【导读】　《双城记》是英国作家查尔斯·狄更斯所著的一部以法国大革命为背景的长篇历史小说。故事中将巴黎、伦敦两个大城市连结起来，围绕着马内特医生一家和以德法日夫妇为首的圣安东尼区展开故事。

　　A Tale of Two Cities(excerpt)

　　In Monsieur Defarge's wine­shop in Saint Antoine customers came and went all the time.They came to drink the thin，rough wine，but more often they came to listen and to talk，and to wait for news.

　　One day there were more customers than usual.Defarge had been away for three days，and when he returned that morning，he brought a stranger with him，a man who repaired roads.

　　"Madam，"Defarge said to his wife，"this man，who is called Jacques，has walked a long way with me."One customer got up and went out."This mender of roads，"continued Defarge，"who is called Jacques，is a good man.Give him something to drink."A second man got up and went out.The man who repaired roads sat down and drank.A third man got up and went out.

　　"Have you finished，my friend？"said Defarge."Then come and see the room I promised you."

　　They went upstairs，to the room where Dr Manette had sat making shoes.The three men who had left the wine­shop were waiting.Defarge spoke to them：

　　"No names.You are Jacques One，Jacques Two and Jacques Three.I am Jacques Four.This is Jacques Five.He brings us news of our poor friend Gaspard，whose child was killed by the Marquis's coach a year ago."

"I first saw Gaspard，"said Jacques Five，"holding on under the Marquis's coach as it drove into our village.He ran away，but that night the Marquis was murdered.Gaspard disappeared and was only caught a few weeks ago.The soldiers brought him into the village and hanged him.And they have left his body hanging in the village square，where the women go to fetch water，and our children play.",《双城记》(节选)