In the darkness he loosened his sheath knife and taking all the strain of the fish on his left shoulder he leaned back and cut the line against the wood of the gunwale.

• 他摸黑拔出鞘中的刀子，用左肩承担着大鱼所有的拉力，身子朝后靠，就着木头的船舷，把那根钓索割断了。