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『壹』 高中英語短篇小說求推薦
要是想讀名著的話,牛津書蟲系列比較適合英語學習,是名著的簡化版本,容易理解,也能廣泛涉獵。都是雙語的。
以下是書目,可以挑些合適的來讀:
第四級:1500生詞量,適合初三學生
上冊5本:
1、《巴斯克維爾獵犬》
2、《不平靜的墳墓》
3、《三怪客泛舟記》
4、《三十九級台階》
5、《小婦人》
下冊6本:
1、《黑駿馬》
2、《織工馬南》
3、《雙城記》
4、《格列佛游記》
5、《金銀島》
6、《化身博士》
第五級:2000生詞量,適合高一學生,共4本。
1、《遠大前程》
2、《大衛•科波菲爾》
3、《呼嘯山莊》
4、《遠離塵囂》
第六級:2300生詞量,適合高二、高三學生,共4本
1、《簡•愛》
2、《霧都孤兒》
3、《傲慢與偏見》
4、《苔絲》
如果讀原著小說,莫泊桑 歐亨利 契科夫 的都挺好,但是有生僻詞。
『貳』 英語短篇小故事帶翻譯簡單【10篇】
【 #能力訓練# 導語】英語是世界上通用的語言,而英語的學習是很枯燥的,想要學好英語不妨先從閱讀英語故事開始。從英文故事中學習,提高英文水平。從故事中學習,學到人生的哲理。下面是 分享的凳肢英語短篇小故事帶翻譯簡單【10篇】。歡迎閱讀參考!
1.英語短篇小故事帶翻譯簡單
A wolf was almost dead with hunger. A house-dog saw him, and asked, "Friend, your irregular life will soon ruin you.
"Why don't you work steadily as I do, and get your food regularly?"
"I would have no objection," said the wolf, "if I could only get a place." "I will help you," said the dog. "Come with me to my master, and you shall share my work."
So the wolf and the dog went to the town together.On the way the wolf saw that there was no hair around the dog's neck.He felt quite surprised, and asked him why it was like that?
"Oh, it is nothing," said the dog. "Every night my master puts a collar around my neck and chains me up. You will soon get used to it."
"Is that the only reason?" said the wolf. "Then good-bye to you, my friend. I would rather be free."
翻譯:
一隻狼快要餓死了,一隻狗看見後問他:「你現在的無規律的生活一定會毀掉你,為什麼不像我一樣穩定地幹活並有規律地獲得食物呢?」
狼說:「如果我有個地方住,我沒有意見。」狗回答說:「跟塵余我到主人那裡去,我們一棗兄世起工作。」於是狼和狗一起回到了村子。
在路上,狼注意到狗的脖子上有一圈沒有毛,他很奇怪地問為什麼會那樣。
「噢,沒有什麼,」狗說,「我的主人每天晚上都用一條鐵鏈子拴住我,你很快就會習慣的。」「就是因為這個原因嗎?」狼說道,「那麼,再見了,我的朋友,我寧願選擇自由。」
寓意: 自由比安樂更重要。
2.英語短篇小故事帶翻譯簡單
When a lion was asleep, a little mouse began running up and down beside him. This soon wakened the lion. He was very angry, and caught the mouse in his paws.
"Forgive me, please." cried the little mouse. "I may be able to help you someday." The lion was tickled at these words.
He thought, "How could this little mouse help me?" However he lifted up his paws and let him go.
A few days later, the lion was caught in a trap.
The hunters wanted to take him alive to the king, so they tied him to a tree, and went away to look for a wagon.
Just then the little mouse passed by, and saw the sad lion.
He went up to him, and soon gnawed away the ropes. "Was I not right?" asked the little mouse.
獅子與報恩的老鼠
獅子睡著了,有隻老鼠在他的周圍爬上爬下,很快吵醒了獅子,獅子很生氣,一把抓住了老鼠。
「饒了我吧,」老鼠請求說,「也許有一天我能幫上你的忙呢。」獅子覺得很好笑,他想:「這只小老鼠怎麼能幫上我的忙?」但他還是抬起爪子放他走了。
不久,獅子被陷阱困住了。獵人們想將活獅子獻給國王,就把他捆在一棵大樹上,然後去找馬車。
這時,老鼠路過這里,看到了絕望中的獅子。他走過去,很快啃斷了繩索,說:「我雖小,可是我也能幫上你的忙。」
寓意: 有些朋友也許平時看似微不足道,但卻有可能在我們身處困境的時候提供巨大的幫助。
3.英語短篇小故事帶翻譯簡單
an old woman had a cat. the cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. one day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. but she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.
then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. she began to hit the cat. the cat said, "do not hit your old servant. i have worked for you for many years, and i would work for you still, but i am too old. do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young."
