《牛虻》：

Florence is not a mere wilderness of factories and money-getting like London, nor a haunt of idle luxury like Paris.

佛罗伦萨不像伦敦一样是片蛮荒之地，仅仅知道办工厂赚大钱，也不像巴黎一样是个醉生梦死的场所。

原文：

Florence is not a mere wilderness of factories and money-getting like London, nor a haunt of idle luxury like Paris. It is a city with a great history———”

“So was Athens,” she interrupted, smiling; “but it was 'rather sluggish from its size and needed a gadfly to rouse it'——”

佛罗伦萨不像伦敦一样是片蛮荒之地，仅仅知道办工厂赚大钱，也不像巴黎一样是个醉生梦死的场所。它是一个具有光荣历史的城市——”

“雅典也一样，”她一脸微笑，插嘴说道，“但是它‘因为臃肿而显得相当笨拙，需要一只牛虻把它叮醒’——”