第四次写作作业 1148405 曹胜男

1. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. (一个单身男子，坐拥万贯家财，自然欲求妻室，此道理普世公认)。
This is a famous sentence from 《proud and prejudice》 It’s a periodic sentence, which put emphasis to the last. It also uses two adverbials to modify the word truth, which makes the sentence eloquent.
2. 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)
This is also a famous sentence from 《a tale of two cities》. It uses parallelism and contrast obviously and successfully. The author lives in such a society of confusions. These sentences fully described the turmoil and paradox of it.
3. Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul.
Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo.Lee.Ta.(洛丽塔是我的生命之光，欲望之火，同时是我的罪恶，我的灵魂。洛——丽——塔；舌尖得由上颚向下移动三次，到第三次再轻轻贴在牙齿上：洛——丽——塔。) It’s the beginning of 《Lolita》. It uses many short sentences but the power is strong. The contrast shows what Lolita means to him.