翻譯
一位老婦有隻貓,這只貓很老,它跑不快了,也咬不了東西,因為它年紀太大了。一天,老貓發現一隻老鼠,它跳過去抓這只老鼠,然而,它咬不住這只老鼠。因此,老鼠從它的嘴邊溜掉了,因為老貓咬不了它。
於是,老婦很生氣,因為老貓沒有把老鼠咬死。她開始打這只貓,貓說:「不要打你的老僕人,我已經為你服務了很多年,而且還願意為你效勞,但是,我實在太老了,對年紀大的不要這么無情,要記住老年人在年青時所做過的有益的事情。」
4.英語短篇小故事帶翻譯簡單
A wild ass1 saw a pack-ass jogging along under a heavy load, and taunted2 him with the condition of slavery in which he lived, in these words: "What a vile3 lot is yours compared with mine! I am free as the air, and never do a stoke of work; and, as for fodder4, I have only to go to the hills and there I find far more than enough for my needs. But you! You depend on your master for food, and he makes you carry heavy loads every day and beats you unmercifully." At that moment a lion appeared on the scene, and made no attempt to molest5 the pack-ass owing to the presence of the driver, but he fell upon the wild ass, who had no one to protect him, and without more ado made a meal of him.
It is no use being your own master unless you can stand up for yourself.
一頭野驢看到一頭家驢背負這沉重的貨物一路小跑,便譏諷他過著奴隸般的生活:「和我相比,你過得多麼卑微呀!我自由自在地享受著大自然,從不下苦力,說道食物,我只需要跑到山上去,就能發現大量吃的東西。再看看你!只能依靠主人施捨吃點,他不僅每天都讓你馱重物,還無情地鞭打你。」這時,一隻獅子出現在他們的視野中,由於驢夫的出現,獅子沒有騷擾家驢,直接撲向了沒有保護者的野驢,立即吃掉了野驢。
除非能照顧好自己,否則做自己的主人一點用也沒有。
5.英語短篇小故事帶翻譯簡單
A singing-bird was confined1 in a cage which hung outside a window, and had a way of singing at night when all other birds were asleep. One night a bat came and clung2 to the bars of the cage, and asked the bird why she was silent by day and sang only at night. "I have a very good reason for doing so," said the bird: "it was once when I was singing in the daytime that a fowler was attracted by my voice, and set his nets for me and caught me. Since then I have never sung except by night." But the bat replied, "It is no use your doing that now when you are a prisoner. If only you had done so before you were caught, you might still have been free."
Precautions3 are useless after the event.
一隻畫眉鳥被囚禁在窗外掛著的一個籠子里,當其他鳥兒都酣睡時,她卻在夜裡唱歌。有一個夜晚,蝙蝠飛過來,抓住鳥籠的.柵欄,問她為什麼白天默默無聲,卻在夜裡放聲歌唱。小鳥回答說:「我這樣做是有道理的,曾經有一次,當我在白天唱歌時,一個捕鳥人被我的歌聲吸引,就用鳥籠子捉住了我。從此我只在夜裡歌唱。」可是,蝙蝠卻說:「你現在這樣做根本沒用了,因為你已經成為階下囚。若是在被捉住之前這樣做就好了,那樣或許你依然是自由之身!」
待事情發生之後再預防,為時已晚。
6.英語短篇小故事帶翻譯簡單
Long ago,there was a big cat in the house. He caught many mice while they were stealingfood.
One day the mice had a meetingto talk about the way to deal with their common enemy. Some said this,, andsome said that.
At last a young mouse gotup, and said that he had a good idea.
"We could tie a bellaround the neck of the cat. Then when he comes near, we can hear the sound ofthe bell, and run away."
Everyone approved of thisproposal, but an old wise mouse got up and said, "That is all very well,but who will tie the bell to the cat?" The mice looked at each other, butnobody spoke.
