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The troubles in France continued.
法國的風暴在繼續著。
The citizens of France had fought to win power, and now they used it.
法國的公民們曾為爭得權力而戰斗，現在他們可以使用權力了。
Castles were burned, laws were changed, and the rich and powerful nobles died
城堡被燒掉，法律被改換，那些有錢有勢的貴族死了:
—their heads cut off by that terrible new machine of death, the Guillotine.
他們的腦袋被那可怕的新死亡機器---斷頭臺給砍掉了。
In Paris the King was put in prison,
在巴黎，國王被投進了監獄。
and in 1792 the people of France sent him to the Guillotine as well.
1792年，法國人民把他也送上了斷頭臺。
The French Revolution was now three years old,
法國大革命到現在已3年了，
but there were more years of terror to come.
但是恐怖還要持續更長的歲月。
Not all the rich nobles had died. Some had escaped to England；
并非所有的有錢貴族都已死了，他們有一些逃到了英國；
some had even sent or brought their money to London before the Revolution began.
有一些在大革命開始之前就已把他們的錢財帶到或寄到了倫敦。
And Tellson's Bank, which the French emigrants used, had become a meeting---
臺爾森銀行為法國移民所利用，現在它已經成了他們聚集，
place where they could hear and talk about the latest news from France.
在一起打聽和談論從法國來的最新消息的場所。
One wet August day Mr Lorry sat at his desk in the bank, talking to Charles Darnay.
8月里一個潮濕的日子，勞里先生坐在他銀行里的辦公桌旁和查爾斯·代爾那交談。
The years since Charles's marriage had seen the arrival of a daughter,
查爾斯婚后已有了一個女兒小路茜來到世上。
little Lucie, who was now nine years old.
現在她已經9歲了。
Dr Manette had continued in good health,
馬內特醫生的身體一直很健康。
and at the centre of that warm family circle was always Lucie---
這個溫馨的家庭的中心始終是路茜---
a loving daughter, wife, mother, and a kind－hearted friend.
一個讓人喜歡的女兒、妻子、母親和善良的朋友。
Even Sydney Carton, though his old, bad ways were unchanged,
甚至西得尼·卡登，雖然他原先那些不好的生活方式并未改變，
was a family friend—and very much a favourite with little Lucie.
也是這個家庭的朋友——而且是小路茜最喜愛的人。
人物形象分析:
處于達爾奈對立面的形象是厄弗瑞蒙德侯爵兄弟。這是作者予以揭露、諷刺、鞭笞的人物。作者通過外貌描寫使我們見到了一副“精致的假面具”，他表面上道貌岸然，頗有貴族氣派，實際上靈魂極其骯臟、兇殘。像侯爵這樣的貴族們，恣意揮霍人民的血汗，過著極度奢侈、荒唐的生活
