狄更斯《双城记》经典开头 狄更斯双城记电影1980

It was the best of times, itwas the worst of times,
it was the ageof 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 beforeus,
we were all going direct toHeaven, we were all going direct the otherway.

——in short, the period was so far like the presentperiod, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its beingreceived, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree ofcomparisononly.

那是最美好的时代,那是最糟糕的时代；

那是智慧的年头,那是愚昧的年头；

那是信仰的时期,那是怀疑的时期；

那是光明的季节,那是黑暗的季节；

那是希望的春天,那是绝望的冬天；

我们拥有一切，我们一无所有；

我们全都在直奔天堂,我们全都在直落地狱。

— —简而言之，那时和现在是如此的相像，

不管是最美好的，还是最邪恶的，

那些喧嚣的维权们坚持，只能用形容词的最高级来描述它。