Just then the fish gave a sudden lurch that pulled the old man down onto the bow and would have pulled him overboard if he had not braced himself and given some line.

• 就在这当儿，那鱼陡地一歪，把老人拖倒在船头上，要不是他撑住了身子，放出一段钓索，早把他拖到海里去了。