听名著:《傲慢与偏见》第103期"意外访客"
日期:2011-10-13 09:27

(单词翻译:单击)

英文原文
亲爱的伊丽莎呀,请你赶快到餐室里去,那儿有了不起的场面值得看呢!我可不告诉你是怎么回事。赶快呀,马上下楼来。”

About the middle of the next day, as she was in her room getting ready for a walk, a sudden noise below seemed to speak the whole house in confusion; and, after listening a moment, she heard somebody running upstairs in a violent hurry, and calling loudly after her. She opened the door and met Maria in the landing place, who, breathless with agitation, cried out--

"Oh, my dear Eliza! pray make haste and come into the dining-room, for there is such a sight to be seen! I will not tell you what it is. Make haste, and come down this moment. "

Elizabeth asked questions in vain; Maria would tell her nothing more, and down they ran into the dining-room, which fronted the lane, in quest of this wonder; It was two ladies stopping in a low phaeton at the garden gate.

"And is this all?" cried Elizabeth. "I expected at least that the pigs were got into the garden, and here is nothing but Lady Catherine and her daughter. "

"La! my dear, " said Maria, quite shocked at the mistake, "it is not Lady Catherine. The old lady is Mrs. Jenkinson, who lives with them; the other is Miss de Bourgh. Only look at her. She is quite a little creature. Who would have thought that she could be so thin and small?"

"She is abominably rude to keep Charlotte out of doors in all this wind. Why does she not come in?"

"Oh, Charlotte says she hardly ever does. It is the greatest of favours when Miss de Bourgh comes in. "

"I like her appearance, " said Elizabeth, struck with other ideas. "She looks sickly and cross. Yes, she will do for him very well. She will make him a very proper wife. "

Mr. Collins and Charlotte were both standing at the gate in conversation with the ladies; and Sir William, to Elizabeth's high diversion, was stationed in the doorway, in earnest contemplation of the greatness before him, and constantly bowing whenever Miss de Bourgh looked that way.

At length there was nothing more to be said; the ladies drove on, and the others returned into the house. Mr. Collins no sooner saw the two girls than he began to congratulate them on their good fortune, which Charlotte explained by letting them know that the whole party was asked to dine at Rosings the next day.

参考译文

大约在第二天响午的时候,她正在房间里准备出去散散步,忽听得楼下一阵喧哗,马上这整个住宅里的人好象都慌乱了起来;一会儿工夫,只听得有人急急忙忙奔上楼来,大声叫她。她开了门,在楼梯口遇见了玛丽亚,只见她激动得气都喘不过来,嚷道:

“噢,亲爱的伊丽莎呀,请你赶快到餐室里去,那儿有了不起的场面值得看呢!我可不告诉你是怎么回事。赶快呀,马上下楼来。”

伊丽莎白一遍遍问,也问不出一个究竟来;玛丽亚多一句也不肯跟她说;于是她们俩便奔进那间面临着大路的餐室,去探奇寻胜。原来来了两位女客,乘着一辆低低的四轮马车,停在花园门口。

伊丽莎白连忙嚷道:“就是这么回事吗?我还以为是猪猡闯进了花园呢,原来只不过是咖苔琳夫人母女俩。”

玛丽亚听她说错了,不禁大吃一惊:“噍你,亲爱的,那不是咖苔琳夫人。那位老夫人是姜金生太太,她跟她们住在一起的;另外一位是德·包尔小姐。你且瞧瞧她那副模样儿吧。她真是个非常纤小的人儿。谁会想到她会这么单薄,这么小!”

“她真是太没有礼貌,风这样大,却让夏绿蒂待在门外。她为什么不进来?”

“噢,夏绿蒂说,她真难得进来。德·包尔小姐要是进来一次,那可真是天大的面子。”

“她那副模样儿真够人瞧的,”伊丽莎白一面说,一面又突然起了别的种种念头。

“她看上去身体不好,脾气又坏。她配他真是再好不过呢。她做他的太太极其相称。”

柯林斯先生和夏绿蒂都站在门口跟那位女客谈话。伊丽莎白觉得最好笑的是,威廉爵士正必恭必敬地站在门口,虔诚地瞻仰着面前的蔚然大观,每当德·包尔小姐朝着他这边望的时候,他总是一鞠躬。

后来他们的话全说完了,两位女客驱车而去,别人都回到屋里。柯林斯一看到两位小姐,就恭贺她们走了鸿运;夏绿蒂把他的意思解释给她们听,原来罗新斯明天又要请他们全体去吃饭了。

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重点单词
  • constantlyadv. 不断地,经常地
  • questn. 探索,寻求 v. 寻找,搜索
  • confusionn. 混乱,混淆,不确定状态
  • appearancen. 外表,外貌,出现,出场,露面
  • conversationn. 会话,谈话
  • vainadj. 徒劳的,无效的,自负的,虚荣的
  • fortunen. 财产,命运,运气
  • contemplationn. 注视,沉思,打算
  • agitationn. 激动,鼓动,搅动
  • rudeadj. 粗鲁的,无礼的 adj. 粗糙的,粗野的