经典名著：《傲慢与偏见（连载35）》

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《傲慢与偏见》（Pride and Prejudice）是英国女小说家简·奥斯汀的创作的长篇小说。这部作品以日常生活为素材，以反当时社会上流行的感伤小说的内容和矫揉造作的写作方法，生动地反映了18世纪末到19世纪初处于保守和闭塞状态下的英国乡镇生活和世态人情。并多次被改编成电影和电视剧。

 

 

“That is exactly what I should have supposed of you,” said Elizabeth.

“我猜想得一点儿不错，”伊丽莎白说。

 

“You begin to comprehend me, do you?” cried he, turning towards her.

彬格莱马上转过身去对她大声说道：“你开始了解我啦，是吗？”

 

“Oh! yes- I understand you perfectly.”

“噢，是呀──我完全了解你。”

 

“I wish I might take this for a compliment; but to be so easily seen through I am afraid is pitiful.”

“但愿你这句话是恭维我，不过，这么容易被人看透，那恐怕也是件可怜的事吧。”

 

“That is as it happens. It does not necessarily follow that a deep, intricate character is more or less estimable than such a one as yours.”

“那得看情况说话。一个深沉复杂的人，未必比你这样的人更难叫人捉摸。”

 

“Lizzy,” cried her mother, “remember where you are, and do not run on in the wild manner that you are suffered to do at home.”

她有母亲连忙嚷道：“丽萃，别忘了你在作客，家里让你撒野惯了，你可不能到人家这里来胡闹。”

 

“I did not know before,” continued Bingley immediately, “that you were a studier of character. It must be an amusing study.”

“我以前倒不知道你是个研究人的性格的专家。”彬格莱马上接下去说，“那一定是一门很有趣的学问吧。”

 

“Yes; but intricate characters are the most amusing. They have at least that advantage.”

“不错；可是最有趣味的还是研究复杂的性格。至少这样的性格有研究的价值。”

 

“The country,” said Darcy, “can in general supply but few subjects for such a study. In a country neighbourhood you move in a very confined and unvarying society.”

达西说：“一般说来，乡下人可以作为这种研究对象的就很少。因为在乡下，你四周围的人都是非常不开通、非常单调。”

 

“But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever.”

“可是人们本身的变动很多，他们身上永远有新的东西值得你去注意。”

 

“Yes, indeed,” cried Mrs. Bennet, offended by his manner of mentioning a country neighbourhood. “I assure you there is quite as much of that going on in the country as in town.”

班纳特太太听到刚刚达西以那样一种口气提到乡下，不禁颇为生气，便连忙嚷道：“这才说得对呀，告诉你吧，乡下可供研究的对象并不比城里少。”