1.It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
四月间，天气寒冷晴朗，钟敲了十三下。
——《1984》
2.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.
我们拥有一切，我们一无所有；人们正在直登天堂，也在直下地狱。
——《双城记》
3.I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking.
我是一台被动的相机，开着快门只记录不思考。
——《再见，柏林》
4.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 criticizing any more"he told me,"just remember that all the people in the 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的。”
——《了不起的盖茨比》
5.All happy families are happy alike, all unhappy families are unhappy in their own way.
幸福的家庭总是相似的，而不幸的家庭则各有各的不幸。
——《安娜·卡列尼娜》
6.The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.
往事犹若异乡：他们在那里做的事情都不一样。
——《一段情》
7.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 of tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.
洛丽塔，我的生命之光，我的欲念之火。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。
——《洛丽塔》
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