Pride and Prejudice · chapter 23 of 25
Lady Catherine Visits
凯瑟琳夫人来了
Lady Catherine drives all the way from Kent because of a shocking rumor. She wants a promise from Elizabeth, and she is not used to hearing no.
Read what you hear
- Lady Catherine de Bourgh 贝内特小姐。那位，就是你母亲吧？
Bèinèitè xiǎojie. Nà wèi, jiù shì nǐ mǔqin ba?
Miss Bennet. That lady, I suppose, is your mother.
- Mrs. Bennet 是的，夫人！欢迎您来我们家！
Shì de, fūrén! Huānyíng nín lái wǒmen jiā!
Yes, my lady! Welcome to our home!
- Lady Catherine de Bourgh 你们的花园太小了。
Nǐmen de huāyuán tài xiǎo le.
Your park is very small.
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- Mrs. Bennet 跟您家的比，当然小。可是比卢卡斯家的大得多！
Gēn nín jiā de bǐ, dāngrán xiǎo. Kěshì bǐ Lúkǎsī jiā de dà de duō!
Next to yours, of course it's small. But it's much bigger than the Lucas family's!
- Lady Catherine de Bourgh 贝内特小姐，那边有一些树，看起来还可以。你跟我去走走。
Bèinèitè xiǎojie, nàbiān yǒu yìxiē shù, kàn qǐlai hái kěyǐ. Nǐ gēn wǒ qù zǒuzou.
Miss Bennet, there's a little grove of trees over there that looks tolerable. Walk with me.
- Lady Catherine de Bourgh 你知道我为什么来。我听说，你姐姐要结婚了，你也很快要嫁给达西！
Nǐ zhīdào wǒ wèishénme lái. Wǒ tīngshuō, nǐ jiějie yào jiéhūn le, nǐ yě hěn kuài yào jià gěi Dáxī!
You know why I have come. I hear your sister is to be married, and that you will soon marry Darcy!
- Lady Catherine de Bourgh 这一定是假的！可是我必须听你亲口说清楚。
Zhè yídìng shì jiǎ de! Kěshì wǒ bìxū tīng nǐ qīnkǒu shuō qīngchu.
It must be a lie! But I will hear you say so from your own lips.
- Elizabeth Bennet 如果是假的，您为什么还要走这么远的路来？
Rúguǒ shì jiǎ de, nín wèishénme hái yào zǒu zhème yuǎn de lù lái?
If it's a lie, why would your ladyship come all this way?
- Lady Catherine de Bourgh 你知道我是谁吗？达西的事，我都要知道！
Nǐ zhīdào wǒ shì shéi ma? Dáxī de shì, wǒ dōu yào zhīdào!
Do you know who I am? I have a right to know all of Darcy's affairs!
- Elizabeth Bennet 可是我的事，您不用知道。
Kěshì wǒ de shì, nín bú yòng zhīdào.
But you have no right to know mine.
- Lady Catherine de Bourgh 达西是要娶我女儿的！他们很小的时候，他母亲和我就说好了！
Dáxī shì yào qǔ wǒ nǚ'ér de! Tāmen hěn xiǎo de shíhou, tā mǔqin hé wǒ jiù shuō hǎo le!
Darcy is to marry my daughter! His mother and I planned it when they were in their cradles!
- Elizabeth Bennet 如果是这样，您还担心什么呢？
Rúguǒ shì zhèyàng, nín hái dānxīn shénme ne?
If that's so, what has your ladyship to fear?
- Lady Catherine de Bourgh 你有什么？没有好的家人，也没有钱！
Nǐ yǒu shénme? Méiyǒu hǎo de jiārén, yě méiyǒu qián!
And what do you have? No family worth the name, and no money!
- Elizabeth Bennet 他是绅士，我是绅士的女儿。这一点，我们是一样的。
Tā shì shēnshì, wǒ shì shēnshì de nǚ'ér. Zhè yì diǎn, wǒmen shì yíyàng de.
He is a gentleman, and I am a gentleman's daughter. So far, we are equal.
- Lady Catherine de Bourgh 可是你母亲呢？你舅舅呢？好，我问你：你跟他订婚了吗？
Kěshì nǐ mǔqin ne? Nǐ jiùjiu ne? Hǎo, wǒ wèn nǐ: nǐ gēn tā dìnghūn le ma?
But your mother? Your uncle? Very well, tell me once and for all: are you engaged to him?
- Elizabeth Bennet 没有。
Méiyǒu.
I am not.