從前,一所房子裡面有一隻大貓,他抓住了很多偷東西的老鼠。
一天,老鼠在一起開會商量如何對付他們奇特的敵人。會上大家各有各的主張,最後,一隻小老鼠站出來說他有一個好主意。
「咱們可能在貓的脖子上綁一個鈴鐺,那麼如果他來到附近,咱們聽到鈴聲就能夠立即逃跑。」
大家都同意這個主意,這時一隻聰明的老耗子站出來說:「這確切是個絕妙的主意,然而誰來給貓的脖子上綁鈴鐺呢?」老鼠們面面相覷,誰也不談話。
寓意:有些事件說起來容易,做起來卻很難。
7.英語短篇小故事帶翻譯簡單
Father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarrelling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. When they had done so, he placed the faggot into the hands of each of them in succession, and ordered them to break it in pieces. They each tried with all their strength, and were not able to do it.
He next unclosed the faggot, and took the sticks separately, one by one, and again put them into their hands, on which they broke them easily. He then addressed them in these words: 「My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks.」
一位父親有幾個孩子,這些孩子時常發生口角。他絲毫沒有辦法來勸阻他們,只好讓他們看看不合群所帶來害處的例子。為了達到這個目的,有一天他叫他們替他拿一捆細柴來。當他們把柴帶來時,他便先後地將那捆柴放在每一個孩子的手中,吩咐他們弄斷這捆柴。他們一個個盡力去試,總是不能成功。
然後他解開那捆柴,一根根地放在他們手裡,如此一來,他們便毫不費力地折斷了。於是他就告訴他們說:「孩子們!如果你們大家團結一致,互相幫助,你們就像這捆柴一樣,不能被你們的敵人折斷;但如果你們自行分 裂,你們就將和這些散柴一般,不堪一折了。」
8.英語短篇小故事帶翻譯簡單
A self-important lion in the jungle tried to make his mastery clear to all.
He was so confident that he paid no attention to the smaller animals and went right up to a bear. He asked the bear, "Who is the king of the jungle?" The bear replied, "Of course you are."
Then the lion asked a tiger the same question. The tiger replied with some reluctance1, "Of course you are." And then he went to ask an elephant. But the elephant would not allow the lion to do so. He suddenly took hold of the lion with his long nose and bounced2 the lion against a tree, leaving him bleeding3 and badly shaken up.
When the lion finally got up, he blamed the elephant and said: "Even if you couldn't answer my question, it's not necessary for you to act so rough4."
熱帶叢林里的一個妄自菲薄的獅子試圖使所有的動物都明白它的統治地位。
它非常自信,對較小的動物不屑一顧,而是直接去問一隻黑熊:「誰是叢林里的大王呀?」 黑熊回答說:「當然是你呀。」
於是它又去問一個老虎同樣的問題。老虎有點勉強地回答說:「當然是你呀!」然後他又去問一頭大象。可是大象不買它的賬,突然用它的長鼻子把獅子抓起來向一棵樹扔過去,讓它鮮血淋漓和渾身發抖。
獅子終於爬起來時,它責怪大象說:「即使你回答不了我的問題,也用不著這么粗魯嘛。」
9.英語短篇小故事帶翻譯簡單
A Fine Match
One day a lady saw a mouse running across her kitchen floor. She was very afraid of mouse, so she ran out of the house, got into a bus and went to the shops. There she bought a mousetrap. The shopkeeper said to her, "Put some cheese in it and you will soon catch that mouse."
The lady went home with her mousetrap, but when she looked in her cupboard, she could not find any cheese in it. She did not want to go back to the shop, because it was very late, so she cut a picture of some cheese out of a magazine and put that in the trap.
Surprisingly, the picture of the cheese was quite successful! When the lady came down to the kitchen the next morning she found a picture of a mouse in the trap beside the picture of the cheese!
勢均力敵
有一天某位女士看到一隻老鼠在自家的廚房地板上竄過。她很害怕老鼠,所以她沖出屋子,搭上了公共汽車直奔商店。在那兒,她買了一隻老鼠夾。店主告訴她:「放點乳酪在裡面,很快你就會逮住那隻老鼠的。」
這位女士帶著鼠夾回到家裡,但她沒有在碗櫥里找到乳酪。她不想再回到商店裡去,因為已經很晚了。於是,她就從一份雜志中剪下一幅乳酪的圖片放進了夾子。
令人稱奇的是,這畫有乳酪的圖片竟然奏效了!第二天早上,這位女士下樓到廚房時,發現鼠夾里乳酪圖片旁有一張畫有老鼠的圖片!
