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[時期]?of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity[懷疑], 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 .

那是最美好的時代，也是最糟糕的時代；那是智慧的年頭，也是愚昧的年頭；那是信仰的時期，也是懷疑的時期；那是光明的季節(jié)，也是黑暗的季節(jié)；那是希望的春天，也是失望的冬天；我們擁有一切，卻也一無所有；我們?nèi)荚谥北继焯?，也全都在直奔相反的方向?/p>