never be lost in your dream ——after reading class eight grade two sun yang i chose to read the novel this winter vacation. i did not mean to read this one, because the author is gustave flaubert, a frenchman, so the english version can"t be the original. i think the purpose for which our english teacher wants us to read the english novel is to let us experience what is real english. so reading a french novel in english is the same as reading an english novel in chinese. i remember one sentence in our english textbook like this: no matter how well a poem is translated,