10.英語短篇小故事帶翻譯簡單
naughty Monkey
It』s very hot. An old man is asleep on the chair. A fly comes and sits on the end of the man』s nose. The old man has a naughty monkey. He chases the fly. The fly comes back again and sits on the old man』s nose again. The monkey chases it away again and again. This happens five or six times. The monkey is very angry. He jumps up, runs to the garden and picks up a large stone. When the fly sits on the old man』s nose again, the monkey hits it hard with the stone. He kills the fly and breaks the old man』s nose.
調皮的猴子
天氣很熱。一位老人在椅子上睡著了。 一隻蒼蠅飛來落在老人的鼻子上。 老人有一隻頑皮的猴子。猴子在追打蒼蠅。 蒼蠅再次飛落在老人的鼻子上,猴子一再追打蒼蠅。 這樣往返了五六次,猴子很生氣。 他跳著跑到花園,撿起一塊大石頭。 當蒼蠅再次落在老人的鼻子上時,猴子用石頭擊中老人的鼻子上的蒼蠅。他砸死了蒼蠅也打破了老人的鼻子。
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『肆』 求1000字以內英語短篇小說!
《蒙娜麗莎》風波
On Tuesday August 11th, 1911, a young artist, Louis Beraud, arrived at the Louvre(盧浮宮) in Paris to complete a painting of the Salon Carre(卡雷沙龍,盧浮宮的畫廊名). This was the room where the world 's most famous painting, the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci(列奧那多·達·芬奇), was on display. To his surprise there was an empty space where the painting should have been. At 11 o'clock the museum authorities realized that the painting had been stolen. The next day headlines all over the world announced the theft.
這一天是1911年8月11日,星期二,一位年輕的藝術家路易斯·貝勞德來到了巴黎盧浮宮的卡雷沙龍畫廊完成一幅油畫,在這條畫廊里陳列著世界上最著名的油畫——列奧納多·達·芬奇創作的《蒙娜麗莎》。令路易斯感到吃驚的是,本該掛著油畫的地方卻是空空盪盪的。中午11時博物館館方意識到這幅名畫已經被盜了。第二天全球各大報刊的頭條新聞都報道了《蒙娜麗莎》被盜的消息。
Actually the Leonardo had been gone for more than twenty-four hours before anyone noticed it was missing. The museum was always closed on Mondays for maintenance(維修). Just before closing time on Sunday three men had entered the museum, where they had hidden themselves in a storeroom. The actual theft was quick and simple. Early the next morning Perrugia removed the painting from the wall while the others kept watch. Then they went out a back exit.
實際上,直到達·芬奇的這幅畫被盜24小時後才有人發現此事。每逢星期一盧浮宮都要閉館例行保養文物。就在星期天,有三個人進入了博物館並藏在貯藏室里。他們的盜竊行動迅速而簡單,第二天一大早,三個盜賊之一佩魯吉亞從牆上取下《蒙娜麗莎》,其餘兩個為他望風,然後他們從後門溜走逃得無影無蹤了。
Nothing was seen or heard of the painting for two years when Perrugia tried to sell it to a dealer for half a million lire(里拉). Perrugia was arrested on December 13th. Perrugia claimed he had stolen it as an act of patriotism(愛國主義), because, he said, the painting had been looted from the Italian nation by Napoleon(拿破崙). Perrugia was imprisoned for seven months. It seemed that the crime of the century had been solved.
《蒙娜麗莎》在被盜後的兩年間一直杳無音迅,直到有一天佩魯吉亞想以50萬里拉賣給一個文物販子時,人們才重新見到它。佩魯吉亞於1913年12月13日被捕,他宣稱偷《蒙娜麗莎》之舉完全是出於愛國心。他說,盧浮宮的這幅畫是被拿破崙從義大利搶劫來的。佩魯吉亞為此被判了7個月的監禁,看來這個世紀奇案好像是解決了。
But had it? Perrugia was keen to claim all responsibility for the theft, and it was twenty years before the whole story came out. In fact Perrugia had been working for two master criminals, Valfierno and Chaudron, who went unpunished for their crime. They would offer to steal a famous painting from a gallery for a crooked(不誠實的) dealer or an unscrupulous(肆無忌憚的) private collector. They would then make a of the picture and, with the help of bribed gallery attendants(服務員), would then tape the to the back of the original(原始的) painting. The dealer would then be taken to the gallery and would be invited to make a secret mark on the back of the painting. Of course the dealer would actually be marking the . Valfierno would later proce forged(偽造) newspaper cuttings announcing the theft of the original, and then proce the , complete with secret marking. If the dealer were to see the painting still in the gallery, he would be persuaded that it was a , and that he possessed the genuine(真正的) one.
