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写书第一步:看看世界名著都是怎么开头的

沪江英语 2018-04-23 10:04

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今天是世界读书日,各种年度必读书单,今生必读书单接踵而至,你找到最想读的那本书了吗?有人说,好的开始是成功的一半。开头第一句就能吸引人的书,会不会就是一本好书呢?不如,我们一起看看一些世界名著的开头第一句吧。至于是否真的吸引人,大概每个人都有自己的判断。

Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice (1813)

简·奥斯丁:《傲慢与偏见》(1813)

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

“但凡财运俱佳的单身汉,必然想娶妻成家,这是举世公认的道理。”

 

Albert Camus: The Stranger (1946)

阿尔贝·加缪:《局外人》(1946)

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"Mother died today. Or maybe, yesterday; I can't be sure."

“今天,妈妈死了。也许是昨天,我不知道。”

 

Charles Dickens: A Tale Of Two Cities (1859)

查尔斯·狄更斯:《双城记》(1859)

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"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, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way."

“这是最好的时代,这是最坏的时代;这是智慧的时代,这是愚蠢的时代;这是信仰的时期,这是怀疑的时期;这是光明的季节,这是黑暗的季节;这是希望之春,这是失望之冬;人们面前有着各样事物,人们面前一无所有;人们正在直登天堂,人们正在直下地狱。”

 

F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby (1925)

弗·司各特·菲茨杰拉德:《了不起的盖茨比》(1925)

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"In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. Whenever you feel like criticising any one, he told me, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”

“我年纪还轻,阅历不深的时候,我父亲教导过我一句话,我至今还念念不忘。每逢你想要批评任何人的时候,他对我说,你就记住,这个世界上所有的人,并不是个个都有过你拥有的那些优越条件。”

 

Ernest Hemingway: The Old Man And The Sea (1952)

欧内斯特·海明威:《老人与海》(1952)

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"He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish."

“他是个独自在湾流中一条小船上钓鱼的老人,至今已去了八十四天,一条鱼也没逮住。”

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