1 The Bennets' new neighbour  （1-3 ）

DAY 3

1. After the dance the Bennet and Bingley families began to visit each other every few days．It became evident that Mr. Bingley admired Jane very much, and Elizabeth knew that her sister was close to falling in love with him. She was discussing this with her good friend Charlotte Lucas, one day. Charlotte was a sensible, intelligent young woman of twenty-seven, the eldest daughter of Sir William and Lady Lucas, who were neighbours of the Bennet family．

2. ‘It's a good thing,’ said Elizabeth, ‘that if Jane is in love with Mr. Bingley，nobody will know，because she always behaves so cheerfully and normally．’

3. ‘That's sometimes a mistake,’ replied Charlotte， shaking her head wisely．‘If she doesn't show her feelings at all，even to the man she loves， she may lose the opportunity of catching him．Jane should use every moment she gets with Bingley to attract and encourage him．’

4. ‘But I consider a man should try to discover a woman's feelings，not wait for her encouragement！ And Jane probably doesn't know what her real feelings for Bingley are yet—she has only seen him a few times，not often enough to understand his character， or be sure that she really loves him．’

5. ‘Well, I wish Jane success with all my heart,’ said Charlotte finally, ‘but I think she'd have as much chance of happiness if she married him tomorrow, as if she studied his character for a whole year. Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. I think it's better to know as little as possible about the person you're going to spend your life with．’

Elizabeth laughed, sure that Charlotte did not mean what she was saying．

6. While observing Mr. Bingley's interest in Jane，however，Elizabeth had not noticed Mr. Darcy's interest in herself．Although at first he had not even considered her pretty， he now began to realize what a beautiful expression her dark eyes gave to her intelligent face， and what an attractive figure she had．‘Of course， she is only an unfashionable village girl,’ he told himself, but her conversation is often quite amusing.’ Whenever they met, he did not speak to her, but stood near her, listening to her and watching her closely， conscious of a wish to know her better．(本段后面附有原版哦)

7. One evening at a party at the Lucases’ house， Darcy was standing alone， as usual， away from the other guests， watching the dancing． His host， Sir William，came to speak to him．

8. ‘Mr. Darcy！ Are you enjoying the dancing，sir？ What a delightful entertainment it is！’

Darcy frowned．‘Yes,’ he said with cool disdain鄙视;蔑视，‘it's something that any uneducated person can be good at．’

9.‘I'm sure you're good at dancing yourself, sir,’ replied Sir William cheerfully．‘Look！Here's Miss Elizabeth Bennet.’ She was crossing the room at that moment．‘Let me persuade you to dance with her．You cannot refuse to dance when so much beauty is in front of you.’

10.‘Indeed, sir,’ replied Elizabeth quickly, in some embarrassment, ‘I have no intention of dancing． You must excuse me.’

‘Miss Bennet，please allow me the pleasure of dancing with you,’ said Mr. Darcy politely，holding out his hand．

11. But with equal politeness Elizabeth refused again，and turned away．Mr. Darcy was watching her walk away，with a slight smile on his face， when Caroline Bingley came up to him．

12. ‘Mr. Darcy，’she said，‘I'm sure I know what you're thinking—how boring all these silly little country people are！’

‘Not at all，Miss Bingley．In fact，I was just thinking what pleasure a pair of fine eyes can give．’

‘Really！And who do these fine eyes belong to，may I ask？’

‘Miss Elizabeth Bennet．’

‘Well！Let me be the first to congratulate you，Mr. Darcy！When will the wedding (婚礼)be？’

13. ‘Ah！That's what I expected you to say．A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony (婚姻) in a moment.’

‘Well， of course, when you're married, you will often have her charming mother and sisters to stay. How delightful for you！’ And Miss Bingley, seeing that Darcy remained calm，continued to mock the Bennet family as amusingly as she could．

NOTES：

1. It became evident that Mr. Bingley admired Jane very much, and Elizabeth knew that her sister was close to falling in love with him.