果真如此嗎?佩魯吉亞試圖把這次盜竊案的全部責任都攬到自己身上。直到二十年後,整個事件的真相才大白於天下。事實上,佩魯吉亞一直在為兩個犯罪頭目瓦爾菲爾諾和肖德龍工作。在這個案件中,另兩個傢伙一直逍遙法外。瓦爾菲爾諾和肖德龍經常從陳列館偷竊名畫提供給奸詐的商人或肆無忌憚的私人收藏家。他們先製作名畫的贗品,然後向博物館的工作人員行賄,以便在博物館工作人員的協助下將偽造品粘在原作的背後,爾後他們再將文物販子帶到陳列室,並要他在要買的那幅畫的背面做上秘密的記號。當然,事實上文物販子只是在贗品的背面作記號。在此之後,瓦爾菲爾諾就偽造一些剪報宣稱原作被盜,然後拿出帶有秘密記號的贗品。如果買畫的販子看見畫仍然在展出,偷盜者將說服他相信展出的畫是贗品,而賣給他的才是真正的原作。
Chaudron then painted not one, but six copies of the Mona Lisa, using 400-year-old wood panels from antique Italian furniture. The forgeries(贗品) were carefully aged, so that the varnish(光澤) was cracked and dirty. Valfierno commissioned Perrugia to steal the original, and told him to hide it until Valfierno contacted him. Perrugia waited in vain in a tiny room in Paris with the painting, but heard nothing from his partners in crime. They had gone to New York, where the six copies were already in store. They had sent them there before the original was stolen. At that time it was quite common for artists to old masters, which would be sold quite honestly(合法的) as imitations(仿造品), so there had been no problems with US Customs. Valfierno went on to sell all six copies for '300,OOO each. Valfierno told the story to a journalist in 1914, on condition that it would not be published until his death.
肖德龍不僅偽造了一幅,而是六幅《蒙娜麗莎》。他用400年前古義大利老傢具做油畫板,所有贗品均經過了細心的老化處理,以使油畫表面產生裂縫顯得不幹凈。瓦爾菲爾諾指派佩魯吉亞盜走《蒙娜麗莎》的真品並叫他躲藏起來直到與他取得聯系。佩魯吉亞一直帶者那幅畫首在巴黎的一間小屋裡,可是他卻一直未見同夥們的蹤跡。原來瓦爾菲爾諾和肖德龍早已跑到了紐約,那裡儲存著六幅《蒙娜麗莎》的贗品。他們在原作被盜前就已將贗品運到了美國。在那個時代,藝術家們復制已故大師的作品是司空見慣的事情,而且復製品還能夠合法地在市場上進行交易,因此復製品可以毫不費力地通過美國海關。在美國瓦爾菲爾諾以每幅300,000美元的價格陸續將這六幅《蒙娜麗莎》贗品出售。1914年瓦爾菲爾諾將事件真相透露給了一位記者,條件是只有等到他死後才能將此事公之於眾。
Does the story end there? Collectors have claimed that Perrugia returned a . It is also possible that Leonardo may have painted several versions of the Mona Lisa, or they might be copies made by Leonardo's pupils. There has been a lot of controversy and argument about a 450-year-old painting, but after all, maybe that's what she's smiling about.
事情就此了解了嗎?收藏專家們宣稱佩魯吉亞還回的《蒙娜麗莎》或許是贗品。或許當初達·芬奇創作了幾個不同版本的《蒙娜麗莎》;或許這些《蒙娜麗莎》皆為達·芬奇的學生們製作的復製品。因此迄今為止人們對於這幅有著450年左右歷史的名畫,仍有著諸多的爭議。也許,這就是蒙娜麗莎微笑的原因吧!
