A Tale of Two Cities
中第一段：It was the best of times.we were all all going direct the other way--in short, the period, that some of its noiseiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
in short后的话翻译,可以说一下自己的理解不用逐字翻译.（不要Google翻译）
some of its noiseiest authorities insisted on its being received. "being received"是什么意思？