Pride and Prejudice · chapter 17 of 25
A Different Mr. Darcy
不一样的达西
Darcy brings his shy sister to meet Elizabeth, Bingley remembers a date to the day, and at Pemberley Miss Bingley asks one sweet, cruel question.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 第二天上午，旅馆门口停了一辆马车。
Dì èr tiān shàngwǔ, lǚguǎn ménkǒu tíng le yí liàng mǎchē.
The next morning, a carriage stopped at the door of the inn.
- Mrs. Gardiner 丽兹，快看，是达西先生和他妹妹！你的脸怎么红了？
Lìzī, kuài kàn, shì Dáxī xiānsheng hé tā mèimei! Nǐ de liǎn zěnme hóng le?
Lizzy, look, it's Mr. Darcy and his sister! Why have you gone so red?
- Elizabeth Bennet 我？……我没有！
Wǒ? …Wǒ méiyǒu!
Me?… I haven't!
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- Mr. Darcy 伊丽莎白小姐，这是我妹妹。
Yīlìshābái xiǎojie, zhè shì wǒ mèimei.
Miss Elizabeth, this is my sister.
- Miss Darcy 伊丽莎白小姐，您好……哥哥常常说起您。
Yīlìshābái xiǎojie, nín hǎo… gēge chángcháng shuōqǐ nín.
How do you do, Miss Elizabeth… My brother often talks about you.
- Elizabeth Bennet 我听说达西小姐很骄傲。可是她一点儿也不骄傲，只是不太敢说话。
Wǒ tīngshuō Dáxī xiǎojie hěn jiāo'ào. Kěshì tā yìdiǎnr yě bù jiāo'ào, zhǐshì bú tài gǎn shuōhuà.
I'd heard Miss Darcy was very proud. But she isn't proud at all, only too shy to speak.
- Elizabeth Bennet 达西小姐，我也一直很想认识你。
Dáxī xiǎojie, wǒ yě yìzhí hěn xiǎng rènshi nǐ.
Miss Darcy, I've been wanting to meet you too.
- Mr. Bingley 伊丽莎白小姐！太好了，又见到你了！
Yīlìshābái xiǎojie! Tài hǎo le, yòu jiàndào nǐ le!
Miss Elizabeth! How wonderful to see you again!
- Mr. Bingley 我们上次见面，是十一月二十六日，大家一起跳舞。已经八个多月了！
Wǒmen shàng cì jiànmiàn, shì shíyīyuè èrshíliù rì, dàjiā yìqǐ tiàowǔ. Yǐjīng bā gè duō yuè le!
The last time we met was the twenty-sixth of November, when we were all dancing. That's more than eight months!
- Mr. Bingley 你的姐姐妹妹……都在家吗？
Nǐ de jiějie mèimei… dōu zài jiā ma?
Your sisters… are they all at home?
- Elizabeth Bennet 他是想问简吧？
Tā shì xiǎng wèn Jiǎn ba?
It's Jane he means, isn't it?
- Elizabeth Bennet 都在家，大家都很好。
Dōu zài jiā, dàjiā dōu hěn hǎo.
They're all at home, and all very well.
- Mrs. Gardiner 我看啊，达西先生的眼睛，就没离开过丽兹。
Wǒ kàn a, Dáxī xiānsheng de yǎnjing, jiù méi líkāi guo Lìzī.
Well! Mr. Darcy hasn't taken his eyes off Lizzy once.
- Mrs. Gardiner 可是丽兹心里怎么想，我还看不清楚。
Kěshì Lìzī xīnli zěnme xiǎng, wǒ hái kàn bu qīngchu.
But what Lizzy feels, I can't quite tell yet.
- Elizabeth Bennet 已经半夜了……我拒绝了他，可是他还想让妹妹认识我。
Yǐjīng bànyè le… wǒ jùjué le tā, kěshì tā hái xiǎng ràng mèimei rènshi wǒ.
Past midnight already… I turned him down, and still he wants his sister to know me.
- Elizabeth Bennet 我对他，到底是什么感觉？
Wǒ duì tā, dàodǐ shì shénme gǎnjué?
What do I really feel for him?
- Narrator 第二天，舅舅跟先生们去河边钓鱼了。伊丽莎白和舅妈去彭伯利看达西小姐。
Dì èr tiān, jiùjiu gēn xiānshengmen qù hébiān diào yú le. Yīlìshābái hé jiùmā qù Péngbólì kàn Dáxī xiǎojie.