『伍』 最新英文小說哪裡找
《美國嗚禽》(Birds of America),作者羅莉摩爾(Lorrie More)。曾出版過兩本短篇小說集的羅莉摩爾,在她這第三本小說集子里,以洗鏈幽默的文筆,描述了一則則與死亡、苦悶有關的故事。這樣大膽的反諷正可見作著者文字的高度掌握能力及對人性的深度觀察。貝克特(Beckett)的名言「人生最滑稽的事莫若愁苦」在這位年輕女作家筆下又再度展現新意。
《拔入雲霄》(Cloud splitter),作者羅索班克斯(Russell Banks)。這部以南北戰爭為背景的小說,企圖探討歷史為何物--究竟是記載了事實經過,還是人們所期待和相信的經過?主人翁面對戰爭英雄的父親形象層層追索,抽絲剝繭後,竟是一層又一層的謎題。
《生命》(Life)--地球第一個四十億年的生命發展史,作者理查福提(Richard Fortey)從本書的附題,大致可以了解全書的架構及內涵,難得的是這位英國古生物學者以生動清晰的文筆將今日生物學的最新科技研究成果轉化為曲折離奇的冒險故事,即使對科學一無所知的讀者也想一窺物種進化奧秘的樂趣。
《良家婦女的愛情》(The Love of A Good Woman),作者愛莉絲夢露(Alice Munro)加拿大籍的女作家夢露,多年來以其精湛且豐富的文字,致力短篇小說推向更深廣的表達形式,並為英語文學界普遍推崇肯定。雖專寫女性,卻不落入女權/男權的二分窠穴。在這本最新的短篇集中,她的角色皆取自六○年代,其隱含主題在疑問,以今日角度重視當年,所生的諸多不足甚至不公之憾。藉愛情小說道出世道滄桑,人心不古,綿密中更見批判力道。
《毒木聖經》(The Poisonwood Bible)作者芭芭拉金絲洛芙(Barbara Kingslover)「一名白種美國傳教士在一九五九年進入剛果」,故事本身即深富政治訊息的這本長篇小說,在角色塑造上的成功是使本書不致流於浮面的最大優點。以傳教士之妻女的觀點敘述這段黑暗歷史,美國奴隸制度之殘苛亦呈現前所未有的震撼。自出版以來,本書已蟬聯排行榜數周。
《深淵》(Preston Falls)作者大衛蓋茲(David Gates)繼承美國文學《浮華世界》、《大亨小傳》道德故事傳統,蓋茲九○年版的美國夢,充滿伏流險惡,旦夕禍福之警世意味。讀者在掩卷時幾度不忍再回顧故事主人翁所經歷的這場悲劇,美國文化對成功的定義,也在作者冷靜的筆下赤裸裸呈現其繆思及偽善。
《泰坦巨人》(Titan)--洛克菲勒傳,作者朗查諾(Ron Chernow)本書不同於以往洛克菲勒相關的記載,重點著重於洛克菲勒的早年,對其人特殊經濟觀和市場學的生成源起有深度分析。作者主要立論在洛克菲勒以托拉斯壠斷的企業方式抵制美國馬克斯派傾向的經濟形態。不以石油巨人家族紛爭或個人隱私作文章,卻能藉主人翁的帝國觀照美國經濟是為本書之精華。
《停戰》(To End A War),作者理查霍布洛克(Richard Holbrooke)以1995年美國介入波士尼亞內戰,最終成功達成停戰協議這段經過為經,以現代國際外交的體質為緯,交織構成這部少見的外交政治歷史熔於一爐的報導文學。作者霍布洛克本人為這項和談任務的核心外交官,他的第一手報導不偏不倚甚為難得。
《馬諦斯的另一面》(The Unknown Matisse),作者希拉蕊史柏琳(Hilary Spurling)本書為作者史柏琳的馬諦斯生平首卷,記載了從一八六九年到一九○八年馬諦斯沒沒無聞的掙扎時期。馬蒂斯在步入中年之際仍不得認可,交戰心中的種種藝論及人生觀讀來如同真人告白。而二十世紀初初揭幕,現代主義方興未艾的空氣在世紀末之今日讀來尤其具啟示意義。在史柏琳的經營下,畫家的世界不光只是私密的活動,更是公開的社會運動。
《雨果傳》(Victor Hugo),作者格瑞翰羅伯(Graham Robb)。十九世紀人道大師雨果的作品眾人耳熟能詳,但是鮮為人知的是雨果在法國政壇起落出入的歷史,以及他長達二十年的叄議員生涯領導法國人民反抗拿破崙三世的事跡。這位在世廣受當時民眾愛戴,死時二百萬群眾送殯遊行的文學巨擘,在作者筆下再放光與熱,本書被譽為英文著作中最隹的雨果傳記。
《向您告知明天我們全家將遭不測》(We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Family),作者菲立普古勒維治(Philip Gourevitch)。八十萬人民在一百天內紛遭處決,盧安達的屠殺慘劇直逼納粹暴行。作者為「紐約客」雜志記者,他親訪倖存者,寫下他們目睹之種種,令讀者心驚之餘更要質問究竟誰該對這種非人道行徑負責?種族歧視一日不消,人類就要在這種精神創傷中多活一日。
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『陸』 英文短篇小說 原創
Three Passions I have Lived For
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair.
