5． David Copperfield （Chapter 11）
[导读]本段选自狄更斯（Charles Dickens）的《大卫·科菲坡尔》。作者极尽细节描写之能事，将David眼中第一次见到描述得形象鲜明，跃然纸上。尤其是脸部的描写细致生动，让人一见难忘。
I went in, and found there a stoutish, middle-aged person, in a brown surtout and black tights and shoes, with no more hair upon his head which was a large one, and very shining than there is upon an egg, and with a very extensive face, which he turned full upon me. His clothes were shabby, but he had an imposing shirt-collar on. He carried a jaunty sort of stick, with a large pair of rusty tassels to it; and a quizzing-glass hung outside his coat – for ornament, I afterwards found, as he very seldom looked through it, and couldn‘t see anything when he did.
[注释]
stoutish: 肥胖的, 体形臃肿的 surtout: 男用外套或大衣 tights: 贴身衬衣
extensive: Large in extent, range, or amount广阔的, 宽的 shabby: 破旧的, 褴褛的
imposing: 给人印象深刻的, 使人难忘的 jaunty: 感到自满的, 洋洋得意的 rusty: 生了锈的 tassels: 穗, 缨 ornament: 装饰物
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6． She Walks in Beauty
[导读]她走在美的光彩中，像夜晚；皎洁无云而且繁星满天。有人理解为赞美爱人的美丽，有的人则认为是一种意境的呈现。无论从什么角度去欣赏它，这首诗都那么的美，那么的打动人心。诵读时注意诗歌的用韵，每行结尾压韵的单词要重读。
She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. George Gordon Byron: She Walks in Beauty [注释]
G. G. Byron：拜伦，英国浪漫时期的诗人，著有长诗\” clime: 气候；地方 starry: 布满星星的
mellow: soft, sweet, juicy, and full-flavored 柔和、柔软的、甜蜜的；芳醇的。 mellow'd=mellowed, mellow'd是古英语拼法。 tender: 温柔的, 柔嫩的
gaudy: a feast or festival; called also gaud-day and gaudy day. deny: to give a refusal to; turn down or away 拒绝
[参考译文]
她走在美的光彩中，像夜晚 皎洁无云而且繁星满天 明与暗的最美妙的色泽 在她的仪容与秋波里呈现 彷佛是晨露映出的阳光 但比那光亮柔和而幽暗。
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7． Great Expectations
[导读]下面的一段选自查尔斯·狄更斯（Charles Dickens）的《远大前程》（1860－1861），这是他比较晚期的作品。狄更斯经历了丰富的人间生活后，对人，对周围环境，对自己的生活经历都有了深刻的认识，而所有他成熟的思想认识都汇总在《远大前程》一书中。
Great Expectations，意思是指一笔遗产，中文有的译为“远大前程”（有的译作“孤星血泪”）。这个译名给读者一种印象，即作品的主人公是有远大前程的。而事实上，这个“远大前程”是带讽刺意义的，这部作品的主题决非仅仅是写孤儿皮普想当上等人的理想幻灭的故事，如果这样理解，就领会错了狄更斯创作这部作品的意义。皮普生活在姐姐家里，生活艰苦，他的理想是当一名像姐夫一样的铁匠，他没有想当上等人。后来他之所以想当上等人是因为环境的改变。狄更斯的哲学思想之一是环境对人思想的影响。不同的环境可以造就成不同的人。皮普的整个发展过程是符合一般人性理论的。
这部作品的语言可谓是出神入化，要学习英国语言，这是一本典范。狄更斯的作品不矫揉造作，不选用那些华而不实的词语。他的用词都简单明了，朴实易懂。所以文字读来朴实无华，如行云流水。
As the night was fast falling, and as the moon, being past the full, would not rise early, we held a little council: a short one, for clearly our course was to lie by at the first lonely tavern we could find. So, they plied their oars once more, and I looked out for anything like a house. Thus we held on, speaking little, for four or five dull miles. It was very cold, and, a collier coming by us, with her gallery-fire smoking and flaring, looked like a comfortable home. The night was as dark by this time as it would be until morning; and what light we had, seemed to come more from the river than the sky, as the oars in their dipping stuck at a few reflected stars.
[注释]
council：An assembly of persons called together for consultation, deliberation, or discussion讨论会议
tavern：酒馆, 客栈
plied their oars：使劲划起桨来 collier：运煤船
gallery-fire：厨房 [参考译文] 孤星血泪
天黑得很快，偏巧这天又是下弦月，月亮不会很早升起。我们就稍稍商量了一下，可是也用不到多讨论，因为情况是明摆着的，再划下去我们一遇到冷落的酒店就得投宿。于是他们又使劲打起桨来，我则用心寻找岸上是否隐隐约约有什么房屋的模样。这样又赶了四五英里路，一路上好不气闷，大家简直不说一句话。天气非常冷，一艘煤船从我们近旁驶过，船上厨房里生着火，炊烟缕缕，火光荧荧，在我们看来简直就是个安乐家了。这时夜色已经黑透，看来就要这样一黑到天明，我们仅有的一点光亮，是乎不是来自天空，而是来自河上，一桨又一桨的，搅动着那寥寥几颗倒映在水里的寒星。
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8． SEPTEMBER
[导读] 海伦·亨特·杰克逊（Helen Hunt Jackson 1830-1885）是位多产的女作家，主要以同情印第安人、维护印第安人利益的作品为人们喜爱。九月是收获的季节, 累累的果实压弯了枝头。
The golden-rod is yellow; The corn is turning brown; The trees in apple orchards With fruit are bending down. The gentian's bluest fringes Are curling in the sun; In dusty pods the milkweed Its hidden silk has spun. The sedges flaunt their harvest, In every meadow nook; And asters by the brook-side Make asters in the brook, From dewy lanes at morning The grapes' sweet odors rise; At noon the roads all flutter With yellow butterflies. By all these lovely tokens September days are here, With summer's best of weather, And autumn's best of cheer. But none of all this beauty Which floods the earth and air Is unto me the secret Which makes September fair. 'T is a thing which I remember;