幸福的家庭總是相似的，而不幸的家庭則各有各的不幸。

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

這是最美好的時代，

這是最糟糕的時代；

這是智慧的年頭，

這是愚昧的年頭；

這是信仰的時期，

這是懷疑的時期；

這是光明的季節(jié)，

這是黑暗的季節(jié)；

這是希望之春，

這是失望之冬。

我們的前途擁有一切，

我們的前途一無所有；

我們正走向天堂，

我們也正直下地獄。

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.

凡是有錢的單身漢，總想娶位太太，這已經(jīng)成了一條舉世公認的真理。

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possessing of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

四月間，天氣寒冷晴朗，鐘敲了十三下。

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

洛麗塔，我的生命之光，我的欲念之火。我的罪惡，我的剝?nèi)?，?麗-塔：舌尖向上，分三步，從上顎往下輕輕落在牙齒上。洛。麗。塔。

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.

在我年輕、幼稚的時候，父親曾給了我一番教誨，我一直銘記在心：“每當你想要批評別人的時候，”他對我說，“你就記住在這世界上不是人人都享有過你所擁有的優(yōu)越條件。'

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 one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”

你要是真想聽我講，你想要知道的第一件事可能是我在什么地方出生，我倒霉的童年是怎樣度過的，我父母在生我之前干些什么，以及諸如此類的大衛(wèi)·科波菲爾式廢話，可我老實告訴你，我無意告訴你這一切。

If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.

那是一個古怪、悶熱的夏天，就是羅森博格因間諜罪名被處死的那個夏天，我不知道我在紐約干什么。

It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenberg, and I didn’t know what I was doing in New York.

你要是沒讀過一本叫做《湯姆索亞歷險記》的書，你肯定不知道我是誰，不過沒關(guān)系，這本書的作者是一個叫做馬克·吐溫的人，他大多講真話。

You don’t know about me without you have read a book by the name of “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”, but that ain’t no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly.

一天早晨，格里高爾·薩姆沙從不安的睡夢中醒來，發(fā)現(xiàn)自己躺在床上變成了一只巨大的甲蟲。

As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.