狄更斯《远大前程》:
It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home.
天下最苦恼的事莫过于看不起自己的家。
原文:
It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home. There may be black ingratitude in the thing, and the punishment may be retributive and well deserved; but that it is a miserable thing, I can testify.
Home had never been a very pleasant place to me, because of my sister's temper. But, Joe had sanctified it, and I had believed in it....
天下最苦恼的事莫过于看不起自己的家。固然这多半是由于忘恩负义黑良心,受到惩罚也是理所当然,罪有应得;不过我可以做证,这毕竟是一件苦恼的事。
由于姐姐脾气太坏,我从来没有在家里过过一天好日子。可是因为有乔,家毕竟还是神圣的,我对家还是怀着一种信仰。......