind shifts. I want to be out before it is light.”
“I'll try to get him to work far out,” the boy said. “Then if you hook (钩住) something truly big we can come to your aid.”
“He does not like to work too far out.”
“No,” the boy said. “But I will see something that he cannot see such as a bird working and get him to come out after dolphin (海豚).”
“Are his eyes that bad?”
“He is almost blind (盲的).”
“It is strange,” the old man said. “He never went turtling (海龟，短语意思是钓海龟). That is what kills the eyes.”
“But you went turtling for years off the Mosquito Coast and your eyes are good.”
“I am a strange old man.”
“But are you strong enough now for a truly big fish?”
“I think so. And there are many tricks.”
“Let us take the stuff home,” the boy said. “So I can get the cast net and go after the sardines (沙丁鱼).”
They picked up the gear (工具) from the boat. The old man carried the mast (桅杆) on his shoulder and the boy carried the wooden box with the coiled (卷成卷), hard-braided brown lines, the gaff (鱼叉) and the harpoon (鲸鱼叉) with its shaft (杆).
The box with the baits (鱼饵) was under the stern (船尾) of the skiff (小船) along with the club (棍) that was used to subdue (制服) the big fish when they were brought alongside.
