That too-often-quoted line of Dickens, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," somehow sounds more appropriate for Taiwan rendered "It was the worst of times, it was the best of times." This is because we are in an age of change. Taiwan is changing, and the world is changing.
對台灣來說，不知道被引用過多少次的狄更斯雙城記的開場白：「這是一個最好的時代，也是一個最壞的時代，」應該倒過來說，「這是一個最壞的時代，也是一個最好的時代。」