It became evident that…有证据表明…

2. Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.(para. 6)

Charlotte Lucas小姐关于婚姻的金句。

3. A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony (婚姻) in a moment.’ （para. 13）

女人的思维很有跳跃性：从仰慕到爱慕，从爱慕到结婚都是一瞬间的事。

imagination 想象

rapid 快速的

admiration 爱慕

matrimony 结婚/婚姻

 

原版赏析

说明：牛津书虫简写本比较简单，有些同学可能会吃不饱。以后每期尽量给吃不饱的同学补充点精彩原版。建议大声朗读/选择背诵哦

Para 6是不是感觉DARCY转变地也太快？读读原版吧>~<)。

Para6原版赏析：

Occupied in observing Mr. Bingley's attentions to her sister, Elizabeth was far from suspecting(怀疑) that she was herself becoming an object of some interest in the eyes of his friend. 

Mr. Darcy had at first scarcely allowed（承认） her to be pretty; he had looked at her without admiration at the ball; and when they next met, he looked at her only to criticize. But no sooner had he made it clear to himself and his friends that she hardly had a good feature in her face, than he began to find it was rendered（变得） uncommonly intelligent by the beautiful expression of her dark eyes. To this discovery succeeded（随后出现）some others equally mortifying. Though he had detected with a critical eye more than one failure of perfect symmetry（对称） in her form, he was forced to acknowledge her figure to be light and pleasing; and in spite of his asserting (断言)that her manners were not those of the fashionable world, he was caught by their easy playfulness. Of this she was perfectly unaware; to her he was only the man who made himself agreeable nowhere, and who had not thought her handsome enough to dance with.

NOTES：

1）Occupied in observing Mr. Bingley's attentions to her sister, Elizabeth was far from suspecting that she was herself becoming an object of some interest in the eyes of his friend.

操心着姐姐幸福的Elizabeth万万没想到，自己竟然被最不待见的那个人盯上了~

「occupied in doing」:忙于做.. ,

Elizabeth忙着观察Bingley先生到底有没有关注着Jane.

「far from」:它除了表示距离之外,还可以表达“远远不，完全不”，Elizabeth完全没想到自己变成了Bingley先生的那位朋友，也就是Darcy的目标~

 

(Darcy的目光锁定了Elizabeth)

2） But no sooner had he made it clear to himself and his friends that she hardly had a good feature in her face, than he began to find it was rendered uncommonly intelligent by the beautiful expression of her dark eyes.

no sooner…than... :固定表达， “一....就..”，在no sooner出现在句首的时候，其后面的句子需要用到部分倒装，也就是这里看到的had he made it clear..啦~

Darcy刚对自己和朋友说了Elizabeth长得并不好看(hardly had a good feature)，就发现了她乌黑的眼睛美丽非凡，使得她的脸都极其聪慧起来。

 

                            (Elizabeth)

「make it clear」:弄清楚，搞明白

「it was rendered uncommonly intelligent」: it在这里指的是her face, render是“使变得”: to cause sth to be in a particular state or condition， 意思就是”这脸蛋也变得不同寻常得聪慧起来”.

看来，Darcy觉得 ELizabeth脸蛋不算漂亮,但一双灿若星辰的眼睛马上就把他迷住了。随后又发现了她身上越来越多的优点……

3）To this discovery succeeded（随后出现） some others equally mortifying（令人羞愧的）. Though he had detected with a critical eye more than one failure of perfect symmetry（对称） in her form, he was forced to acknowledge her figure to be light and pleasing;

发现这点以后（眼睛闪烁着智慧），他又有了其他令他羞愧的发现（PS：原本说ElizaBeth不好看，现在被打脸了，活该羞愧呀）。尽管他眼光挑剔发现她没有完美对称，却不得不承认她身材轻盈悦目。

熟词新意：success：

success： to come next after sb/sth and take their/its place or position 接替；继任；随后出现 ； 同义词： follow

Who succeeded Kennedy as President?接替肯尼迪任总统的是谁？

successor  (to sb/sth)  接替者；继任者；

Who's the likely successor to him as party leader?

谁可能接替他担任党的领袖？

 

4）. He began to wish to know more of her, and as a step towards conversing with her himself, attended to her conversation with others. His doing so drew her notice.

发觉自己的感情以后，Darcy就开始暗暗行动了。

「as a step towards conversing with her himself」:作为能同她交谈的一个步骤;

而这个步骤就是attended to her conversation with others (留心她同别人的谈话);

综合起来理解就是, Darcy为了能逐步同Elizabeth谈上话，便开始留心她同别人的谈话(开始听墙角) 。他的这个做法Elizabeth一开始毫不知情，因为在她眼里，Darcy不过是一个不招人喜欢的傲慢无礼的家伙。