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《了不起的盖茨比》 作者：弗·司各特·菲茨杰拉德
"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
盖茨比：“黛西，我挣的这些钱都归你，因为我爱你。”
Gatsby: "Daisy, I made all this money for you, because I love you."
黛西：“我无以为报，因为我代表了‘美国梦’。”
Daisy: "I cannot reciprocate, because I represent the American Dream."
盖茨比：“那我现在就得死，因为我也代表了‘美国梦’。”
Gatsby: "Now I must die, because I also represent the American Dream."
（盖茨比死了）
(Gatsby DIES)
尼克：我恨这帮纽约客。
Nick: I hate New Yorkers.
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《太阳照常升起》 作者：厄纳斯特·海明威
"The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
陈腐的海明威式角色叙述：“那是战后的欧洲。我们都很沮丧。我们狂饮。我们仍然很沮丧。”
Stock Hemingway Narrating Character: "It was in Europe after the war. We were depressed. We drank a lot. We were still depressed."
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《麦田守望者》 作者：杰罗姆·大卫·塞林格
"The Catcher In the Rye" by J.D. Salinger
霍尔顿·考菲尔德：“恐惧、恐惧、恐惧、脏话、粗口、脏话、发疯、发疯、恐惧、脏话、粗口，这社会太垃圾，我就是个傻波伊。”
Holden Caulfield: "Angst angst angst swear curse swear crazy crazy angst swear curse, society sucks, and I'm a stupid jerk."
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《神曲》之《地狱》 作者：但丁
"Inferno" by Dante
有个女人带但丁去地狱走了一遭。
Some woman puts Dante through Hell.
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《白鲸》 作者：赫尔曼·麦尔维尔
"Moby Dick" by Herman Melville
伊希梅尔：“叫我‘伊希梅尔’。”
Ishmael: "Call me Ishmael."
亚哈船长：“全体船员，我们要去找那只白鲸，然后干掉它，因为我是个疯子。”
Captain Ahab: "Crew, we will seek the white whale and kill it, because I am insane."
全体船员：“哎呀要死啊，你这毁灭性的妄想将招致我们的灭亡。”
Crew: "Alas, your destructive obsession will be our undoing."
（他们几乎找到那只白鲸了。然后他们又几乎找到那只白鲸了。然后他们找到了。）
(They almost find the white whale. Then they almost find the white whale. Then they find it.)
亚哈船长：“我刺、我刺……”
Captain Ahab: "I stab at thee. I stab at thee."
（所有人都死了，除了伊希梅尔，不过这不算稀奇，因为这个结局通篇都有暗示——真的是“通篇”。）
(Everybody dies except Ishmael, although this is no surprise, because it was foreshadowed CONTINUALLY from the BEGINNING.)
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《丛林》，作者：厄普顿·辛克莱
"The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair
坏事发生了。更坏的事发生了。好点儿的事发生了。很糟糕的事发生了。吉盖斯发现了社会主义，心情豁然开朗。
Bad things happen. Worse things happen. Better things happen. Awful things happen. Jurgis discovers socialism and gets all happy.
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《瓦尔登湖》，作者：亨利·大卫·梭罗
"Walden" by Henry David Thoreau
亨利·大卫·梭罗：“一个真正富有的人并没有钱，他拥有的是勇气、真理，以及一个强大内心，强大到足以超越我们外表、肉体的一切消极。这就是为什么我要生活在穷乡僻壤。”
Henry David Thoreau: "A truly rich man doesn't have money, but rather courage, truth, and an inner glory that transcends the passiveness of our physical beings. That's why I'm going to live in the boonies."
（两年后……）
(Two years later ... )
“我待够了这鬼地方，我要回城里去干我的老本行，开铅笔厂。嗯，不过呢，我之前说的仍然算数。”
"I'm getting the heck out of here and getting my pencil-making job back. Um. But what I said still goes."
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《科学怪人弗兰肯斯坦》 作者：玛丽·雪莱
"Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
沃尔登：“亲爱的玛格丽特：我的船救起了一个人——这哥们儿太牛了！”
Walton: "Dear Margaret: My ship picked up this guy. He RULES."
弗兰肯斯坦：“我发现了生命的秘密，然后大家都死了。”（他也死了）
Frankenstein: "I discovered the secret of life, and everyone died. (dies)"
弗兰肯斯坦造的怪兽：不知道为什么，我变得越来越有自杀倾向。（飞身跳出窗外）
Frankenstein's Monster: Inexplicably, I have become suicidal. (jumps out a window)
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《战争与和平》 作者：列夫·托尔斯泰
"War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy
列夫·托尔斯泰：“历史操控着我们所做的每一件事，因此，观察个人行为毫无意义。且让我们以超长的历史眼光来审视超过500名角色的个人行为吧。”
Leo Tolstoy: "History controls everything we do, so there is no point in observing individual actions. Let's examine the individual actions of over 500 characters at great length."
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《哈克贝里·芬历险记》 作者：马克·吐温
"Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain
（走四方。回家乡。）
(Goes rafting. Goes home.)
