12 Elizabeth and Darcy
12 伊麗莎白和達(dá)西


One morning, about a week after Bingley had proposed to Jane, a carriage arrived outside Longbourn House. Elizabeth, Kitty and their mother were in the sitting-room, when suddenly the door was thrown open, and their visitor entered. It was Lady Catherine de Bourgh.
一天上午，大約在彬格萊向簡(jiǎn)求婚后一周，一輛馬車來(lái)到了浪搏恩府外。伊麗莎白、吉蒂和母親正在起居室呆著，突然門被撞開(kāi)了，客人闖了進(jìn)來(lái)。是凱瑟琳?德?包爾夫人。

They were all extremely astonished. Mrs Bennet, flattered to have such an important visitor, received her with great politeness. After sitting for a moment in silence, Lady Catherine said very stiffly to Elizabeth, 'I hope you are well, Miss Bennet. That lady, I suppose, is your mother. And that, I suppose, is one of your sisters.'
她們都極端驚訝。班納特太太因?yàn)閬?lái)了這樣重要的客人而受寵若驚，趕緊非?？蜌獾亟哟８勺艘粫?huì)兒之后，凱瑟琳夫人很傲氣地對(duì)伊麗莎白說(shuō)：“我希望你還好，班納特小姐。那位夫人我想是你母親吧。那位我想是你妹妹吧?！?/div>

解析：astonished 吃驚的、驚訝的
eg: It astonished me to learn that she was dead.
聽(tīng)說(shuō)她死了，真使我驚愕。

stiffly 呆板地、生硬地
eg: His father turned, the wiry figure walking a little stiffly.
他父親轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身來(lái)，他那瘦長(zhǎng)結(jié)實(shí)的身軀走路有點(diǎn)不靈活。

Elizabeth replied that she was correct in thinking so. Lady Catherine rose and said, 'I would like to have a walk in your garden, Miss Bennet, if you would accompany me.'
伊麗莎白回答說(shuō)她說(shuō)得對(duì)。凱瑟琳夫人站起來(lái)說(shuō)：“班納特小姐，如果你愿意陪我，我想到你家花園走走?！?/div>

解析：accompany 陪伴、伴隨
eg: Please accompany me on my walk.
請(qǐng)陪我散步。

'Go, my dear,' cried Mrs Bennet. 'Show her ladyship the different walks, I'm sure she will like them.'
“去呀，親愛(ài)的，”班納特太太嚷道，“讓夫人看看不同的小路。我想她肯定會(huì)喜歡的?！?/div>

As they passed through the hall, Lady Catherine opened the doors into the different rooms, looked in, and declared them to be reasonable-looking rooms. They went into the garden in silence. Elizabeth was determined to make no effort at conversation with a woman who was being more than usually rude and disagreeable.
她們穿過(guò)大廳時(shí)，凱瑟琳夫人打開(kāi)各個(gè)房間的門，往里看，稱這些房間還算可以。她們沉默不語(yǔ)地走進(jìn)花園。伊麗莎白覺(jué)得這個(gè)女人比往常更無(wú)禮傲慢，令人討厭，于是拿定主意，不先開(kāi)口跟她說(shuō)話。

解析：declare 宣布、聲明、發(fā)表意見(jiàn)
eg: The governor declared a state of emergency.
州長(zhǎng)宣布進(jìn)入緊急狀態(tài)。

make efforts 努力、作出努力
eg: Only if we make efforts, we will obtain the happiness.
只要我們努力，一定能活得幸福。

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