?Fortress Besieged is a classic(經典) of world literature（文學）, a masterpiece（傑作） of parodic(諷刺:惡搞的) fiction（小說;科幻） that plays with Western literary traditions,philosophy and middle class(中產階級) Chinese society in the Republican（***和的） era（時代;紀元）. The title is taken from an old French proverb（法國諺語）, " Marriage is like a fortress besieged:those who are outside want to get in, and those who are inside want to get out ". Set on（故事設定） the eve（前夕） of the ferocious（殘暴的;激烈的） Sino-Japanese War（中日戰爭/抗日戰爭）, Fortress Besieged recounts（詳細敘述） the exuberant（極度的） misadventures（不幸遭遇） of the hapless（不幸的） hero Fang Hung-chien（方鴻漸）. This masterwork（傑作） of world literature plays with Western traditions, picaresque（無賴小說的） humour, tragic-comedy（悲喜劇）, satire（諷刺）, Eastern philosophy and the mores（風俗;道德觀念） of middle-class Chinese society to create its own unique feast of delights.
註：Sino-：中國的
?exuberant 和 invigorate 都表達 “生氣勃勃的”，exuberant 主要是表達壹種植被茂盛，繁盛的狀態，華麗的外表（華麗的辭藻）。 invigorate 更傾向於形容體能、精力、體魄。
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20.（形容司機對汽車的國罵）每逢它不肯走，汽車夫就破口臭罵，此刻罵得更利害了。罵來罵去，只有壹個意思：汽車夫願意跟汽車的母親和祖母發生肉體戀愛。 罵的話雖然欠缺變化，罵的力氣愈來愈足。
Each time it refused to go, the driver letout a stream of foul abuse, and at this point he cursed it even more soundly. Howeverhe cursed, the meaning was always the same: the driver wished to enter intocarnal relations with the bus’s mother or grandmother. While the cursing lackedvariety, it’s force grew stronger and stronger.
21.(形容公交車異常擁擠) ?真料不到小車廂會像有彈性，容得下這許多人。 .這車廂仿佛沙丁魚罐，裏面的人緊緊的擠得身體都扁了。可是沙丁魚的骨頭，深藏在自己身體裏，這些乘客的肘骨膝骨都向旁人的身體裏硬鉗。罐裝的沙丁魚條條挺直，這些乘客都蜷取波折，腰跟腿彎成幾何學上有名目的角度。
No one would have guessed that the small bus compartment(車廂;隔間) could have stretched like elastic（彈性的） to hold so many people. The bus was like a sardine（沙丁魚） can（罐頭）, the people were packed inso tightly that their bodies were flattened （扁平;平坦）out. But sardines’ bones are set deep in their bodies, while these passengers’ knees(膝蓋) and elbows（手肘） were all stuck stiffly（僵硬地;頑固地） into the bodies next to them. Moreover, sardines in a can are all laid out（擺開;鋪設） perfectly straight, while these passengers were coiled（卷;使成螺旋狀;混亂） and twisted（使彎曲;扭歪;旋轉） and bent at the waist and knee into designated(指定的;特指的) geometric angles(角度).
22.（中國人與西洋人的醜）中國人的醜是造物者 偷工減料 ，西洋人的醜是造物者惡意的表現，存心跟臉上的五官開玩笑，所以醜得有計劃、有作用。
?Westerners are ugly in a different wayfrom Chinese: Chinese ugliness seem to be the result of the Creator’s having skimped on time and materials. It is a slapdash（匆忙的;倉促的;草率的）, perfunctorily（敷衍地;表面地;潦草地） put together ugliness. Westerners’ ugliness seems a mark of the Creator’s spite（惡意）. He has purposely（故意地;存心） set out to play jokes with(開玩笑)? the facial features(面部特征;五官), the ugliness thus has a plan and a motive(動機) behind it.
23. 形容西菜館的食物） 誰知道從冷盤到咖啡，沒有壹樣東西可口：上來的湯是涼的，冰淇淋倒是熱的；魚像海軍陸戰隊，已登陸了好幾天；肉像潛水艇士兵，會長期潛伏下水裏；除醋以外，面包、牛油、紅酒無壹不是酸的.
They found a Western-type restaurant that looked respectable（正派的） enough from the outside; but as it turned out, there wasn’t a single thing edible（可食用的;能吃的） from the cool dishes to the coffee. The soup was cold, and the ice cream was warm. The fish was like the Marine Corps（海軍陸戰隊）. It apparently had already been on land （ 登陸 ）? for several days; the meat was like submarine（潛水艇） sailors（水手;海員）, having been submerged（浸沒;潛水） in water for a long time. The bread, the butter （黃油） and the red wine were all sour(酸的) except the vinegar（醋）.?
註:respected, respectful, respectable和respective 的區別
1)respective是“分別的，各自的”，後面常常加名詞的復數形式,
2)?respectful表示主動含義，意思是“對……恭敬的，尊敬的”
A be?respectful to BA很尊敬B
3)respectable表示被動含義，意思是“可敬的”,表示受人尊敬的可能性，但未必被respected。後面可直接接名詞。
4)respected仍是表示被動:表示“敬愛的，受人愛戴的”
24. （形容戰亂時期物價飛漲） 物價像吹斷了線的風箏，又像得道成仙，平地飛升。 公用事業的工人壹再罷工，電車和汽車只恨不能像戲院子和旅館掛牌客滿。銅幣鎳幣全搜刮完了，否則擠車的困難可以避免。 生存競爭漸漸脫去文飾和面具，露出原始的狠毒。廉恥並不廉，許多人維持它不起。 發國難財和破國難產的人同時增加，各不相犯；因為窮人只在大街鬧市行乞，不會到財主的幽靜住宅區去，只會跟著步行的人要錢，財主坐的流線型汽車是趕不上的。 貧民區逐漸蔓延，像市容上生的壹塊癬。
In Shanghai, commodity（商品） prices, like a kite with its string（線） broken in the wind, soared high above the ground（地面） as though they had achieved Nirvana and immortality. Public workers struck again and again. Trams and buses wished they could have hung out “Full House” signs like movie theaters and hotels. Copper and nickel were all confiscated. Stamps were temporarily put to a new use as supplementary currency. If only people could have been sent like mail, then the painfully crowded conditions on public buses could have been avoided. The struggle for survival was gradually stripped of mask and ornament to reveal a primitive brutality. A reasonable sense of shame was not cheap at all; many could not afford it. The number of people profiting and the number going bankrupt from the national crisis increased ?simultaneously. Neither interfered with the other since the poor begged only in the major thoroughfares and bustling marketplaces and stayed away from the quiet residential areas of the rich. They asked for money only from those on foot, unable to catch up with the rich in their sleek cars. Slums gradually spread like ringworm over the face of the city.
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