分享十二部經典名著的開篇語（中英對照）

名著之所以是名著，是因為它無論經歷怎樣的風霜打磨依然散發思想和藝術的魅力。而不少文學名著中的第一句話、第一段話，往往是整部著作的神韻所在。它們或將人深深吸引，或令人陷入深思，使讀者欲罷不能。

1. 《雙城記》

查爾斯·狄更斯

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.

那是最美好的時代，那是最糟糕的時代;那是智慧的年頭，那是愚昧的年頭;那是信仰的時期，那是懷疑的時期;那是光明的季節，那是黑暗的季節;那是希望的春天，那是失望的冬天。

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2.《墨菲》

塞繆爾?貝克特

The sunshine, having no alternative, on the nothing new.

太陽照常升起，一切都沒有改變。

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3. 《鐘形罩》

西爾維婭?普拉斯

It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenberg,and I didn』t know what I was doing in New York.

那是一個古怪、悶熱的夏天，就是羅森博格因間諜罪名被處死的那個夏天，我不知道我在紐約幹什麼。

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4. 《再見，柏林》

克里斯多福?伊薛伍德

I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking.

我是一台被動的相機，開著快門只記錄不思考。

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5. 《了不起的蓋茨比》

弗·司各特·菲茨傑拉德

In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that Ive been turning over in my mind ever since."Whenever you feel like criticizing any more"he told me,"just remember that all the people in the world havent had the advantages that youve had."

我年紀還輕、閱歷不深的時候，我父親教導過我一句話，我至今念念不忘，「每逢你想要批評任何人的時候」，他對我說，「你就記住，這個世界上所有的人，並不是個個都有過你擁有的那些優越條件的。」

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6.《追憶似水年華》

普魯斯特

For a long time I used to go to bed early. Sometimes, when I had put out my candle, my eyes would close so quickly that I had not even time to say "Im going to sleep." And half an hour later the thought that it was time to go to sleep would awaken me.

在很長一段時期里，我都是早早就躺下了。有時候，蠟燭才滅，我的眼皮兒隨即合上，都來不及咕噥一句「我要睡著了」。半小時之後，我才想到應該睡覺。這一想，我反倒清醒過來。

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7. 《安娜·卡列尼娜》

列夫·托爾斯泰

All happy families are happy alike, all unhappy families are unhappy in their own way.

幸福的家庭總是相似的，而不幸的家庭則各有各的不幸。

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8. 《傲慢與偏見》

簡·奧斯丁

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possessing of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

凡是有錢的單身漢，總想娶位太太，這已經成了一條舉世公認的真理。

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9. 《洛麗塔》

弗拉基米爾?納博科夫

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-Lee-Ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate of tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

洛麗塔，我的生命之光，我的慾念之火。我的罪惡，我的靈魂，洛-麗-塔：舌尖向上，分三步，從上顎往下輕輕落在牙齒上。洛.麗.塔。

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10. 《麥田守望者》

J?D?賽林格

If you really want to hear about it, the first thing youll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I dont feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.

你要是真想聽我講，你想要知道的第一件事可能是我在什麼地方出生，我倒楣的童年是怎樣度過，我父母在生我之前幹些什麼，以及諸如此類的大衛·科波菲爾式廢話，可我老實告訴你，我無意告訴你這一切。

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11. 《變形記》

弗蘭茲?卡夫卡

As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.

一天早晨，格里高爾?薩姆沙從不安的睡夢中醒來，發現自己躺在床上變成了一隻巨大的甲蟲。

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12. 《一位女士的肖像》

亨利?詹姆斯

Under certain circumstance there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

在某些情況下，生活中很少有比把時間用在名為下午茶的儀式上更令人愜意的事了。

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