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1. Much to Live For [导读] 热爱生活，让生命的体验成为一段美丽的乐符。翻开书页， 睁开双眼、用心体会这优美的语言和聆听这智慧的声音。 There is so much I have not been, so much I have not seen. I have not thought and have not done or felt enough -- the early sun, rain and the seasonal delight of flocks of ducks and geese in flight, the mysteries of late-at-night. I still need time to read a book, write poems, paint a picture, look at scenes and faces dear to me. There is something more to be of value-- something I should find within myself -- as peace of mind, patience, grace and being kind. I shall take and I shall give, while yet, there is so much to live for -- rainbows, stars that gleam, the fields, the hills, the hope, the dreams, the truth that one must seek. Ill stay here -- treasure every day and love the world in my own way! [注释] seasonal delight: 季节性的喜悦 mystery: something that is not fully understood or that baffles or eludes the understanding; an enigma 秘密，谜 grace: A characteristic or quality pleasing for its charm魅力，优雅 rainbow: 虹，彩虹 gleam: To emit a gleam; flash or glow 闪光；闪烁或发光；闪耀 [参考译文] 生命中，有那么多我没经验过，有那么多我没见过。我没有充分想过，做过，或体会过 -- 朝阳、雨水、季节性的喜悦来自成群飞翔的野鸭与野雁和那些午夜的神秘。我还需要时间读书，写诗、作画、观赏景色与我所爱的脸庞。还有一些东西具有价值 -- 那是我应该发现在自己内心的 -- 心灵的宁静、耐心、优雅、与仁慈。我要接受而且我要施舍，然而还是有许多可以赖以生活-- 彩虹，闪烁的星星、田野、山丘、希望、梦想、人人所追求的真理。　我会在此 -- 珍惜每一个时日并且用自我的方式惜爱这个世界！ 2．Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities [导读]查尔斯-狄更斯，英国大名鼎鼎的作家，是19世纪英国现实主义文学的主要代表。他笔耕一生，靠勤奋和汗水创作出《双城记》、《大卫-科波菲尔》等世界名著。作品艺术上以妙趣横生的幽默、细致入微的心理分析，以及现实主义描写与浪漫主义气氛的有机结合著称。狄更斯在《双城记》一书开头就说，“这是一个最好的时代，也是一个最坏的时代”。妙哉斯言（此句经常被引用）！这段文字中多个平行句（句子结构相同）而打动读者。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），值得仔细体会。 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