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　　第一套:

《水浒传》( Water Margin)是 中国文学四大经典小说之一。这部小说基于历史人物宋江及其伙伴反抗封建帝王的故事，数百年来一直深受中国读者的喜爱。笑而过

毫不夸张地说，几乎每个中国人都熟悉小说中的一些主要人物。这部小说中的精彩故事在茶馆、戏剧舞台、广播电视、电影屏幕和无数家庭中反复讲述。事实上，这部小说的影响已经远远超出了国界。越来越多的外国读者也感到这部小说里的故事生动感人趣味盎然。

Water Margin, one of the four classic novels in the Chineseliterature, is based on the stories of the historical figures ofSong Jiang and his partners, who rebelled against the feudalemperor, and has been popular among the Chinese readersfor hundreds of years.

It is no exaggeration to say that almost every single Chineseis familiar with some of the major characters in the book asits splendid stories are repeatedly told in tea houses, on the-atrical stages, by radio and television, and on film screens.In fact, its influence has been far. beyond the nationalboundary as more and more foreign readers are touchedand intrigued by the stories of the novel.

第二套:

《红楼梦》( Dream of the Red Chamber)是18世纪曹雪芹创作的一部小说。曹雪芹基于自己痛苦的个人经历，讲述了贾宝玉和林黛玉之间的悲剧性爱情故事。书中有大约30个主要人物和400多个次要人物，每个人物都刻画得栩栩如生，具有鲜明的个性。小说详尽地描述了四个贵族世家兴衰的历程，反映了封建社会隐藏的种种危机和错综复杂的社会冲突。

《红楼梦》融合了现实主义和浪漫主义，具有很强的艺术感染力。它被普遍认为是中国最伟大的小说，也是世界上最伟大的文学创作之一。

Dream of the Red Chamber is a novel written by Cao Xueqinin the 18th century, who, based on his own hard life experi-ence, tells the tragic love story between Jia Baoyu and linDaiyu. In the book, there are about 30 major characters andover 400 minor ones, each of whom is depicted vividly withdistinctive personalities. The novel narrates exhaustivelythe rise and fall of four aristocratic families, reflecting vari-ous crises and complicated social conflicts that lurk in thefeudal society.

Dream of the Red Chamber, which integrates realism and ro-manticism and generates strong artistic appeal, is universal-ly acknowledged as the greatest Chinese novel and one ofthe world's literary masterpieces.

第三套:

老而7《西游记》( Journey to the, West)也许是中国文学四大经典小说中最具影响力的一部，当然也是在国外最广为人知的一部小说。这部小说描绘了著名僧侣玄奘在三个随从的陪同下穿越中国西部地区前往印度取经( Buddhist scripture)的艰难历程。虽然故事的主题基于佛教,但这部小说采用了大量中国民间故事和神话的素材,创造了各种栩栩如生的人物和动物形象。其中最著名的是孙悟空,他与各种各样妖魔作斗争的故事几乎为每个中国孩子所熟知。

Journey to the West is probably the most influential one ofthe four classic novels in the Chinese literature and surelythe best-known one on foreign lands. Depicted in the novelis the hard journey that Hsuan-tsang, an eminent monk, andhis three followers make across west China to India to fetchBuddhist scripture. Although the theme is based on Bud-dhism, the book employs many materials of Chinese folktales and myths to create various vivid images of charactersand animals, among which is the most famous Monkey King,whose stories of fighting genies are extremely i popularamong Chinese kids.