五个女儿
类别:经典文学
班纳特太太得知富有的宾利先生搬来,一心想把五个女儿嫁给他,而班纳特先生则暗中行动。
时长 65 秒 · 语速 170 wpm
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Everyone knows one simple thing. A rich, single man must want a wife. 每个人都知道一件简单的事:一个有钱的单身汉肯定想娶个妻子。
And when such a man moves nearby, every family with daughters begins to dream. 而当这样一个男人搬到附近时,每个有女儿的家庭都开始做梦了。
So it was near the village of Longbourn. 朗伯恩村附近也是如此。
A young man named Mr. Bingley had just rented a big house called Netherfield. 一位名叫宾利先生的年轻人刚刚租下了一栋名叫尼日斐的大房子。
He was rich, handsome, and single. 他有钱、英俊、而且单身。
The news made Mrs. Bennett very happy. 这个消息让班纳特太太非常高兴。
She had five daughters, and she wanted them all to marry well. 她有五个女儿,她希望她们都能嫁得好。
My dear, she told her husband, Mr. “亲爱的,”她对她的丈夫说,
Bingley must meet our girls. “宾利先生一定要见见我们的女儿们。
You must visit him first. 你必须先去拜访他。”
Mr. Bennet only smiled. 班纳特先生只是笑了笑。
He liked to tease his nervous wife. 他喜欢取笑他那神经质的妻子。
Why should I visit him, “我为什么要拜访他呢?”
he asked. 他问道。
For our daughters, of course, “当然是为了我们的女儿们啊!”
she cried. 她喊道。
Think of Jane, our eldest. “想想简,我们的大女儿。
She is so beautiful. 她那么漂亮。”
Send a letter and let him marry whichever girl he likes, Mr. Bennett said calmly. “写封信,让他娶他喜欢的任何一个女孩吧,”班纳特先生平静地说。
Mrs. Bennett did not find this funny at all. 班纳特太太一点也不觉得这好笑。
Her poor nerves, she said, were suffering terribly. 她说,她可怜的神经正在遭受着巨大的痛苦。
But Mr. Bennett had a secret. 但班纳特先生有一个秘密。
He had already visited Mr. Bingley that very morning. 他那天早上已经拜访过宾利先生了。
Soon, the whole family would meet the new gentleman at a village ball. 很快,全家人就会在一个乡村舞会上见到这位新来的绅士。