那是最美好的时代,那是最糟糕的时代;那是个睿智的年月,那是个蒙昧的年月;那是信心百倍的时期,那是疑虑重重的时期;那是阳光普照的季节,那是黑暗笼罩的季节;那是充满希望的春天,那是让人绝望的冬天;我们面前无所不有,我们面前一无所有;我们大家都在直升天堂,我们大家都在直下地狱——简而言之,那个时代和当今这个时代是如此相似,因而一些吵嚷不休的权威们也坚持认为.不管它是好是坏,都只能用“最……”来评价它。——狄更斯《双城记》,宋兆霖译 It was the best time, it was the worst time. It was a wise year. It was a time of ignorance. It was a time of great confidence. It was a time of misgivings. It was a season of sunshine. It is a dark, shrouded season; a spring of hope, a desperate winter; nothing before us, nothing in front of us; all of us are in heaven, and all of us are going straight to hell - simple In other words, that era is so similar to the present era that some arrogant authorities also insist that whatever it is, good or bad, can only be judged by the “most ...”. - Dickens “Twins”, translated by Song Zhaolin