A Tale of Two Cities — Page 1
那是最好的时代,也是最坏的时代,那是智慧的年代,也是愚蠢的年代,那是信仰的纪元,也是怀疑的纪元,那是光明的季节,也是黑暗的季节,那是希望的春天,也是绝望的冬天,我们面前什么都有,我们面前什么都没有,我们都直奔天堂,我们也都直下地狱——总而言之,那个时代与当今时代是如此相似,以至于那个时代最喧嚣的一些权威人士坚持认为,无论是就好的方面还是坏的方面而言,都只能用最高级来评价它。
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--in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
英格兰王位上坐着一位大下巴的国王和一位相貌平平的王后;法兰西王位上坐着一位大下巴的国王和一位面容姣好的王后。在这两个国家,对那些掌管国家资源的权贵们来说,天下万事已永久安定,这一点比水晶还要清晰透明。
There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face, on the throne of England; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of France. In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever.
那是主历一千七百七十五年。就如当今一样,在那个蒙受眷顾的年代,英格兰也获得了神灵的启示。萨斯科特夫人刚刚迎来了她二十五岁的神圣生日,近卫军中一名有预言天赋的士兵已预先宣告了她那神圣降临的消息,声称吞没伦敦和威斯敏斯特的安排已经做好。
It was the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five. Spiritual revelations were conceded to England at that favoured period, as at this. Mrs. Southcott had recently attained her five-and-twentieth blessed birthday, of whom a prophetic private in the Life Guards had heralded the sublime appearance by announcing that arrangements were made for the swallowing up of London and Westminster.
Vocabulary
- was
- be动词的过去式,表示"是"或"存在"
- best
- 最好的,good的最高级
- times
- 时代,时期,某一历史时间段
- worst
- 最坏的,bad的最高级
- age
- 时代,年代,也指年龄
- wisdom
- 智慧,明智的判断力和知识
- foolishness
- 愚蠢,缺乏判断力的行为或想法
- epoch
- 纪元,历史上重要的时代或时期
- belief
- 信念,相信某事为真的想法
- incredulity
- 怀疑,不相信,难以置信的态度
- season
- 季节,也指某一特定时期
- Light
- 光明,光亮,象征希望与知识
- Darkness
- 黑暗,无光,象征邪恶或无知
- spring
- 春天,四季之一,象征新生与希望
- hope
- 希望,期待好事发生的心情
- winter
- 冬天,四季之一,象征寒冷与绝望
- despair
- 绝望,完全失去希望的状态
- everything
- 一切,所有的事物
- before
- 在……之前,面前
- nothing
- 什么都没有,零,毫无
- direct
- 直接地,径直地,不绕路
- Heaven
- 天堂,宗教中善人死后去的地方
- way
- 路,方向,方式
- short
- 简而言之,简短的
- period
- 时期,阶段,一段时间
- far
- 远,在很大程度上
- present
- 当前的,现在,目前的时代
- noisiest
- 最嘈杂的,最大声的,noisy的最高级
- authorities
- 权威人士,当局,有权力的机构或人
- insisted
- 坚持,坚决主张,insist的过去式
- received
- 被接受,被认可,receive的过去式
- evil
- 邪恶,坏的,道德上有害的
- superlative
- 最高级,表示最高程度的语法形式
- degree
- 程度,度,等级
- comparison
- 比较,对比,比较的行为
- king
- 国王,一个国家的男性最高统治者
- jaw
- 下巴,颌骨,面部下方的骨骼
- queen
- 女王,王后,国家女性最高统治者
- plain
- 朴素的,普通的,不漂亮的
- face
- 脸,面部,面容
- throne
- 王位,宝座,国王坐的椅子
- England
- 英格兰,英国的一部分
- fair
- 美丽的,公正的,皮肤白皙的
- France
- 法国,欧洲西部的一个国家
- countries
- 国家,多个国家,country的复数
- clearer
- 更清楚的,更明显的,clear的比较级
- crystal
- 水晶,透明的矿物,极其清澈
- lords
- 贵族,领主,lord的复数,上层统治者
- State
- 国家,政府,州,政治体制
- preserves
- 保护,保存,维持,preserve的第三人称
- loaves
- 面包,loaf的复数,一条面包
- general
- 总体的,普遍的,通常的
- settled
- 稳定的,已确定的,settle的过去式
- ever
- 曾经,永远,任何时候
- Lord
- 上帝,主,基督教对神的称呼
- thousand
- 千,一千,数字1000
- Spiritual
- 精神的,心灵的,宗教上的
- revelations
- 启示,神的启示,revelation的复数
- conceded
- 承认,让步,concede的过去式
- favoured
- 受青睐的,特别受到偏爱的
- Mrs.
- 夫人,已婚女性的称谓
- recently
- 最近,不久前,在近期
- attained
- 达到,获得,attain的过去式
- twentieth
- 第二十,20th,序数词
- blessed
- 神圣的,受祝福的,幸运的
- birthday
- 生日,出生的纪念日
- whom
- 谁,who的宾格,用于正式场合
- prophetic
- 预言的,有先知能力的
- private
- 私人的,秘密的,非公开的
- Life
- 生命,生活,人的存在状态
- Guards
- 卫兵,警卫,guard的复数
- heralded
- 预告,宣布,herald的过去式
- sublime
- 崇高的,壮丽的,令人敬畏的
- appearance
- 出现,外貌,露面
- announcing
- 宣布,公告,announce的现在分词
- arrangements
- 安排,计划,arrangement的复数
- swallowing
- 吞咽,吞没,swallow的现在分词
- London
- 伦敦,英国首都
- Westminster
- 威斯敏斯特,伦敦的一个重要区域
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