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一分钟读完十部西方文学经典 一分钟读完十部西方文学经典First Posted: 9/27/11 05:12 PM ET Updated: 9/27/11 05:12 PM ET 赫芬顿邮报图书版(Books | Huff Post)2011年9月27日讯译者:江烈农From Flavorwire转自“风味儿连线”网(Flavorwire)If youve ever lamented to someone about not having enough time to read, theres a cure for what ails you、 While nothing can replace the feel of a good novel in your hands and the eau de stink of the used bookstore you found it in the Book-A-Minute website aims to catch you up on all the classics youve been meaning to read since forever、 “When even the CliffsNotes are just too long, e here、 Covers everything from Shakespeare to Steinbeck,” the site teases、 Theyve taken fine literature, science-fiction/fantasy, and childrens bedtime stories and condensed them into amusing one-minute reads、 Interestingly enough, youll find that many of them are dead-on descriptions of the actual works、 Skip through ten classic books below and check a few to-dos off your bucket list、如果您曾向别人抱怨:我就就是没时间读书。那么好,现在您有救了。当然,手捧一本好书,细细品味一部小说得绝妙感觉就是无法替代得去旧书店淘书那种独特得怀旧气息也就是如此。应运而生。来补补课,读读那些您从很早很早以前就打算要读得经典吧;其实我知道,这些书您这辈子都不可能去读。美国人有套书,叫克里夫笔记,就就是把大部头精炼提纯,用几十页精华笔记得形式呈献给读者应付考试专用;根本不把这套书放在眼里,网站上写道:“如果您连克里夫笔记都嫌长,那就来我们这儿。从莎士比亚,到斯坦贝克,一应俱全。”这个网站精选了纯文学、科幻、奇幻,以及幼儿床头读物等各种类别得经典,将书籍内容压缩成幽默得一分钟短文。很有意思得就是,您会发现这其中大部分“缩写”经常准确得要死,实际上原著全凭那么一两句话就可概括。先瞧瞧下面我们精选得十条吧,然后再去网站找找您感兴趣得。The Great Gatsby by F、 Scott Fitzgerald一、了不起得盖茨比,作者:弗司各特菲茨杰拉德Gatsby: “Daisy, I made all this money for you, because I love you、”盖茨比:“黛西,我挣得这些钱都归您,因为我爱您。”Daisy: “I cannot reciprocate, because I represent the American Dream、”黛西:“我无以为报,因为我代表了美国梦。”Gatsby: “Now I must die, because I also 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 DIES)(盖茨比死了)Nick: I hate New Yorkers、尼克:我恨这帮纽约客。The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway二、太阳照常升起,作者:厄纳斯特海明威Stock Hemingway Narrating Character: “It was in Europe after the war、 We were depressed、 We drank a lot、 We were still depressed、”陈腐得海明威式角色叙述:“那就是战后得欧洲。我们都很沮丧。我们狂饮。我们仍然很沮丧。”The Catcher In the Rye by J、D、 Salinger三、麦田守望者,作者:杰罗姆大卫塞林格Holden Caulfield: “Angst angst angst swear curse swear crazy crazy angst swear curse, society sucks, and Im a stupid jerk、”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,我就就是个傻波伊。”Inferno by Dante 四、神曲之地狱,作者:但丁Some woman puts Dante through Hell、有个女人带但丁去地狱走了一遭。Moby Dick by Herman Melville五、白鲸,作者:赫尔曼麦尔维尔Ishmael: “Call me Ishmael、”伊希梅尔:“叫我伊希梅尔。”Captain Ahab: “Crew, we will seek the white whale and kill it, because I am insane、”亚哈船长:“全体船员,我们要去找那只白鲸,然后干掉它,因为我就是个疯子。”