I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy—ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of my life for a few hours for this joy. I have sought it, next, because it relieves loneliness—that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world into the cold unfathomable lifeless abyss. I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined. This is what I sought, and though it might seem too good for human life, this is what—at last—I have found.
With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine…A little of this, but not much, I have achieved.
Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.
This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.
吾之三願
貝特蘭·羅素
吾生三願,純朴卻激越:一曰渴望愛情,二曰求索知識,三曰悲憫吾類之無盡苦難。此三願,如疾風,迫吾無助飄零於苦水深海之上,直達絕望之彼岸。
吾求愛,蓋因其賜吾狂喜——狂喜之劇足令吾舍此生而享其片刻;吾求愛,亦因其可驅寂寞之感,吾人每生寂寞之情輒兢兢俯視天地之緣,而見絕望之無底深淵;吾求愛還因若得愛,即可窺視聖哲詩人所見之神秘天國。此吾生之所求,雖慮其之至美而恐終不為凡人所得,亦可謂吾之所得也。
吾求知亦懷斯激情。吾願聞人之所思,亦願知星之何以閃光……吾僅得此而已,無他。
愛與知並力,幾攜吾入天國之門,然終為悲憫之心拖拽未果。痛苦之吟常縈繞吾心:受飢餓之嬰,遭壓迫之民,為兒女遺棄之無助老叟,加之天下之孤寂、貧窮、苦痛,具令吾類之生難以卒睹。吾願窮畢生之力釋之,然終不能遂願,因亦悲極。
吾生若此而已,然吾頗感未枉此生;若得天允,當樂而重為之。
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『柒』 有什麼英語短篇小說推薦
1. 「A Good Man is Hard to Find,」 Flannery O』Connor
Few short stories have stuck with us as much as this one, which is probably O'Connor's most famous work — and with good reason. The Misfit is one of the most alarming serial killers we've ever met, all the more so for his politeness, and the story』s moral is so striking and terrifying that — whether you subscribe to the religious undertones or not — a reader is likely to finish and begin to reexamine their entire existence. Or at least we did, the first time we read it.
《好人難尋》這篇小說是奧康納最為著名的作品,很少有其他短篇小說能像這篇一樣給我們帶來震撼。無論你是否能明了宗教般的潛在含義,看完這篇小說讀者都會開始或是結束對存在的檢視。
2. 「The School,」 Donald Barthelme
This story is very short, but pretty much perfect in every way. Though Barthelme is known for his playful, post modern style, we admire him for his ability to shape a world so clearly from so few words, chosen expertly. Barthelme never over explains, never uses one syllable too many, but effortlessly leads the reader right where he wants her to be. It's funny, it's absurdist, it's sad, it's enormous even in its smallness. It may be this writer』s favorite story of all time. You should read it.
這篇小說很短,但是堪稱完美。巴塞爾姆的優秀就在於他能用精選的極少幾個文字就為我們敘述了一個世界。他很少過多地解釋,就把讀者帶到了他想要你去地方。
3. 「In The Penal Colony,」 Franz Kafka
Kafka called this one his「dirty story,」and thought it imperfect, but it's one of our favorites of his (though we also recommend 「The Hunger Artist」and「A Country Doctor」). It's so obviously a story about writing, in some ultimate way — a machine punishes its victims by writing on them over and over until their bodies give out — but its as if, while the body is the source of every problem in the tale, every weakness, it is also the only place where true knowledge can be translated.
