【英中对照】Springtime a la Carte 菜单上的春天 欧·亨利

It was a day in March. 
这是三月的一天。 
Never, never begin a story this way when you write one. No opening could possibly be worse. It is unimaginative, flat, dry and likely to consist of mere wind. But in this instance it is allowable. For the following paragraph, which should have inaugurated the narrative, is too wildly extravagant and preposterous to be flaunted in the face of the reader without preparation. 
如果你要写故事，可千万别这么开头。再没有什么比这种开头更糟糕的了。这样开头缺乏想象力，平淡乏味，好像仅仅是些风言风语。可是在这儿倒还勉强凑合，因为下面这一段本该用在故事的开头，只是太过离奇荒诞，置于缺少思想准备的读者面前，真叫人摸不着头脑。