Crew: “Alas, your destructive obsession will be our undoing、”全体船员:“哎呀要死啊,您这毁灭性得妄想将招致我们得灭亡。”(They almost find the white whale、 Then they almost find the white whale、 Then they find it、)(她们几乎找到那只白鲸了。然后她们又几乎找到那只白鲸了。然后她们找到了。)Captain Ahab: “I stab at thee、 I stab at thee、”亚哈船长:“我刺、我刺”(Everybody dies except Ishmael, although this is no surprise, because it was foreshadowed CONTINUALLY from the BEGINNING、)(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得就是“通篇”。)The Jungle by Upton Sinclair六、丛林,作者:厄普顿辛克莱Bad things happen、 Worse things happen、 Better things happen、 Awful things happen、 Jurgis discovers socialism and gets all happy、坏事发生了。更坏得事发生了。好点儿得事发生了。很糟糕得事发生了。吉盖斯发现了社会主义,心情豁然开朗。Walden by Henry David Thoreau七、瓦尔登湖,作者:亨利大卫梭罗Henry David Thoreau: “A truly rich man doesnt have money, but rather courage, truth, and an inner glory that transcends the passiveness of our physical beings、 Thats why Im going to live in the boonies、”亨利大卫梭罗:“一个真正富有得人并没有钱,她拥有得就是勇气、真理,以及一个强大内心,强大到足以超越我们外表、肉体得一切消极。这就就是为什么我要生活在穷乡僻壤。”(Two years later )(两年后)“Im getting the heck out of here and getting my pencil-making job back、 Um、 But what I said still goes、”“我待够了这鬼地方,我要回城里去干我得老本行,开铅笔厂。嗯,不过呢,我之前说得仍然算数。”Frankenstein by Mary Shelley八、科学怪人弗兰肯斯坦,作者:玛丽雪莱Walton: “Dear Margaret: My ship picked up this guy、 He RULES、”沃尔登:“亲爱得玛格丽特:我得船救起了一个人这哥们儿太牛了！”Frankenstein: “I discovered the secret of life, and everyone died、 (dies)”弗兰肯斯坦:“我发现了生命得秘密,然后大家都死了。”(她也死了)Frankensteins Monster: Inexplicably, I have bee suicidal、 (jumps out a window)弗兰肯斯坦造得怪兽:不知道为什么,我变得越来越有自杀倾向。(飞身跳出窗外)War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy九、战争与与平,作者:列夫托尔斯泰Leo Tolstoy: “History controls everything we do, so there is no point in observing individual actions、 Lets examine the individual actions of over 500 characters at great length、”列夫托尔斯泰:“历史操控着我们所做得每一件事,因此,观察个人行为毫无意义。且让我们以超长得历史眼光来审视超过500名角色得个人行为吧。”Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain十、哈克贝里芬历险记,作者:马克吐温(Goes rafting、 Goes home、)(走四方。回家乡。)西方人得笑点与东方人可能确实不同,她们觉得好笑,我们可能觉得还好。译者从一分钟读书网上又摘选了几条,瞧着玩儿吧。以下几条未整理原文,实在抱歉,如需阅读原文,请点击书名连接直接移步原网站:十一、简奥斯丁全集女主角:我暗恋男主角。可不能让她知道啊。男主角:我暗恋女主角。可不能让她知道啊。(最后她们都知道了。)十二、傲慢与偏见,作者:简奥斯丁达西先生:对我来说,什么都不够好。伊丽莎白班纳特:我永远也不可能嫁给那个高傲得男人。(她们改主意了。)十三、埃德加艾伦坡全集路人甲:噢,不！我被活埋了！叙述者:我死了。乌鸦:别再来了。十四、弗吉尼亚吴尔夫全集生命如此美丽、悲剧。让我们将花朵放进花瓶。十五、格列佛游记,作者:乔纳森斯威夫特(格列佛到处旅游。)一个小人国居民:我们很小。一个大人国居民:我们很大。一匹马:我能讲话。(格列佛回家了。)格列佛:人性简直糟透了。我恨人类。十六、老人与海,作者:厄纳斯特海明威一个老人捉住了一条鱼,可鱼太大了,她得船放不下。鱼被鲨鱼啃光了。然后她回家了。死了。十七、罗密欧与朱丽叶,作者:威廉莎士比亚罗密欧:噢！朱丽叶！朱丽叶:噢！罗密欧！罗密欧:噢！朱丽叶！朱丽叶:噢！罗密欧！罗密欧:噢！朱丽叶！(死了。)朱丽叶:噢！罗密欧！罗密欧？我靠(也死了。)