狄更斯寫了平民的反抗，卻又不完全支持這種反抗，暴政殘酷，但過于極端的暴力同樣殘酷。只有仇恨和報復的社會已然失控，所有人都一無所有。

       小說中馬內(nèi)特醫(yī)生被貴族陷害，女兒露西卻與貴族的兒子相愛，醫(yī)生接受了這個事實，但阻止不了其他人對貴族的仇恨。最后深愛露西的卡頓為了露西的幸福代替查爾斯走上了斷頭臺……狄更斯在那個殘忍的時代留了一絲浪漫和希望，有一個人，為了保全所愛之人的幸福，愿意犧牲自己的生命。

       每次讀都有種“塞翁失馬”的感覺，如《老子》所言：禍兮,福之所倚;福兮,禍之所伏。今天，一同重溫開篇。

A Tale of Two Cities

《雙城記》

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age offoolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity,

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；

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--

那是光明的季節(jié)，那是黑暗的季節(jié)；那是希望的春天，那是失望的冬天；我們?nèi)荚谥北继焯?，我們?nèi)荚谥北嫉鬲z--

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.

簡而言之，那時跟現(xiàn)在非常相象，某些最喧囂的權(quán)威堅持要用最高級來形容它。說它好，是最高級的；說它不好，也是最高級的。

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.
英格蘭寶座上有一個大下巴的國王和一個面貌平庸的王后；法蘭西寶座上有一個大下巴的國王和一個面貌姣好的王后。

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.

對兩國支配著國家全部財富的老爺來說，國家大局足以萬歲千秋乃是比水晶還清楚的事。

掌握詞匯：

epoch  時期

incredulity  不相信

despair  絕望

authority  權(quán)威

superlative  極佳的，卓越的

throne  王位，寶座

loaves and fishes  物質(zhì)利益，私利

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