It is never possible nowadays to pin down any date within a year or two .
要把任何日期确定下来，误差不出一两年，在当今的时世里，是永远办不到的。Looking back on a dream of life, vibrant when the world changes, the same year after year, the only turnover of the four seasons.
回首如梦人生，沧海桑田，时世变迁，不变的只有年复一年的四季更替。Hard Times is the immortal masterpiece of the great critical realistic writer, Charles Dickens.
《艰难时世》是杰出的批判利实主义作家狄更斯的不朽之作。The younger candidate was not only the better communicator , but seemed also to possess the cooler head and safer hands for troubled times.
而那位后生的候选人似乎不仅更善于沟通，还拥有更冷静的头脑和更稳健的双手去应对艰难时世。I think that we are born into a time of great difficulty.
依我看，我们生在一个十分艰难的时世。His later works contain A tale of two Cities, Bleak House, Little Dorrit, Hard Times and Great Expectations.
后期作品包括《双城记》，《荒凉山庄》，《小多利特》，《艰难时世》和《远大前程》。The book was a revelation after the more reserved feelings expressed in Jane Austen's novels.
在奥斯汀小说表达了更加保守的感觉之后，这本书却是对时世的揭露。If you start your childhood, with difficult times, difficult period, and in a challenging environment you become more stronger in your life.
如果童年始于艰难时世，处境困顿，那么在以后的生活中，你会变得更坚强。I had imagined comparing urban Guangzhou to the northern English cities described by Charles Dickens in Hard Times.
我曾设想，将广州市区比作查尔斯•狄更斯（CharlesDickens）在《艰难时世》（HardTimes）中描写的英国北部城市。