狄更斯是十九世紀(jì)英國最偉大的作家，他在自己的作品中，以高超的藝術(shù)手法，描繪了包羅萬象的社會(huì)圖景，塑造出眾多令人難忘的人物形象。他的三十多年來的創(chuàng)作生涯，為英國文學(xué)和世界文學(xué)作出了卓越的貢獻(xiàn)，他的代表作《雙城記》深刻描寫18世紀(jì)封建制度下日漸腐敗的歐洲貴族，鮮明地將貴族長期殘害百姓、草營人命的惡行公諸于世。狄更斯生動(dòng)地刻畫出平民百姓受苦受難的悲慘生活。人民生活在困苦無助、饑寒交迫、貧病連連、受盡欺壓的困境中，他們心中郁積了對貴族的刻骨深仇，終于引發(fā)了推翻政權(quán)、爭取自由的法國大革命。
雙城記經(jīng)典語錄
1.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—in short, the period was so far like the Psent period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
那是最美好的時(shí)代，那是最糟糕的時(shí)代;那是智慧的年頭，那是愚昧的年頭;那是信仰的時(shí)期，那是懷疑的時(shí)期;那是光明的季節(jié)，那是黑暗的季節(jié);那是希望的春天，那是失望的冬天;我們?nèi)荚谥北继焯�，我們�(nèi)荚谥北枷喾吹姆较?-簡而言之，那時(shí)跟現(xiàn)在非常相象，某些最喧囂的權(quán)威堅(jiān)持要用形容詞的最高級來形容它。說它好，是最高級的;說它不好，也是最高級的。
2.It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.
我現(xiàn)在已做的遠(yuǎn)比我所做過的一切都美好;我將獲得的休息遠(yuǎn)比我所知道的一切都甜蜜。
3.Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
縱然傷心，也不要愁眉不展，因?yàn)槟悴恢钦l會(huì)愛上你的笑容。
4.To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
對于世界而言，你是一個(gè)人;但是對于某個(gè)人，你是他的整個(gè)世界。
5.Don‘t waste your time on a man/woman, who isn‘t willing to waste their time on you.
不要為那些不愿在你身上花費(fèi)時(shí)間的人而浪費(fèi)你的時(shí)間。
6.Just because someone doesn‘t love you the way you want them to, doesn‘t mean they don‘t love you with all they have.
愛你的人如果沒有按你所希望的方式來愛你，那并不代表他們沒有全心全意地愛你。
7.Don‘t try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.
不要著急，最好的總會(huì)在最不經(jīng)意的時(shí)候出現(xiàn)。
8.Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.
在遇到夢中人之前，上天也許會(huì)安排我們先遇到別的人;在我們終于遇見心儀的人時(shí)，便應(yīng)當(dāng)心存感激。
9.Don‘t cry because it is over, smile because it happened.
不要因?yàn)榻Y(jié)束而哭泣，微笑吧，為你的曾經(jīng)擁有。
10.If you love someone， let it be and set him/her free，if he/she comes back to you，it"s meant to be.
如果你愛一個(gè)人，隨遇而安，讓他/她自由的飛，如果最后他/她還是回到你身邊，那就是命中注定的。
11.I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.
我愛你，不是因?yàn)槟闶且粋�(gè)怎樣的人，而是因?yàn)槲蚁矚g與你在一起時(shí)的感覺。
12.No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won‘t make you cry.
沒有人值得你流淚，值得讓你這么做的人不會(huì)讓你哭泣。
13.The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can‘t have them.
失去某人，最糟糕的莫過于，他近在身旁，卻猶如遠(yuǎn)在天邊。
