30部经典名著开篇第一句中英文对照

  21. 《局外人》

  阿尔伯特·加缪

  Mother died today. Or maybe, yesterday; I can’t be sure.

  今天，妈妈死了，也许是昨天，我不知道。

  22. 《飞越疯人院》

  肯·克西

  They’re out there. Black boys in white suits up before me to commit sex acts in the hall and get it manned up before I can catch them.

  他们在外头，穿白色制服的黑男孩们起得比我早，他们公然在大厅里暧昧，然后在我能抓到他们前把大厅都清理干净了。

  23. 《简•爱》

  夏洛特•勃朗特

  There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.

  那天，出去散步是不可能了。

  24. 《埃尔墨•甘特利》

  辛克莱•刘易斯

  Elmer Gantry was drunk. He was eloquently drunk, lovingly and pugnaciously drunk.

  埃尔墨•甘特利喝醉了，醉得胡话连篇，洋相百出，动不动还找人吵架。

  25. 《笨伯联盟》

  约翰•肯尼迪•图尔

  A green hunting cap squeezed the top of a fleshy balloon of a head.

  一顶绿色的猎帽卡在隆起的头部。

  26. 《红色英勇勋章》

  斯蒂芬•克莱恩

  The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.

  寒冷迟疑地从大地上退去，随着薄雾逐渐散开，可以看见一支军队分散在山坡上睡觉。

  27. 《无名的裘德》

  托马斯•哈代

  The schoolmaster was leaving the village, and everybody seemed sorry.

  这位小学老师就要离开村子了，人人都似乎有些难过。

  28. 《老人与海》

  欧内斯特•海明威

  He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone 84 days now without taking a fish.

  他是个独自在湾流中一条小船上钓鱼的老人，至今已了84天，一条鱼也没逮住。

  29. 《第五屠宰场》

  库特•冯内古特

  All this happened, more or less.

  故事中的一切，或多或少都发生过。

  30. 《霍乱时期的爱情》

  马尔克斯

  It was inevitable：the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.

  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。