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1.14.8 8. Pride and Prejudice(傲慢与偏见)

8. Pride and Prejudice1(傲慢与偏见)

故事发生在古老的英格兰一个叫马利顿的村庄里。班奈家的女儿们在班奈太太处心积虑设计下,期待与年轻富有又地位显赫的贵族联姻。美丽温柔的珍与机智果断的莉芝在附庸风雅、富贵骄人的贵族生活圈中,仍勇于面对自我并极力维持自尊,却迷失了对真爱的判断,无视俊雅的宾利与傲慢的达赛在气势凌人下表达出的难得的真情。然而在华服锦绣掩盖下,爱情仍如璞玉般脱颖而出。而人性的种种就在作者机智、讽刺、幽默而细腻的描绘下,感人地呈现。

原著:简·奥斯汀(Jane Austen)

导演:罗伯特·里奥纳(Robert E. Leonard)

主演:葛丽亚·嘉逊(Greer Garson),劳伧斯·奥立佛(Laurence Olivier)

Mr. Bingley: Darcy! Come! I hate to see you stalking2 about by yourself in a stupid manner. Why don’t you dance?

Mr. Darcy: With whom? 1) Your sister is engaged and there isn’t another woman in the room that it wouldn’t be a punishment for me to stand up with.

Mr. Bingley: But the place is full of pretty girls!

Mr. Darcy: I have noticed only one and you seemed to have monopolized3 her.

Mr. Bingley: Yes, isn’t she lovely? But, there’s that sister of hers, Miss Elizabeth. They say she has quite a lively with.

Mr. Darcy: Ugh! A provincial young lady with a lively wit. Heaven preserves us! And, there’s that mother of hers.

Mr. Bingley: It’s not the mother you have to dance with. Darcy. It’s the daughter. She’s charming.

Mr. Darcy: Yes. She looks tolerable4 enough. But I’m in no humor tonight to be of consequence5 to the middle classes at play.

Lizzy: What a charming man! Of all the arrogant6, detestable7 snobs8!

Charlotte: Oh, but, Lizzy, he didn’t know you were listening.

Lizzy: What difference does that make? He would have said just the same as he had. “Oh, she looks tolerable enough! But I’m in no humor tonight to be of consequence to the middle classes at play.” To think how we badgered9 poor papa to get him here!

Oh, I could....

Charlotte: Oh! Praise heavens! I have this dance engaged with Col. Stubbs. 2) He’s never learned the steps but he likes the exercise. And, it gets me away from the wall.

Sir William: But, as I was saying...

Mr. Darcy: I was about to ask you, Sir William, if you would do me the kindness to introduce me to Miss Bennet.

Sir William: Oh, certainly. Dancing is a charming amusement for young people. In my opinion, it’s one of the first refinements10 of a polished11 society.

Mr. Darcy: It has the added advantage, sir, of being one of the first refinements of savages12. Every hottentot can dance.

Sir William: Oh, yes. Quite true. So, Miss Elizabeth, 3) may I have the honor to present Mr. Darcy? He’s eager to invite you to dance.

Mr. Darcy: Now that you had been forewarned13 of my eagerness to dance with you, may I hope that you will do me the honor?

Lizzy: 4) I’m afraid that the honor of standing up with you, Mr. Darcy, is more than I can bear. Pray, excuse me.

Mr. Darcy: Am I to understand that you... do not wish to dance with me, Miss Bennet?

Lizzy: 5) Sir, I’m begging to be excused.

Mr. Darcy: The loss is mine, I’m sure.

Lizzy: Well, you, perhaps, know best about that, sir.

Key Words

1. prejudice n. 偏见

2. stalk v. 高视阔步

3. monopolize v. 垄断

4. tolerable adj. 可以忍受

5. consequence n. 结果

6. arrogant adj. 傲慢自大的

7. detestable adj. 讨人嫌的

8. snob n. 势利小人,自大狂

9. badger v. 纠缠不休

10. refinement n. 文雅,有教养

11. polished adj. 文明的

12. savage n. 野人

13. forewarn v. 事先告知