Pride and Prejudice · chapter 4 of 25

Five Days at the Bingleys'

在宾利家的五天

Mrs. Bennet embarrasses everyone at the big house, and Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy cross words by the fire. Then, at home, Mr. Bennet announces an unexpected guest.

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Mrs. Bennet 宾利先生！我们来看简了！我亲爱的简怎么样了？
Bīnlì xiānsheng! Wǒmen lái kàn Jiǎn le! Wǒ qīn'ài de Jiǎn zěnmeyàng le?
Mr. Bingley! We've come to see Jane! How is my darling Jane?
Mr. Bingley 贝内特太太，别担心。简小姐还有点儿发烧，不过比昨天好多了。
Bèinèitè tàitai, bié dānxīn. Jiǎn xiǎojie hái yǒudiǎnr fāshāo, búguò bǐ zuótiān hǎo duō le.
Don't worry, Mrs. Bennet. Jane still has a little fever, but she's much better than yesterday.
Mrs. Bennet 好多了？不，不，她病得太重了，不能坐马车回家！她要在这儿多住几天。
Hǎo duō le? Bù, bù, tā bìng de tài zhòng le, bù néng zuò mǎchē huí jiā! Tā yào zài zhèr duō zhù jǐ tiān.
Much better? Oh no, no, she's far too ill to go home in the carriage! She'll have to stay here a few more days.
Mr. Bingley 当然！简小姐想住多久，就住多久。
Dāngrán! Jiǎn xiǎojie xiǎng zhù duō jiǔ, jiù zhù duō jiǔ.
Of course! She can stay as long as she likes.
Mrs. Bennet 宾利先生，你真好！你不会马上回伦敦吧？我们这儿跟伦敦一样好！
Bīnlì xiānsheng, nǐ zhēn hǎo! Nǐ bú huì mǎshàng huí Lúndūn ba? Wǒmen zhèr gēn Lúndūn yíyàng hǎo!
Mr. Bingley, you're so kind! You won't rush back to London, will you? It's every bit as nice here as in London!
Mr. Darcy 在这种地方，认识的人不多，每天都差不多。
Zài zhè zhǒng dìfang, rènshi de rén bù duō, měi tiān dōu chàbuduō.
In a place like this, one knows very few people, and every day is much the same.
Mrs. Bennet 不多？我们常常跟二十四家人一起吃饭呢！
Bù duō? Wǒmen chángcháng gēn èrshísì jiā rén yìqǐ chīfàn ne!
Very few? We dine with twenty-four families, I'll have you know!
Elizabeth Bennet 妈妈……
Māma…
Mama…
Lydia Bennet 宾利先生，你说过要开舞会的！你不能忘了！
Bīnlì xiānsheng, nǐ shuō guo yào kāi wǔhuì de! Nǐ bù néng wàng le!
Mr. Bingley, you promised to give a ball! You mustn't forget!
Mr. Bingley 我没忘！等你姐姐好了，日子你来选！
Wǒ méi wàng! Děng nǐ jiějie hǎo le, rìzi nǐ lái xuǎn!
I haven't forgotten! Once your sister is well, you can name the day!
Lydia Bennet 太好玩了！到时候，你还要邀请所有的军官！
Tài hǎowán le! Dào shíhou, nǐ hái yào yāoqǐng suǒyǒu de jūnguān!
What fun! And you have to invite all the officers!
Miss Bingley 二十四家人！达西先生，您听见了吗？
Èrshísì jiā rén! Dáxī xiānsheng, nín tīngjiàn le ma?
Twenty-four families! Mr. Darcy, did you hear that?
Mr. Darcy 要不是伊丽莎白小姐家里的人这样……我就真的危险了。
Yàobúshì Yīlìshābái xiǎojie jiā li de rén zhèyàng… wǒ jiù zhēn de wēixiǎn le.
If it weren't for Miss Elizabeth's family… I'd be in real danger.
Elizabeth Bennet 达西先生又在看我。他看我，只是为了找缺点。
Dáxī xiānsheng yòu zài kàn wǒ. Tā kàn wǒ, zhǐshì wèile zhǎo quēdiǎn.
Mr. Darcy is looking at me again. He only looks at me to find faults.
Narrator 那天晚上，大家坐在火边。
Nà tiān wǎnshang, dàjiā zuò zài huǒ biān.
That evening, everyone sat by the fire.
Elizabeth Bennet 达西先生，您一定没有缺点吧？
Dáxī xiānsheng, nín yídìng méiyǒu quēdiǎn ba?
Mr. Darcy, I suppose you have no faults at all?
Mr. Darcy 虚荣是缺点，我没有。骄傲不一样：聪明的人，会管好自己的骄傲。
