改变美国青少年人生的书籍:《巧克力战争》

2014-04-23 09:23:11来源:中国日报网

  古人云,三日不读书,便觉言语无味,面目可憎。假期过到现在,是不是内心有些空虚?本期特刊为您介绍几本“改变美国青少年人生的书籍”,看看哪些文学作品铸就了今天的美国人,或许对我们的人生也会有所启发。

  5. The Chocolate War《巧克力战争》1974年

  作者:(美)罗伯特·科米尔

  


  [梗概]

  杰瑞·雷诺思索着海报上的一行字:我敢不敢撼动这宇宙?在一年一度的校筹款会上,杰瑞拒绝贩卖巧克力的行为也许不算激进,但当他与学校里一个叫"守夜会"的秘密学社为敌时,他的抗争才真正演变成一场全面战争。

  Jerry Renault ponders the question on the poster: Do I dare disturb the universe? Refusing to sell chocolates in the annual school fund-raiser may not seem like a radical thing to do. But when Jerry challenges a secret school society called The Vigils, his defiant act turns into an all-out war.

  [简评]

  --本书有力地说明了,要坚持你所信奉的,即使是一个人在战斗。——读者凯特

  It's a powerful lesson about standing by what you believe in, even if you must do so alone. - Reader Kat

  --世界是险恶的,你无法改变这个现实。努力反抗才是你最重要的出路。——本书作者罗伯特·科米尔

  The world is evil and there's nothing you can do about it. Trying to fight against it is the most important thing you can do. - Robert Cormier, author of this book

  [精彩片段]

  --他厌恶自己的生活以这种方式继续下去,漫长的还过得去的日日夜夜——不算好,不算坏,不算伟大,不算堕落,不算激动人心,什么都不算。

  He hated to think of his own life stretching ahead of him that way, a long succession of days and nights that were fine - not good, not bad, not great, not lousy, not exciting, not anything.

  --不在于你的块头有多大,而在于你怎样运用你的身体。

  It doesn't matter how big the body, it's what you do with it.


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