名著之所以被称为名著，往往从“一开头”就注定了。

“但凡财运俱佳的单身汉，必然想娶妻成家，这是举世公认的道理”，这个《傲慢与偏见》里的开场白，在它畅销的200多年里，被无数人封为经典，更成为了学英语的同学不可绕过的名句。

今天就帮大家总结了：英文名著里最被人称道的8个开头，学不在量多，而在精析，赶快拿出小本本来学习吧！

1.傲慢与偏见

★ It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

但凡财运俱佳的单身汉，必然想娶妻成家，这是举世公认的道理。

【必学词汇】

possession [pəˈzɛʃən]

n.有，所有，拥有；领地；财产，所有权，占有物，所有物；持有违禁物

2.局外人

★ Mother died today. Or maybe, yesterday; I can't be sure.

今天，妈妈死了。也许是昨天，我不知道。

3.双城记

★ 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.

这是最好的时代，这是最坏的时代；这是智慧的时代，这是愚蠢的时代；这是信仰的时期，这是怀疑的时期；这是光明的季节，这是黑暗的季节；这是希望之春，这是失望之冬；人们面前有着各样事物，人们面前一无所有；人们正在直登天堂，人们正在直下地狱。

【必学词汇】

epoch [ˈepək]

n.时期；纪元；世；新时代

4.了不起的盖茨比

★ In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. Whenever you feel like criticising any one, he told me, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had。

我年纪还轻，阅历不深的时候，我父亲教导过我一句话，我至今还念念不忘。每逢你想要批评任何人的时候，他对我说，你就记住，这个世界上所有的人，并不是个个都有过你拥有的那些优越条件。

【必学词汇】

vulnerable [ˈvʌlnərəbəl]

adj.（地方）易受攻击的；易受伤的；易受批评的；[桥牌]已成局的

5.变形记

★ As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin。

一天早晨，格里高尔。萨姆沙从不安的睡梦中醒来，发现自己躺在床上变成了一只巨大的甲虫。

【必学词汇】

monstrous [ˈmɑ:nstrəs]

adj.巨大的；畸形的；丑陋的；与传说中怪物相象的

6.彼得·潘

★ All children, except one, grow up.

所有的孩子都会长大，但他不会。

7.安娜·卡列尼娜

★ All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

幸福的家庭都是相似的，不幸的家庭各有各的不幸。

8.钟形罩

★ It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenberg,and I didn’t know what I was doing in New York.

那是一个古怪、闷热的夏天，就是罗森博格因间谍罪名被处死的那个夏天，我不知道我在纽约干什么。

【必学词汇】

queer [kwɪr]

adj.古怪的；可疑的；不适的；〈俚〉同性恋的

n.同性恋者；怪人；伪造的货币

vt.搞糟；使陷于不利地位

sultry [ˈsʌltri]

adj.性感的；（指天气）湿热难耐的；（指人）易动感情的；肉欲的

electrocute [ɪˈlɛktrəˌkjut]

vt.处电刑，触电致死