第一句是出自爵士时代The Jazz Age
"It was an age of miracles, it was an age of art, it was an age of excess, and it was an age of satire。
第二段话应该是出自This Side of Paradise,天堂的另一面。
引用英文版原文如下:
Here was a new generation, shouting the old cries, learning the old creeds, through a revery of long days and nights; destined finally to go out into that dirty gray turmoil to follow love and pride; a new generation dedicated more than the last to the fear of poverty and the worship of success; grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken. . . .
至于原书,有的是PDF版,随便搜索下就会有的。
这是几天来我回答的最高兴的一个问题,我都想给你点分了,呵呵。
没记错的话,应该是《了不起的盖茨比》一书中的背景介绍