英语专业大一背诵篇目.doc

A Tale of Two Cities (excerpt) 狄更斯在《双城记》一书的开头就说，“这是一个最好的时代，也是一个最坏的时代”。 妙哉斯言！这段文字中多个平行句所表达的希望与绝望、光明与黑暗、理想与现实一直深深 地打动读者。文中句型的反复、形式上的对偶、内容上的对比、总体结构上的平行（排比）， 都值得我们细细体味。 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.　 ——　Charles Dicke