他所占据的土地,只是他的双脚伫立所必需的土地,他所拥有的依靠,只是他的双手所能覆盖的面积。——卡夫卡《日记》一第一个词最重要,因为第一个词决定了整首诗的基调,它的音高、强度和走向。它定义句子,并在某种程度上拿捏旋律,掐准节拍。我们来看《内地研究》的第一行: The land he occupied was only the land necessary for his two feet to stand, and he had to rely only on the area that his hands could cover. - The first word in Kafka’s Diary is paramount, because the first word determines the tone of the whole poem, its pitch, strength and direction. It defines the sentence, and to some extent, the melody, pinch beat. Let’s look at the first line of “Mainland Studies”: