CHAPTER IV CRACKS BENEATH THE FOUNDATION
At the moment when the drama which we are narrating is on the point of penetrating into the depths of one of the tragic clouds which envelop the beginning of Louis Philippe's reign, it was necessary that there should be no equivoque, and it became requisite that this book shoul

CHAPTER III LOUIS PHILIPPE
Revolutions have a terrible arm and a happy hand, they strike firmly and choose well. Even incomplete, even debased and abused and reduced to the state of a junior revolution like the Revolution of 1830, they nearly always retain sufficient providential lucidity to prevent them from falling

CHAPTER II BADLY SEWED
But the task of sages is one thing, the task of clever men is another. The Revolution of 1830 came to a sudden halt.
As soon as a revolution has made the coast, the skilful make haste to prepare the shipwreck.
The skilful in our century have

Volume IV Saint Denis
BOOK FIRST.--A FEW PAGES OF HISTORY
CHAPTER I WELL CUT
1831 and 1832, the two years which are immediately connected with the Revolution of July, form one of the most peculiar and striking moments of history. These two years rise like two moun

莎士比亚戏剧故事系列
暴风雨
在一片汪洋大sea上有个荒凉的小island(岛)，小island上lived着老汉普罗斯比罗and他的daughter (女儿)。他的女儿called(叫)米兰达。米兰达是个很 beautiful (美丽的)girl。她来到这个小island上的时候，年龄非常young，所以除了她父亲的face(脸)，她不remember(记得)任何人的face。
他们lived在一个在石头上凿出的cave(洞)里。这个cave被隔成了几个rooms，这几个房间之一是普罗斯比罗的study(书房)，在里面放了很many书。这些books大部分上关于 magic (魔法)的。At that time(那时候)，许多le

a kick in the pants 口头警告
eg. He was always late for work,so the manager decided to give him a kick in the pants and watch his performance.
他上班经常迟到，所以经理对他作出口头警告，并留意他的表现。
a little short on RAM 能力不够
eg. I don't think he is the right person for this job.He's a little short on RAM.
我认为他不是这个职位的适当人选。他的能力不够。
ace bu

1、across
1、 表方位。
Let’s go to the restaurant across the street and get something to eat.
让我们去街对面的餐馆买些吃的。
2、 表动作，穿越。
You must go across the bridge and then turn right.
你必须先过桥，然后再往右拐。
2、age
1、 年龄。最一般的表达。在此不赘述。
2、 衰老。
the aging people = the old pe

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harmonious socialist society 社会主义和谐社会
sound and fast development 又快又好的发展
people's well-being “民生”
to safeguard social fairness and justice 维护社会公平和正义
new socialist countryside 社会主义新农村
methane沼气basic living /subsistence allowance system for rural

Oh, Youth: Do you know that yours is not the first generation to yearn for a life full of beauty and freedom? Do you know that all your ancestors felt as you do - and fell victim to trouble and hatred? Do you know, also, that your fervent wishes can only find fulfillment if you succeed in attaining love and understanding of men, and animals, and pl

If love does not know how to give and take without restrictions,it is not love,but a transaction. — Emma Goldman 如果爱不是自然而然地付出与获得，那它就不是爱，而只是一种交易。 ——艾玛?高曼
Edward Wellman bade good-bye to his family in the old country headed for a better life in America. Papa handed him the family’s savings hidden in a leather satchel. “T

CHAPTER IX MARIUS PRODUCES ON SOME ONE WHO IS A JUDGE OF THE MATTER, THE EFFECT OF BEING DEAD
He allowed Marius to slide down upon the shore.
They were in the open air!
The miasmas, darkness, horror lay behind him. The pure, healthful, living, joyous

CHAPTER VIII THE TORN COAT-TAIL
In the midst of this prostration, a hand was laid on his shoulder, and a low voice said to him:
"Half shares."
Some person in that gloom? Nothing so closely resembles a dream as despair. Jean Valjean thought t

CHAPTER VII ONE SOMETIMES RUNS AGROUND WHEN ONE FANCIES THAT ONE IS DISEMBARKING
He set out on his way once more.
However, although he had not left his life in the fontis, he seemed to have left his strength behind him there. That supreme effort had exhausted him. His lassitude was now such

CHAPTER VI THE FONTIS
Jean Valjean found himself in the presence of a fontis.
This sort of quagmire was common at that period in the subsoil of the Champs-Elysees, difficult to handle in the hydraulic works and a bad preservative of the subterranean constructions, on account of

CHAPTER V IN THE CASE OF SAND AS IN THAT OF WOMAN, THERE IS A FINENESS WHICH IS TREACHEROUS
He felt that he was entering the water, and that he no longer had a pavement under his feet, but only mud.
It sometimes happens, that on certain shores of Bretagne or Scotland a man, ei