影视英语：Pride & Prejudice 《傲慢与偏见》（精讲之二）

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Caroline: You write uncommonly¹ fast, Mr. Darcy.

Darcy: You're mistaken. I write rather slowly.

Caroline: How many letters you must have occasion to write, Mr. Darcy. Letters of business, too. How odious² I should think them.

Darcy: It is fortunate, then, they fall to my lot instead of yours.

Caroline: Do tell your sister that I long to see her.

Darcy: I've already told her once, by your desire.

Caroline: I do dote on her. I was quite in raptures³ at her beautiful little design for a table.

Darcy: Perhaps you will give me leave to defer⁴ your raptures till I write again. At present I have not room enough to do them justice.

Bingley: Well I think it's amazing that you young ladies have the patience to be so accomplished⁵.

Caroline: What do you mean, Charles?

Bingley: You all paint tables and play the piano and embroider⁶ cushions. I never heard of a young lady, but people say she's accomplished.

Darcy: The word is indeed applied⁷ too liberally. I cannot boast of knowing more than half a dozen women in all my acquaintance that are truly accomplished.

Caroline: Nor I, to be sure.

Elizabeth: Goodness, you must comprehend a great deal in the idea.

Darcy: I do.

Caroline: Absolutely. She must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing and the modern languages to deserve the word. And something in her air and manner of walking.

Darcy: And, of course she must improve her mind by extensive reading.

Elizabeth: I'm no longer surprised at your knowing only six accomplished women. I rather wonder now at your knowing any.

Darcy: Are you so severe on your own sex?

Elizabeth: I never saw such a woman. She would certainly be a fearsome thing to behold⁸.

Caroline: Miss Elizabeth, let us take a turn about the room. It's refreshing⁹, is it not, after sitting so long in one attitude?

Elizabeth: It is a small kind of accomplishment¹⁰, I suppose.

Caroline: Will you not join us, Mr. Darcy?

Darcy: You can only have two motives¹¹, Caroline, and I would interfere¹² with either.

Caroline: What can he mean?

Elizabeth: The surest way of disappointing him will be to ask him nothing about it.

Caroline: But do tell us, Mr. Darcy.

Darcy: Either you are in each other's confidence and you have secret affairs to discuss, or you are conscious that your figures appear to the greatest advantage by walking. If the first, I should get in your way. If the second,
I can admire you much better from here.

Caroline: Shocking. How shall we punish him for such a speech?

Elizabeth: We could always laugh at him.

Caroline: Oh no. Mr. Darcy is not to be teased.

Elizabeth: Are you too proud, Mr. Darcy? And would you consider pride a fault or a virtue¹³?

Darcy: That I couldn't say.

Elizabeth: Because we're doing our best to find a fault in you.

Darcy: Maybe it's that I find it hard to forgive the follies¹⁴ and vices¹⁵ of others, or their offences against me. My good opinion, once lost, is lost forever.

Elizabeth: Oh, dear. I cannot tease you about that. What a shame, for I dearly love to laugh.

Caroline: A family trait, I think.

妙词佳句，活学活用

1. it falls to sb.'s lot to do sth. / the lot falls to sb. to do sth. / it falls to sb. as sb.'s lot to do sth. 是"某人命中注定要做某事；某人有责任做某事"的意思。

e.g. It falls to my lot to join the army.
参军是我有责任要做的事。
It falls to the young girl's lot to marry this old man.
嫁给这个老头是这个女孩命里注定的。

2. dote on

If you say you dote on a person or a thing, it means you love or care about them very much and ignore any faults they may have. 中文里就是"宠爱，溺爱；过分喜爱"。比如"她溺爱她的儿子"就可以说成 She dotes on her youngest son.

3. accomplished 多才多艺的；熟练的；完成的

说到“多才多艺”，大家马上想到词的可能是 versatile¹⁶，accomplished 这个词比 versatile 还要高一个等级，差不多到了专家的程度，而 versatile 多用来指“能胜任……”。例如：
an accomplished lady 一个才女
an accomplished pianist 有造诣的钢琴家
an accomplished facts 不容争辩的事实

4. get/stand in one's way / be in the way

这是口语里特别常用的词组，意思是“挡路，妨碍”。我们来看两个例子：
e.g.
1) Keep on going with your reading. Don't let me stand in your way.
2) You're in the way, would you please move aside?

文化面面观

Austen, Jane (1775-1817), English novelist, noted¹⁷ for her witty¹⁸ studies of early-19th-century English society. With meticulous¹⁹ detail, Austen portrayed²⁰ the quiet, day-to-day life of members of the upper middle class. Her works combine romantic comedy with social satire²¹ and psychological insight. 她的代表作品包括《傲慢与偏见》，《理智与情感》，及《爱玛》。

小说《傲慢与偏见》开篇的一段话可称为经典，在当今社会也是有一定道理的：

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

However little known the feelings and views of such a man maybe on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed²² in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.