Xūróng shì quēdiǎn, wǒ méiyǒu. Jiāo'ào bù yíyàng: cōngming de rén, huì guǎn hǎo zìjǐ de jiāo'ào.
Vanity is a fault, and I have none. Pride is different: a clever man keeps his pride under control.
Elizabeth Bennet 宾利小姐，你听见了吗？达西先生没有缺点。
Bīnlì xiǎojie, nǐ tīngjiàn le ma? Dáxī xiānsheng méiyǒu quēdiǎn.
Miss Bingley, did you hear? Mr. Darcy has no faults.
Mr. Darcy 不，我有。我的脾气不好。别人做错了事，我很难原谅。
Bù, wǒ yǒu. Wǒ de píqi bù hǎo. Biérén zuò cuò le shì, wǒ hěn nán yuánliàng.
No, I have faults. My temper is bad. When people do wrong, I find it very hard to forgive.
Mr. Darcy 我对一个人的好印象没有了，就永远没有了。
Wǒ duì yí gè rén de hǎo yìnxiàng méiyǒu le, jiù yǒngyuǎn méiyǒu le.
Once I lose my good opinion of someone, it is lost forever.
Elizabeth Bennet 这真是一个大缺点！不过，您选得很好。这个缺点，我没办法笑您。
Zhè zhēn shì yí gè dà quēdiǎn! Búguò, nín xuǎn de hěn hǎo. Zhège quēdiǎn, wǒ méi bànfǎ xiào nín.
That is a real fault! But you've chosen it well. I can't laugh at you for that one.
Mr. Darcy 您也有缺点，伊丽莎白小姐：您对人有偏见，还故意误会他们。
Nín yě yǒu quēdiǎn, Yīlìshābái xiǎojie: nín duì rén yǒu piānjiàn, hái gùyì wùhuì tāmen.
You have a fault too, Miss Elizabeth: you're prejudiced, and you misunderstand people on purpose.
Elizabeth Bennet 偏见？不，达西先生。我看人很准，第一眼就能看清楚。
Piānjiàn? Bù, Dáxī xiānsheng. Wǒ kàn rén hěn zhǔn, dì yī yǎn jiù néng kàn qīngchu.
Prejudiced? Oh no, Mr. Darcy. I'm a good judge of people. I can tell at first sight.
Mr. Darcy 危险……从明天起，我要少跟她说话。
Wēixiǎn… cóng míngtiān qǐ, wǒ yào shǎo gēn tā shuōhuà.
Dangerous… From tomorrow on, I must talk to her less.
Narrator 最后一天，达西先生一直在看书。星期天，简和伊丽莎白回家了。
Zuìhòu yì tiān, Dáxī xiānsheng yìzhí zài kàn shū. Xīngqītiān, Jiǎn hé Yīlìshābái huí jiā le.
On the last day, Mr. Darcy kept his nose in his book. On Sunday, Jane and Elizabeth went home.
Mr. Bennet 太太，今天的晚饭要做得好一点儿。我们家要来一位客人。
Tàitai, jīntiān de wǎnfàn yào zuò de hǎo yìdiǎnr. Wǒmen jiā yào lái yí wèi kèrén.
My dear, I hope you've ordered a good dinner today. We're expecting a guest.
Mrs. Bennet 客人？是宾利先生！一定是宾利先生！
Kèrén? Shì Bīnlì xiānsheng! Yídìng shì Bīnlì xiānsheng!
A guest? It's Mr. Bingley! It must be Mr. Bingley!
Mr. Bennet 不是。这个人，我一次也没见过。以后，他会继承我们家的一切。
Bú shì. Zhège rén, wǒ yí cì yě méi jiàn guo. Yǐhòu, tā huì jìchéng wǒmen jiā de yíqiè.
No. I've never laid eyes on him. But one day, he will inherit everything we have.
Elizabeth Bennet 爸爸，他是谁？
Bàba, tā shì shéi?
Papa, who is he?
Mr. Bennet 他叫柯林斯。我死了以后，他可以让你们马上离开这座房子。
Tā jiào Kēlínsī. Wǒ sǐ le yǐhòu, tā kěyǐ ràng nǐmen mǎshàng líkāi zhè zuò fángzi.
His name is Collins. When I die, he can turn you all out of this house at once.

What changed in the story?

Why does Mrs. Bennet say Jane can't go home yet?
“她病得太重了，不能坐马车回家！”
What does Lydia remind Mr. Bingley about?
“你说过要开舞会的！”
Why does Elizabeth think Mr. Darcy keeps looking at her?
“他看我，只是为了找缺点。”
What fault does Mr. Darcy admit to?
“我的脾气不好。”……“我对一个人的好印象没有了，就永远没有了。”
Why is the coming guest bad news for the Bennet girls?
“以后，他会继承我们家的一切。”……“他可以让你们马上离开这座房子。”

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