15部英文名著的经典开头

1、查尔斯·狄更斯：《双城记》

这是最美好的时代，这是最糟糕的时代；这是智慧的年头，这是愚昧的年头；这是信仰的时期，这是怀疑的时期；这是光明的季节，这是黑暗的季节；这是希望之春，这是黑暗之冬。我们的前途拥有一切，我们的前途一无所有；我们正走向天堂，我们也正直下地狱。

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times;it was the age of wisom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of increulity; it was the season of light, it was the season of arkness; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of espair. We ha everything before us, we ha nothing before us; we were all going irect to heaven, we were all going irect the other way.

2、乔治·奥威尔：《一九八四》

四月间，天气寒冷晴朗，钟敲了十三下。

It was a bright col ay in April, an the clocks were striking thirteen.

3、詹姆斯·马修·巴利：《彼得潘》

所有的孩子都会长大，只有一个例外。

All chilren, except one, grow up.

4、弗·司各特·菲茨杰拉德：《了不起的盖茨比》

在我年轻幼稚的时候，父亲曾给了我一番教诲，我一直铭记在心。每当你想要批评别人的时候，他对我说，你就记住在这世界上不是人人都享有过你所拥有的优越条件。

In my younger an more vulnerable years, my father gave me some avice that I've been turning over in my min ever since. "Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he tol me, "just remember that all the people in this worl haven't ha the avantages that you've ha."

5、弗兰兹·卡夫卡：《变形记》

一天早晨，格里高尔·萨姆沙从不安的睡梦中醒来，发现自己躺在床上变成了一只巨大的甲虫。

As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy reams, he foun himself transforme in his be into a gigantic insect.

6、克里斯多福·伊薛伍德：《再见，柏林》

我是一台被动的相机，开着快门只记录不思考。

I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recoring, not thinking.

7、马克·吐温：《哈克贝里·费恩历险记》

你要是没读过一本叫做《汤姆索亚历险记》的书，你肯定不知道我是谁，不过这没关系。这本书的作者是一个叫马克·吐温的人，他大多讲真话。

You on't know about me without you have rea a book by the name of The Aventures of Tom Sawyer, but that ain't no matter. That book was mae by Mr.Mark Twain, an he tol the truth, mainly.

8、夏洛特·勃朗特：《简·爱》

那天，出去散步是不可能了。

There was no possibility of taking a walk that ay.

9、加布里尔·加西亚·马尔克斯：《霍乱时期的爱情》

这是不可避免的：苦杏仁的味道总是让他想起注定没有回报的爱情。

It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almons always remine him of the fate of unrequite love.

10、欧内斯特·海明威：《老人与海》

他是个独自在湾流中一条小船上钓鱼的老人，至今已去了八十四天，一条鱼也没逮住。

He was an ol man who fishe alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream an he ha gone eighty-four ays now without takig a fish.

11、约瑟夫·海勒：《第二十二条军规》

这可是实实在在的一见钟情。初次相见，约塞连便狂热的恋上了随军牧师。

It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell maly in love with him.

12、西尔维娅·普拉斯：《钟形罩》

那是一个古怪，闷热的夏天，就是罗森博格因间谍罪名被处死的那个夏天，我不知道我在纽约干什么。

It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocute the Rosenbergs, an I in't know what I was oing in New York.

13、J.D.塞林格：《麦田的守望者》

你要是真想听我讲，你想要知道的第一件事可能是我在什么地方出生，我倒霉的童年是怎样度过，我父母在生我之前干些什么，以及诸如此类的大卫科波菲尔式废话，可我老实告诉你，我无意告诉你这一切。

If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, an what my lousy chilhoo was like, an how my parents were occupie an all before they ha me, an all that Davi Copperfiel kin of crap, but I on't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.

14、塞缪尔·贝克特：《莫菲》

太阳照常升起，一切都没有改变。

The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.

15、列夫·托尔斯泰：《安娜·卡列尼娜》

幸福的家庭总是相似的，而不幸的家庭则各有各的不幸。

All happy families are happy alike, all unhappy families are unhappy in their own way.