双语:100部英国文学爱好者必读书籍清单(图)

  (来源:沪江英语)Literary enthusiasts yesterday published a list of 100 books, at least one of which will be found on every bookcase in Britain。

  双语:100部英国文学爱好者必读书籍清单(图)   昨天,英国文学爱好者公布了一个100部必读书籍清单,几乎囊括了所有英国最为家喻户晓的书籍。

  The catalogue of classics includes a diverse mix of literary genres including everything from Harry Potter to Jane Eyre to the saucy novel Fifty Shades of Grey。

  涉及的经典各种体裁不等,包括系列小说《哈利·波特》、经典名著《简爱》甚至情色小说《五十度灰》。

  Other titles featured include Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights and The Man Who Thought Different, the late Steve Jobs’ biography。

  另外还有《傲慢与偏见》《呼啸山庄》,以及新近出版的乔布斯传记《史蒂夫·乔布斯:那个非同凡“想”的人》。

  Autobiographies from the likes of Frank Skinner, David Walliams, Miranda Hart and even Katie Price also feature on Britain’s bookshelves。

  英国人的书架上常见的自传书籍主要是来自喜剧演员弗兰克·斯金纳大卫·威廉姆斯、米兰达·哈特,甚至还有模特“波霸乔丹” 凯蒂·普莱斯。

  The research was commissioned by Bookmarkyourlibrary.org.uk which trawled literary forums and websites to compile a list of books for people to select their favourites from。

  此项调查由Bookmarkyourlibrary.org.uk网站组织举行,在各大文学论坛与网站上展开,整理罗列了大家的最爱书籍清单。

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  The book most people are likely to have gathering dust on the shelf is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling, followed by The Hobbit。

  人们最喜欢买回家放到书架上尘封的藏书是JK·罗琳的《哈利波特与火焰杯》,其次是《霍比特人》。

  Elisabeth Robinson, spokesperson for Bookmarkyourlibrary.org.uk said: ‘’Bearing in mind the first Harry Potter book was released just 15 years ago, it’s incredible that two of them are in the top ten books that appear on Briton’s bookshelves and it’s an incredible feat to beat classics like Great Expectations and Pride and Prejudice。”

  该网站的发言人伊丽莎白·罗宾森说:“记得第一部《哈利·波特》系列上市还是15年前的事了,真不敢相信该系列有两部到现在还排在英国藏书的前十名,远远超过了《远大前程》和《傲慢与偏见》等经典名著。”

  The survey also revealed that more than one in ten said they would never read the same book twice and one in twenty said they throw books away。

  调查还发现,超过1/10的人表示同一本书不会读两遍,1/20的人则干脆读完就扔了。

  And over half of Brits leave books to gather dust on their shelves, 16 per cent would take them to a charity shop and 15 pass finished books on to a friend when they have finished them。

  近半成的英国人任由书籍在书架上落满灰尘,16%的人会把书捐给慈善机构,15%的人则在读完后转送给朋友。

  Elisabeth continued ‘Nobody likes to see a good book go to waste and libraries have been Britain’s bookshelves for centuries giving people access to the greatest reads of all time without them gathering dust。”

  伊丽莎白还说:“大家都不希望好书受到冷落,而图书馆几个世纪以来一直是人们大量阅读的便利场所。”

  ‘It’s refreshing to see how varied the genres on the list are, going from classics like Little Women to Bradley Wiggins autobiography. It also goes to show that a good book, however old, will always find a new audience.’

  “书单上的作品体裁各异,既有像《小妇人》这样的经典名著,也有自行车名将布拉德利·维金斯的自传,真的很有意思。这也恰恰表明,经典就是经典,不论在哪个年代,总会受到人们的喜爱。”

  ‘No doubt literary aficionados will object to the likes of titles by Katie Price and Russell Brand appearing in the list, but our view is that as long as people are picking up books and reading that has to be a positive thing。

  “当然,也有文学爱好者反对将凯蒂·普莱斯和拉塞尔·布兰德的书收入其中。不过我们认为,只要有人爱读,那就是件好事。”

  ‘Our aim is to drive people back in to Britain’s libraries whether they are reading chick-lit, science fiction or a celebrity autobiography.’

  “我们的目的是鼓励英国人重拾阅读的习惯,不论是读通俗言情、科幻小说还是名人自传,都很不错!”

