1、But none of these scars were fresh. They were as old as erosions in a fishless desert. Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.
2、紧贴着海岸，凝望大城市里亮的像星星似的灯光，静听音乐、喧闹声以及马车和人的声音，观看教堂的圆塔和尖塔，倾听当当的钟声。
3、她的声音跟这些其他的生物一样，显得虚无缥缈，人世间的任何音乐部不能和它相比。
4、最小的公主把自己的花坛修得圆圆的，像一轮太阳，她也只种像太阳一样红的花朵。
5、It is silly not to hope, he thought.
6、Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.
7、那儿生长着最奇异的树木和植物。它们的枝干和叶子是那么柔软，只要水轻微地流动一下，它们就摇动起来，好像它们是活着的东西。所有的大小鱼儿在这些枝子中间游来游去，像是天空的飞鸟。
8、她知道这是她看到他的最后一晚——为了他，她离开了她的族人和家庭，她交出了她美丽的声音，她每天忍受着没有止境的苦痛，然而他却一点儿也不知道。这是她能和他在一起呼吸同样空气的最后一晚，这是她能看到深沉的海和布满了星星的天空的最后一晚。同时一个没有思想和梦境的永恒的夜在等待着她——没有灵魂、而且也得不到一个灵魂的她。
9、小人鱼向上帝的太阳举起了她光亮的手臂，她第一次感到要流出眼泪。
10、If I were him I would put in everything now and go until something broke. But, thank God, they are not as intelligent as we who kill them; although they are more noble and more able. 如果我是他，我会竭尽所能去直到事情发生。但是，感谢上帝，他们是不是我们谁杀了他们的智能；虽然他们更高贵、更能。
11、Then he thought, think of it always. Think of what you are doing. You must do nothing stupid.
12、一片玫瑰色的晚霞，慢慢地在海面和云块之间消逝了。
13、What I will do if he decides to go down, I don’t know. What I’ll do if he sounds and dies I don’t know. But I ‘ll do something. There are plenty of things I can do.
14、阳光柔和地、温暖地照在冰冷的泡沫上。因为小人鱼并没有感到灭亡。她看到光明的太阳，同时在她上面飞着无数透明的、美丽的生物。透过它们，她可以看到船上的白帆和天空的彩云。它们的声音是和谐的音乐。可是那么虚无缥缈，人类的耳朵简直没有办法听见，正如地上的眼睛不能看见它们一样。它们没有翅膀，只是凭它们轻飘的形体在空中浮动。
15、As the sun rose he saw other boats in toward shore, which was only a low green line on the sea.
16、虽然她纤细的脚已经流出血来，而且也叫大家都看见了，她仍然只是大笑，继续伴随着他，一直到他们看到云块在下面移动、像一群向遥远国家飞去的小鸟为止。
17、Keep your head clear and know how to suffer like a man. 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。
18、The position actually was only somewhat less intolerable; but he thought of it as almost comfortable.
20、I wonder why he jumped, the old man thought. He jumped almost as though to show me how big he was. I know now, anyway, he thought. I wish I could show him what sort of man I am. But then he would see the cramped hand. Let him think I am more man than I am and I will be so. I wish I was the fish, he thought, with everything he has against only my will and my intelligence.
21、If you said a good thing, it might not happen.
22、I must save all my strength now. Christ, I did not know he was so big.
23、现在她看见她前面展开一片陆地和一群蔚蓝色的高山，山顶上闪耀着的白雪看起来像睡着的天鹅。沿着海岸是一片美丽的绿色树林，林子前面有一个教堂或是修道院——她不知道究竟叫做什么，反正总是一个建筑物罢了。它的花园里长着一些柠檬和橘子树，门前立着很高的棕榈。海在这儿形成一个小湾。水是非常平静的，但是从这儿一直到那积有许多细砂的石崖附近，都是很深的。
24、It was considered a virtue not to talk unnecessarily at sea and the old man had always considered it so and respected it. But now he said his thoughts aloud many times since there was no one that they could annoy. 可以想象品德在海里就不必要说起了，而老人以前却总是思考著，尊敬著它。可是现在，自从没有了一个可能打搅的人，他就把那些想法高声的说出来，好多次。
25、晚上，新郎和新娘来到船上。礼炮响起来了，旗帜在飘扬，水手们在甲板上愉快的跳舞。
26、她说，最美的事儿就是停在海上：因为你可以从这儿向四周很远很远的地方望去，同时天空悬在上面像一个巨大的玻璃钟。
27、她的皮肤又光又嫩，像玫瑰的花瓣，她的眼睛是蔚蓝色的，像最深的湖水。
28、在海的远处，水是那么蓝，像最美丽的矢车菊花瓣，同时又是那么清，像最明亮的玻璃。然而它是很深很深，深得任何锚链都达不到底。