卡夫卡稱自己的這篇小說是一個「很臟的故事」,認為並不完美,但是這個短篇確實我們的最愛之一。在小說中,我們可以體會到,身體是一切問題和弱點的根源,但身體也是唯一能轉化真知的地方。
4. 「Signs and Symbols,」Vladimir Nabokov
Another short one, we revere this story for its ability to turn every tiny detail into a portentous disaster, not to mention the fact that it's penned in Nabokov's effortlessly gorgeous, silvery prose. An old Jewish couple goes to visit their son in the mental hospital, only to be turned away because he has attempted to kill himself. And that's it, really. They go home and look though a photo album, eat some jam. The phonerings. But the whole thing is, perhaps, both a comment on the nature of insanity and the nature of the short story itself, with all its rules and strangeness and banality. And all its symbols, of course.
我們喜歡這篇小說的原因就在於,這個故事有能力把每個細微的細節瞬間變為一場災難,而Nabokov在寫這篇小說用的是輕松華麗水銀瀉地般的散文風格。
5. 「Gooseberries,」 Anton Chekhov
Chekhov's stories are indisputably among the greats, and this one, written rather late, is one of our favorites. Chekhov probes at both the frailty and the worth of humanity, not to mention the natureof life, both for the fortunate and the unfortunate. But like most of Chekhov's stories, there's no clear moral, there's no obvious takeaway. Some men sit around and discuss their thoughts, and we listen, mulling over the subtleties for ourselves.
契科夫的小說無疑是最偉大的作品之一,而這篇是我們的最愛。這篇小說像他的其他小說一樣,沒有清晰的道德標准,我們只是靜靜地看著幾個人圍坐著,討論他們的思想。
6. 「Sea Oak,」 George Saunders
「Sea Oak」 is Saunders's favorite of his own stories, we've heard, so because we find it so hard to choose among them, we've included it here on his own recommendation. Absurdist and satirical, and including at least one zombie shouting at her housemates to get laid, it's a weird one. But it's also concerned with placelessness, with family, with poverty, and like all of Saunders's stories, has a good, thumping heart under all that darkness and fun-poking.
這部小說是桑德斯最為喜愛的一步短篇,這也是我們聽說的。因為我們很難做出選擇,因此就把他自己的推介放在了這里。這部小說充滿了荒誕和諷刺,但是也關心家庭和貧窮等問題。像他的其他小說一樣,在黑暗和取笑中,也暗含著美好和快樂。
7. 「The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas,」 Ursula K. LeGuin
LeGuin's parabolic tale, which won the Hugo Award for best short story in 1974, is a weird, spacious story about a city that seems to be a utopia — except for its one flaw, the single child that must always be kept in darkness and wretched misery so that the others may all live happily. Most of the citizens eventually accept this, but some do not, and silently leave the city, vanishing into the world around. Strange but pointed, Le Guin is a master of her genre.
勒古這部寓言般的短篇小說獲得過1974年的「雨果獎」,是關於一個類似烏托邦的城市的荒誕又宏大的故事。
8. 「The Veldt,」 Ray Bradbury
This tale, from one of the greatest science fiction writers in history, is deliciously wicked. Though it was written in 1950, this kind of story — of children driven mad by want, of technology turning on its masters — will never get old. Until technology actually turns on us, that is. Then we probably won't want to hear about it.
布萊伯利作為歷史上最富盛名的科幻小說家,這篇小說也是通過精心編寫的。
9. 「The Bear Came Over the Mountain,」 Alice Munro
The undisputed queen of the short story, Alice Munro』s work is stark and often heartbreakingly raw, and this story of memory loss and the aching tenderness of human interaction is no different. Fun fact: this story was adapted into the film 「Away from Her」, starring Julie Christie and Gordon Pinsent.
門羅是毫無爭議的短篇小說女王,她的作品有一種朴實風格,常常帶著心跳般的粗獷,這篇關於喪失記憶以及人類互動中的痛苦和柔弱的小說也不例外。
10. 「The Nose,」 Nikolai Gogol
Gogol might be the oldest writer on this list, but he』s also one of the weirdest — in a good way. Nabokov once wrote, 「In Gogol…the absurd central character belongs to the absurd world around him but, pathetically and tragically, attempts to struggle out of it into the world of humans — and dies in despair.」 What else can an absurd noseless man do, after all?
果戈里應該是這個書單上最久遠的作家了,但是他也是最荒誕的小說家之一。納博科夫曾近這樣寫道:「在果戈里的作品中,荒誕的人物屬於他周圍荒誕的世界,但是卻可憐兮兮且悲慘地要逃離他的世界,最終死於絕望」。