  The poll also found that more than one in ten Brits have lied about reading certain books. Of those a third said they pretend to have read certain titles to make themselves appear more intelligent than they actually are. And a quarter said they pretend to be more well-read than they actually are。

  调查还发现,超过1/10的人谎称自己读过某些书。这些人中有1/3谎称自己读过某些作品,好让自己听上去比较聪明好学。有1/4的人表示自己会假装阅读广泛。

  Of the 2000 adults polled 18 per cent said they regularly re-read books on their shelves, but 13 per cent said they hang on to books as they like seeing them lined up on the bookshelf。

  参加调查的2000名成人中,18%表示自己经常重翻书架上的藏书,而13%的人则表示自己藏书仅仅是因为喜欢书籍满满当当列在书架上的样子。

  100 Most Popular Books

  英国人最爱看的100部书

  1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - JK Rowling

  2. The Hobbit - J R R Tolkien

  3. The Bible

  4. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

  5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - JK Rowling

  6. The Official Highway Code - Department for Transport

  7. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis

  8. Fifty Shades of Grey - E L James

  9. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

  10. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - JRR Tolkein

  11. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

  12. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - JRR Tolkein

  13. Jamie's 30 minute meals - Jamie Oliver

  14. The BFG - Roald Dahl

  15. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

  16. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

  17. Animal Farm - George Orwell

  18. 1984 - George Orwell

  19. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson

  20. Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding

  21. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott

  22. Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare

  23. Dracula - Bram Stoker

  24. The Secret Garden -Frances Hodgson Burnett

  25. George's Marvellous Medicine - Roald Dahl

  26. Time Travellers Wife - Audrey Niffenegger

  27. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins

  28. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D Salinger

  29. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens

  30. Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold

  31. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde

  32. Emma - Jane Austen

  33. Lord of the Flies - William Golding

  34. The Story of Tracy Beaker - Jacqueline Wilson

  35. The shining - Stephen King

  36. Confessions of a shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella

  37. Game of Thrones - George R R Martin

  38. Life of Pi - Yann Martel

  39. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden

  40. Far from the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy

  41. The Magic Faraway Tree - Enid Blyton

  42. Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris

  43. My Sisters keeper - Jodi Picoult

  44. Is It Just Me? - Miranda Hart

  45. Mort - Terry Pratchett

  46. One Day - David Nicholls

  47. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini

  48. Moby Dick - Herman Neville

  49. My Booky Wook - Russell Brand

  50. The Godfather - Mario Puzo

  51. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky

  52. Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel

  53. Brief history of time - Stephen Hawking

  54. Men are from Mars Women are from Venus - John Gray

  55. Kane and Abel - Jeffrey Archer

  56. America Psycho - Bret Easton-Ellis

  57. Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer

  58. Diary of Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney

  59. Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn

  60. The Princess Diaries - Meg Cabot

  61. Life and Laughing - Michael McIntyre

  62. Wonders of the Universe - Brian Cox

  63. Call The Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950's - Jennifer Worth

  64. On The Road - Jack Kerouac

  65. Being Jordan - Katie Price

  66. Bradley Wiggins: An Autobiography - Bradley Wiggins

  67. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell

  68. Secret diary of a call girl - Belle de Jour

  69. How to be a Woman - Caitlin Moran

  70. The Casual Vacancy - JK Rowling

  71. Riders - Jilly Cooper

  72. The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follet

  73. Blood of Dragons - Robin Hobb

  74. David Walliams - Mr Stink

  75. Me Before You - Jojo Moyes

  76. Frank Skinner - By Frank Skinner

  77. World War Z - Max Brooks

  78. A thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini

  79. 12th of Never - James Patterson

  80. We can remember it for you wholesale – Phillip K Dick

  81. The Snail and the Whale - Julia Donaldson

  82. Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography - Walter Isaacson

  83. Still Standing: The Savage Years - Paul O'Grady

  84. Bring up the Bodies - Hilary Mantel

  85. The Insider - Piers Morgan

  86. Football - Bloody Hell! - Alex Ferguson

  87. The Hundred-Year-Old Man who Climbed out of the Window and Disappeared - Jonas Jonasson

  88. A Street Cat Named Bob - James Bowen

  89. My Animals and Other Family - Clare Balding

  90. The James Bond Archives - Paul Duncan

  91. Entwined With You - Sylvia Day

  92. Running My Life - Seb Coe

  93. Ratburger - David Walliams

  94. The Snow Child - Eowyn Ivey

  95. Over the Moon: My Autobiography - David Essex

  96. Honest: My Story So Far - Tulisa Contostavlos

  97. Looking for Alaska - John Green

  98. The Autobiography of Jack the Ripper - James Carnac

  99. Eloise - Judy Finnigan

  100. The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance - Edmund de Waal