凡是有钱的单身汉，总想娶位太太，这已经成了一条举世公认的真理。这样的单身汉，每逢新搬到一个地方，四邻八舍虽然完全不了解他的性情如何，见解如何，可是，既然这样的一条真理早已在人们心目中根深蒂固，因此人们总是把他看作自己某一个女儿理所应得的一笔财产。

考考你

1. 他十分溺爱这个九岁的孩子。
2. 上法学院是她的梦想，也是她注定要去做的事情。
3. 现在真是很少见这么多才多艺的女人了，而且最重要的是她还很漂亮。

Pride & Prejudice 《傲慢与偏见》（精讲之一）考考你 参考答案

1. 他非常喜欢看电影。
He adores the cinema.

2. 他向那个漂亮女孩求了婚，但是被拒绝了。
He made an offer to that handsome girl but was rejected.

3. 雨水让我们的野餐计划泡汤了。
The rain put paid to our picnic plan.

4. 如果你不知道自己想要什么，结果往往是你会得到一些你不想要的东西。
If you don't know what you want, you might end up getting something you don't want.

1 uncommonly   

adv. 稀罕(极，非常)

参考例句：

• an uncommonly gifted child 一个天赋异禀的儿童
• My little Mary was feeling uncommonly empty. 我肚子当时正饿得厉害。

2 odious   

adj.可憎的，讨厌的

参考例句：

• The judge described the crime as odious.法官称这一罪行令人发指。
• His character could best be described as odious.他的人格用可憎来形容最贴切。

3 raptures   

极度欢喜( rapture的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Her heart melted away in secret raptures. 她暗自高兴得心花怒放。
• The mere thought of his bride moves Pinkerton to raptures. 一想起新娘，平克顿不禁心花怒放。

4 defer   

vt.推迟，拖延；vi.(to)遵从，听从，服从

参考例句：

• We wish to defer our decision until next week.我们希望推迟到下星期再作出决定。
• We will defer to whatever the committee decides.我们遵从委员会作出的任何决定。

5 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。

6 embroider   

v.刺绣于(布)上；给…添枝加叶，润饰

参考例句：

• The editor would take a theme and embroider upon it with drollery.编辑会将一篇文章，以调侃式的幽默笔调加以渲染。
• She wants to embroider a coverlet with flowers and birds.她想给床罩绣上花鸟。

7 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

8 behold   

v.看，注视，看到

参考例句：

• The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
• The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold.海滨日出真是个奇景。

9 refreshing   

adj.使精神振作的，使人清爽的，使人喜欢的

参考例句：

• I find it'so refreshing to work with young people in this department.我发现和这一部门的青年一起工作令人精神振奋。
• The water was cold and wonderfully refreshing.水很涼，特别解乏提神。

10 accomplishment   

n.完成，成就，（pl.）造诣，技能

参考例句：

• The series of paintings is quite an accomplishment.这一系列的绘画真是了不起的成就。
• Money will be crucial to the accomplishment of our objectives.要实现我们的目标，钱是至关重要的。

11 motives   

n.动机，目的( motive的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• to impeach sb's motives 怀疑某人的动机
• His motives are unclear. 他的用意不明。

12 interfere   

v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰

参考例句：

• If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
• When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。

13 virtue   

n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力

参考例句：

• He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
• You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。

14 follies   

罪恶，时事讽刺剧； 愚蠢，蠢笨，愚蠢的行为、思想或做法( folly的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He has given up youthful follies. 他不再做年轻人的荒唐事了。
• The writings of Swift mocked the follies of his age. 斯威夫特的作品嘲弄了他那个时代的愚人。

15 vices   

缺陷( vice的名词复数 )； 恶习； 不道德行为； 台钳

参考例句：

• In spite of his vices, he was loved by all. 尽管他有缺点，还是受到大家的爱戴。
• He vituperated from the pulpit the vices of the court. 他在教堂的讲坛上责骂宫廷的罪恶。

16 versatile   

adj.通用的，万用的；多才多艺的，多方面的

参考例句：

• A versatile person is often good at a number of different things.多才多艺的人通常擅长许多种不同的事情。
• He had been one of the game's most versatile athletes.他是这项运动中技术最全面的运动员之一。

17 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

18 witty   

adj.机智的，风趣的

参考例句：

• Her witty remarks added a little salt to the conversation.她的妙语使谈话增添了一些风趣。
• He scored a bull's-eye in their argument with that witty retort.在他们的辩论中他那一句机智的反驳击中了要害。

19 meticulous   

adj.极其仔细的，一丝不苟的

参考例句：

• We'll have to handle the matter with meticulous care.这事一点不能含糊。
• She is meticulous in her presentation of facts.她介绍事实十分详细。

20 portrayed   

v.画像( portray的过去式和过去分词 )；描述；描绘；描画

参考例句：

• Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim. 在审讯过程中，他始终把自己说成是受害者。
• The author portrayed his father as a vicious drunkard. 作者把他父亲描绘成一个可恶的酒鬼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

21 satire   

n.讽刺，讽刺文学，讽刺作品

参考例句：

• The movie is a clever satire on the advertising industry.那部影片是关于广告业的一部巧妙的讽刺作品。
• Satire is often a form of protest against injustice.讽刺往往是一种对不公正的抗议形式。

22 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。