The next day, her uncle went fishing by the stream with the gentlemen, and Elizabeth and her aunt went to Pemberley to call on Miss Darcy.
- Miss Darcy 伊丽莎白小姐……欢迎您来彭伯利。
Yīlìshābái xiǎojie… huānyíng nín lái Péngbólì.
Miss Elizabeth… welcome to Pemberley.
- Miss Bingley 天哪，你也来了，伊丽莎白小姐。
Tiān na, nǐ yě lái le, Yīlìshābái xiǎojie.
Good heavens. You've come too, Miss Elizabeth.
- Mr. Darcy 伊丽莎白小姐，我刚才一直跟您舅舅在河边。他很会钓鱼！
Yīlìshābái xiǎojie, wǒ gāngcái yìzhí gēn nín jiùjiu zài hébiān. Tā hěn huì diào yú!
Miss Elizabeth, I've just been down at the stream with your uncle. He's an excellent fisherman!
- Miss Bingley 伊丽莎白小姐，听说军官们都走了？你们家一定很难过吧？
Yīlìshābái xiǎojie, tīngshuō jūnguānmen dōu zǒu le? Nǐmen jiā yídìng hěn nánguò ba?
Miss Elizabeth, I hear the officers have all gone? Your family must miss them terribly.
- Narrator 达西小姐红着脸，一句话也说不出来。达西先生的脸也红了。
Dáxī xiǎojie hóng zhe liǎn, yí jù huà yě shuō bu chūlai. Dáxī xiānsheng de liǎn yě hóng le.
Miss Darcy turned red and could not say a word. Mr. Darcy's face colored too.
- Elizabeth Bennet 是，他们走了。我们家很好，谢谢关心。
Shì, tāmen zǒu le. Wǒmen jiā hěn hǎo, xièxie guānxīn.
Yes, they've gone. My family is quite well, thank you.
- Mr. Darcy 她知道我妹妹的秘密……可是她什么都没说。
Tā zhīdào wǒ mèimei de mìmì… kěshì tā shénme dōu méi shuō.
She knows my sister's secret… and she said nothing.
- Narrator 伊丽莎白和舅妈走了。
Yīlìshābái hé jiùmā zǒu le.
Elizabeth and her aunt left.
- Miss Bingley 达西先生，伊丽莎白小姐变得又黑又难看！我差点儿没认出她来。
Dáxī xiānsheng, Yīlìshābái xiǎojie biàn de yòu hēi yòu nánkàn! Wǒ chàdiǎnr méi rèn chū tā lái.
Mr. Darcy, Miss Elizabeth has grown so brown and plain! I hardly knew her.
- Mr. Darcy 只是黑了一点儿。夏天出门旅行，谁都会这样。
Zhǐshì hēi le yìdiǎnr. Xiàtiān chūmén lǚxíng, shéi dōu huì zhèyàng.
A little tanned, that's all. Anyone who travels in summer would be.
- Miss Bingley 她的眼睛，有人说很美。我一点儿也看不出来！
Tā de yǎnjing, yǒu rén shuō hěn měi. Wǒ yìdiǎnr yě kàn bu chūlai!
Her eyes? Some people call them beautiful. I can't see it at all!
- Miss Bingley 我从来不觉得她漂亮。您刚认识她的时候，也说她不够漂亮！
Wǒ cónglái bù juéde tā piàoliang. Nín gāng rènshi tā de shíhou, yě shuō tā bú gòu piàoliang!
I never thought her pretty. And when you first met her, you said she wasn't pretty enough!
- Mr. Darcy 是。那是我刚认识她的时候。
Shì. Nà shì wǒ gāng rènshi tā de shíhou.
Yes. That was when I first met her.
- Mr. Darcy 可是这几个月，我一直觉得，我认识的女人里，很少有人比她更美。
Kěshì zhè jǐ gè yuè, wǒ yìzhí juéde, wǒ rènshi de nǚrén li, hěn shǎo yǒu rén bǐ tā gèng měi.
But for months now I've thought her one of the most beautiful women I know.
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What changed in the story?
- Why does Aunt Gardiner tease Elizabeth when the carriage arrives?
“你的脸怎么红了？”
- What does Elizabeth find out about Miss Darcy?
“她一点儿也不骄傲，只是不太敢说话。”
- Who is Bingley really asking about?
“他是想问简吧？”
- Why does Miss Darcy turn red at Pemberley?
“听说军官们都走了？……达西小姐红着脸，一句话也说不出来。”
- What does Darcy say about Elizabeth once she has gone?
“这几个月，我一直觉得……很少有人比她更美。”