- Lady Catherine de Bourgh 很好。那你答应我：永远不跟他订婚！
Hěn hǎo. Nà nǐ dāying wǒ: yǒngyuǎn bù gēn tā dìnghūn!
Good. Then promise me you will never become engaged to him!
- Elizabeth Bennet 这件事，我什么也不答应。
Zhè jiàn shì, wǒ shénme yě bù dāying.
I will make no promise of the kind.
- Lady Catherine de Bourgh 你拒绝我？还有你妹妹那么丢脸的事，我都知道！
Nǐ jùjué wǒ? Hái yǒu nǐ mèimei nàme diūliǎn de shì, wǒ dōu zhīdào!
You refuse me? And I know all about your youngest sister's disgrace!
- Lady Catherine de Bourgh 她丈夫是达西父亲管家的儿子！这样的人，也要做达西的家人？
Tā zhàngfu shì Dáxī fùqin guǎnjiā de érzi! Zhèyàng de rén, yě yào zuò Dáxī de jiārén?
Her husband is the son of Darcy's father's steward! Is such a man to be Darcy's family?
- Elizabeth Bennet 我要做让自己幸福的事，不用问您。夫人，我们回去吧。
Wǒ yào zuò ràng zìjǐ xìngfú de shì, bú yòng wèn nín. Fūrén, wǒmen huíqu ba.
I shall do whatever will make me happy, without asking you. My lady, let us go back to the house.
- Lady Catherine de Bourgh 我不跟你说再见，贝内特小姐。我非常生气！
Wǒ bù gēn nǐ shuō zàijiàn, Bèinèitè xiǎojie. Wǒ fēicháng shēngqì!
I take no leave of you, Miss Bennet. I am most seriously displeased!
- Mrs. Bennet 多好的夫人啊！她来，一定只是想告诉我们，柯林斯一家都好。
Duō hǎo de fūrén a! Tā lái, yídìng zhǐshì xiǎng gàosu wǒmen, Kēlínsī yì jiā dōu hǎo.
What a fine lady! I suppose she only came to tell us the Collinses were well.
- Narrator 第二天早上，贝内特先生叫伊丽莎白去他的房间。
Dì èr tiān zǎoshang, Bèinèitè xiānsheng jiào Yīlìshābái qù tā de fángjiān.
The next morning, Mr. Bennet called Elizabeth into his library.
- Mr. Bennet 丽兹，柯林斯先生写信来了。卢卡斯家告诉他，你很快要嫁给一位有钱的先生。
Lìzī, Kēlínsī xiānsheng xiě xìn lái le. Lúkǎsī jiā gàosu tā, nǐ hěn kuài yào jià gěi yí wèi yǒuqián de xiānsheng.
Lizzy, Mr. Collins has written. The Lucas family have told him you are soon to marry a rich gentleman.
- Mr. Bennet “可是凯瑟琳夫人说，她不同意这门婚事。”你知道是谁吗？达西先生！
“Kěshì Kǎisèlín fūrén shuō, tā bù tóngyì zhè mén hūnshì.” Nǐ zhīdào shì shéi ma? Dáxī xiānsheng!
“But Lady Catherine says she does not approve of the match.” And do you know who it is? Mr. Darcy!
- Mr. Bennet 哈哈！达西先生看女人，只是为了找缺点。他大概从来没有好好看过你！
Hāhā! Dáxī xiānsheng kàn nǚrén, zhǐshì wèile zhǎo quēdiǎn. Tā dàgài cónglái méiyǒu hǎohǎo kàn guo nǐ!
Ha ha! Mr. Darcy only ever looks at a woman to find a fault. He's probably never looked at you properly in his life!
- Elizabeth Bennet 哈……哈哈，真好笑。
Hā… hāhā, zhēn hǎoxiào.
Ha… ha ha. Very funny.
- Elizabeth Bennet 他姨妈一定会去找他。他会听她的话吗？他还会回来吗？
Tā yímā yídìng huì qù zhǎo tā. Tā huì tīng tā de huà ma? Tā hái huì huílai ma?
His aunt will go straight to him. Will he listen to her? Will he ever come back?
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What changed in the story?
- Why has Lady Catherine come?
“你也很快要嫁给达西”
- What does Elizabeth say makes her Darcy's equal?
“他是绅士，我是绅士的女儿”
- What does Lady Catherine want Elizabeth to promise?
“永远不跟他订婚”
- What does Elizabeth promise?
“我什么也不答应”
- Why does Mr. Bennet laugh at Mr. Collins's letter?
“他大概从来没有好好看过你”