Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

翻新版的电影改编的好“喧嚣华丽”，我还是喜欢那个琐碎的、有点喋喋不休的小个子（顶着一颗鸡蛋形状的头溜达来溜达去）。

阿婆的语言风格就是很适合怀旧的。一半是故事本身所带有的追忆情怀，一半是怀念自己初看这些小说的那个年纪。题外话：阿婆的书还挺适合做初级英语读物的，句子结构不复杂，没什么生僻词，故事又有趣。

即便早就知道案件的来龙去脉，重看波罗系列也是很有意思的，可以把注意力放在那些鸡零狗碎的细节上：

"Hercule Poirot addressed himself to the task of keeping his moustaches out of the soup.

That difficult task accomplished, he glanced around him whilst waiting for the next course."

"'My name is Hercule Poirot.'

If he expected an effect he did not get one. MacQueen said merely, 'Oh, yes?' and waited for him to go on.

'You know the name, perhaps.'

'Why, it does seem kind of familiar--only I always thought it was a woman's dressmaker.'"

"He's a Britisher, and does what he calls 'Keeps himself to himself.' He's a low opinion of Americans and no opinion at all of any other nationalitiy."