语言的美感、文字的魔力和作者的深意是通过深度才能体会到的。
狄更斯在《双城记》的开头说的一段话。
那是最美好的时代，那是最糟糕的时代；
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,
那是智慧的年头，那是愚昧的年头；
it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,
那是信仰的时期，那是怀疑的时期；
it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity，
那是光明的季节，那是黑暗的季节；
it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness，
那是希望的春天，那是失望的冬天；
it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair
我们拥有一切，我们一无所有；
we had everything before us, we had nothing before us,
我们全都在直奔天堂，我们全都在直奔相反的方向
we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way
一一简而言之，
– in short,
那时跟现在非常相像，某些最喧嚣的权威坚持要用形容词的最高级来形容它。
the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received,
说它好，是最高级的；说它不好，也是最高级的。
for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
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