這個開頭之所以在世界文學史上非常有名... ...

200年前出生的英國著名小說家查爾斯·狄更斯在他那部以法國大革命為背景的名著《雙城記》中有一個非常有名的開頭：“那是最美好的時代，那是最糟糕的時代；那是智慧的年頭，那是愚昧的年頭；那是信仰的時期，那是懷疑的時期；那是光明的季節，那是黑暗的季節；那是希望的春天，那是失望的冬天；我們全都在直奔天堂，我們全都在直奔相反的方向--簡而言之，那時跟現在非常相像……”(It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way- in short, the period was so far like the present period......)這個開頭之所以在世界文學史上非常有名，不僅是因為它的巧妙修辭手法引人注目，而且也是因為它具有超越時代、超越國界的高度精準的概括性，包括對當今中國、對當今中國的新聞自由、尤其是對在當今中國工作的國際媒體的工作環境具有高度精準的概括性。... ...