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
Franz Kafka: Metamorphosis (1915)
弗兰兹·卡夫卡:《变形记》(1915)
“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.”
“一天早晨,格里高尔.萨姆沙从不安的睡梦中醒来,发现自己躺在床上变成了一只巨大的甲虫。”
Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita (1955)
弗拉基米尔·纳博科夫:《洛丽塔》(1955)
“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 to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta."
“洛丽塔,我生命之光,我欲念之火。我的罪恶,我的灵魂。洛——丽——塔:舌尖向上,分三步,从上颚往下轻轻落在牙齿上。洛。丽。塔。”
J.M. Barrie: Peter Pan (1911)
詹姆斯·马修·巴利:《彼得潘》(1911)
"All children, except one, grow up."
“所有的孩子都会长大,但他不会。”
Leo Tolstoy: Anna Karenina (1878)
列夫·托尔斯特:《安娜·卡列尼娜》(1878)
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
“幸福的家庭都是相似的,不幸的家庭各有各的不幸。”
George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
乔治·奥威尔:《1984》(1949)
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
“四月的一天,晴朗而寒冷,时钟敲过十三下。”
(来源:沪江英语,编辑 Helen)