傲慢与偏见英语精讲.docx

1、傲慢与偏见英语精讲Mrs. Bennet: How well you dance, Mr. Bingley. My daughter Jane is a splendid dancer, is she not?Bingley: She is indeed. (to Elizabeth) Your friend Miss Lucas is a most amusing young woman. Elizabeth: Oh, yes, I adore her. Mrs. Bennet: It is a pity shes not more handsome. Elizabeth: Mama! Mr

2、s. Bennet: Oh, but Lizzie would never admit that shes plain. Of course its my Jane whos considered the beauty of the county. Elizabeth & Jane: No, Mama, please! Mrs. Bennet: When she was 15, a gentleman was so much in love with her, that I was sure he would make her an offer. However, he did write h

3、er some very pretty verses. Elizabeth: And that put paid to it. I wonder who discovered the power of poetry in driving away love. Darcy: I thought poetry was the food of love. Elizabeth: Of a fine, stout love, it may. But if it is only a vague inclination one poor sonnet will kill it. Darcy: So what

4、 do you recommend to encourage affection? Elizabeth: Dancing. Even if ones partner is barely tolerable. Jane: Mr Bingley is just what a young man ought to be. Sensible, good-humoured. Elizabeth: Handsome, conveniently rich. Jane: You know perfectly well I do not believe marriage should be drivenby t

5、houghts of money. Elizabeth: I agree entirely. Only the deepest love will persuade me into matrimony, which is why Ill end up an old maid. Jane: Do you really believe he liked me, Lizzie? Elizabeth: Jane, he danced with you most of the night, and stared at you for the rest of it. But I give you leav

6、e to like him. Youve liked many a stupider person. Youre a great deal too apt to like people in general, you know. All the world is good and agreeable in your eyes. Jane: Not his friend. I still cant believe what he said about you. Elizabeth: Mr. Darcy? I could more easily forgive his vanity had he

7、not wounded mine. But no matter, I doubt we shall ever speak again. 妙词佳句，活学活用 1. adore Adore 有好几种意思，我们一起来看一下：A. If you adore someone, you feel great love and admiration for him or her. 敬爱，敬重；爱慕e.g. She adored her parents and would do anything to please them.B. If you adore something, you like it ver

8、y much. 非常喜欢，痴迷e.g. I adore apple very much and eat two a day. 2. make an offer这是口语中很常用的词组，其意义取决于作为名词的offer一词的不同含义，如在电影情归巴黎中有一句台词是：You never said a word about planning to make an offer to Patrick. （关于你要跟Patrick合并的事情你一个字都没提过。）这里的翻译是意译，我们可以看出来make an offer是出价的意思。而在本电影的台词里，这个make an offer的意思显然不同，应该是求婚的

9、意思。offer一词本身就有求婚的意思，所以向某人求婚我们可以说propose to sb. 或者make an offer to sb. 3. put paid to 结束，了结（口语） 这是一个挺有意思的短语，If an unexpected event puts paid to someones hopes, chances, or plans, it completely ends or destroys them. 主要在说英式英语的国家中使用。 The series of terrible blind dates put paid to her dream of an ideal

10、marriage. 一系列可怕的相亲断送了她对理想婚姻的梦想。 4. end up/end up with 以结束，以告终 If you end up doing something or end up in a particular state, you do that thing or get into that state even though you did not originally intend to.e.g. Every time they went dancing they ended up in a bad mood. 他们每次出去跳舞都不欢而散。She could ha

11、ve ended up a millionairess. 她本来可以成为一个百万富翁的。 Darcy.Darcy: Youre mistaken. I write rather slowly. Caroline: How many letters you must have occasion to write, Mr. Darcy. Letters of business, too. How odious I should think them. Darcy: It is fortunate, then, they fall to my lot instead of yours. Caroli

12、ne: Do tell your sister that I long to see her. Darcy: Ive already told her once, by your desire. Caroline: I do dote on her. I was quite in raptures at her beautiful little design for a table. Darcy: Perhaps you will give me leave to defer your raptures till I write again. At present I have not roo

13、m enough to do them justice. Bingley: Well I think its amazing that you young ladies have the patience to be so accomplished. Caroline: What do you mean, Charles? Bingley: You all paint tables and play the piano and embroider cushions. I never heard of a young lady, but people say shes accomplished.

14、 Darcy: The word is indeed applied 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 hav

15、e 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: Im no longer surprised at your knowing only six accomplished women

16、. 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 behold. Caroline: Miss Elizabeth, let us take a turn about the room. Its refreshing, is it not, after sitting so long in one attitude?

17、Elizabeth: It is a small kind of accomplishment, I suppose. Caroline: Will you not join us, Mr. Darcy? Darcy: You can only have two motives, Caroline, and I would interfere with either. Caroline: What can he mean? Elizabeth: The surest way of disappointing him will be to ask him nothing about it. Ca

18、roline: But do tell us, Mr. Darcy. Darcy: Either you are in each others 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.

19、 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 virtue? Darcy: That I couldnt say. Elizabeth: Because were doing

20、 our best to find a fault in you. Darcy: Maybe its that I find it hard to forgive the follies and vices 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 fami

21、ly 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 girls 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

22、 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 versatile，accomplished 这个词比 versatile 还要高一个等级，差不多到了专家的程度，而

23、 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 ones 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. Dont let me stand in your way.2) Youre in the way, would you please move asid

24、e? 文化面面观 Austen, Jane (1775-1817), English novelist, noted for her witty studies of early-19th-century English society. With meticulous detail, Austen portrayed the quiet, day-to-day life of members of the upper middle class. Her works combine romantic comedy with social satire and psychological ins

25、ight. 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 manin 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 w

26、ell fixed 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

27、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 dont know what y

28、ou want, you might end up getting something you dont want.Elizabeth: I love this dance. Darcy: lndeed. Most invigorating.Elizabeth: It is your turn to say something, Mr. Darcy. I talked about the dance. Now you ought to remark on the size of the room or the number of couples. Darcy: Im perfectly hap

29、py to oblige. Please advise me of what you would like most to hear? Elizabeth: That reply will do for present. Perhaps by and by I may observe that private balls are much pleasanter than public ones. For now, we may remain silent. Darcy: Do you talk as a rule while dancing? Elizabeth: No. No, I pref

30、er to be unsociable and taciturn. Makes it all so much more enjoyable, dont you think? Darcy: Tell me, do you and your sisters very often walk to Meryton? Elizabeth: Yes, we often walk to Meryton. Its a great opportunity to meet new people. In fact when you met us, wed just had the pleasure of formi

31、ng a new acquaintance. Darcy: Mr. Wickhams blessed with such happy manners, hes sure of making friends. Whether hes capable of retaining them is less certain. Elizabeth: Hes been so unfortunate as to lose your friendship. And I dare say that is an irreversible event? Darcy: It is. Why do you ask suc

32、h a question? Elizabeth: To make out your character, Mr. Darcy. Darcy: And what have you discovered? Elizabeth: Very little. I hear such different accounts of you as puzzle me exceedingly. Darcy: I hope to afford you more clarity in the future. 妙词佳句，活学活用 1. oblige To do a service or favor for: 施恩惠于，帮助 They obliged us by a