Pride and Prejudice · chapter 10 of 25
Spring in Kent
肯特的春天
Winter brings an aunt's warning, a wedding and a broken heart that won't admit it. Then Elizabeth goes to Kent, and Mr. Collins has news about Lady Catherine's Easter guests.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 冬天来了。宾利先生还是没有回来。
Dōngtiān lái le. Bīnlì xiānsheng háishi méiyǒu huílai.
Winter came, and still Mr. Bingley did not come back.
- Jane Bennet 丽兹，别为我担心。我会忘了他的，我们会像以前一样。
Lìzī, bié wèi wǒ dānxīn. Wǒ huì wàng le tā de, wǒmen huì xiàng yǐqián yíyàng.
Lizzy, don't worry about me. I'll forget him, and we'll all be just as we were.
- Mr. Bennet 丽兹，简为爱伤心了，多浪漫啊！女孩子除了结婚，最喜欢这个。
Lìzī, Jiǎn wèi ài shāngxīn le, duō làngmàn a! Nǚháizi chúle jiéhūn, zuì xǐhuan zhège.
Lizzy, Jane has been crossed in love. How romantic! Next to getting married, there's nothing a girl likes better.
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- Mr. Bennet 现在该你了。就选威克姆吧！他那么帅，不要你的时候，也一定很有礼貌。
Xiànzài gāi nǐ le. Jiù xuǎn Wēikèmǔ ba! Tā nàme shuài, bú yào nǐ de shíhou, yě yídìng hěn yǒu lǐmào.
Now it's your turn. Choose Wickham! He's so handsome, and when he jilts you, he'll do it with perfect manners.
- Elizabeth Bennet 谢谢爸爸，不用了。我不需要那么好的男人。
Xièxie bàba, bú yòng le. Wǒ bù xūyào nàme hǎo de nánrén.
Thank you, Papa, but no. A less charming man would suit me fine.
- Narrator 达西先生走了以后，威克姆先生把他的故事告诉了每一个人。
Dáxī xiānsheng zǒu le yǐhòu, Wēikèmǔ xiānsheng bǎ tā de gùshi gàosu le měi yí gè rén.
With Mr. Darcy gone, Mr. Wickham told his story to everyone.
- Jane Bennet 现在人人都说，达西先生骗了威克姆先生。可是我们只听了一边的话啊。
Xiànzài rénrén dōu shuō, Dáxī xiānsheng piàn le Wēikèmǔ xiānsheng. Kěshì wǒmen zhǐ tīng le yì biān de huà a.
Now everyone says Mr. Darcy cheated Mr. Wickham. But we've only heard one side of it.
- Elizabeth Bennet 舅舅！舅妈！你们从伦敦来跟我们过圣诞节了！
Jiùjiu! Jiùmā! Nǐmen cóng Lúndūn lái gēn wǒmen guò Shèngdànjié le!
Uncle Gardiner! Aunt Gardiner! You've come from London to spend Christmas with us!
- Mrs. Gardiner 丽兹，我看，你跟威克姆先生走得很近啊。
Lìzī, wǒ kàn, nǐ gēn Wēikèmǔ xiānsheng zǒu de hěn jìn a.
Lizzy, I can see you and Mr. Wickham have become very close.
- Mrs. Gardiner 他跟我说了很多彭伯利的事。我结婚以前，在那儿附近住过几年。
Tā gēn wǒ shuō le hěn duō Péngbólì de shì. Wǒ jiéhūn yǐqián, zài nàr fùjìn zhù guo jǐ nián.
He's told me a great deal about Pemberley. Before I married, I lived near there for some years.
- Mrs. Gardiner 可是丽兹，他很穷，你的钱也不多。你千万别爱上他。
Kěshì Lìzī, tā hěn qióng, nǐ de qián yě bù duō. Nǐ qiānwàn bié ài shàng tā.
But Lizzy, he's poor, and you have very little money yourself. You mustn't fall in love with him.
- Elizabeth Bennet 舅妈，放心吧。我现在没有爱上他……不过，他真是我见过的最好的男人。
Jiùmā, fàngxīn ba. Wǒ xiànzài méiyǒu ài shàng tā… búguò, tā zhēn shì wǒ jiàn guo de zuì hǎo de nánrén.
Don't worry, Aunt Gardiner. I'm not in love with him now… though he really is the most charming man I've ever met.
- Mrs. Gardiner 简，跟我们去伦敦住几个月吧。换个地方，对你有好处。
Jiǎn, gēn wǒmen qù Lúndūn zhù jǐ gè yuè ba. Huàn gè dìfang, duì nǐ yǒu hǎochu.
Jane, come and stay with us in London for a few months. A change will do you good.
- Narrator 新年以后，夏洛特和柯林斯先生办了婚礼。
Xīnnián yǐhòu, Xiàluòtè hé Kēlínsī xiānsheng bàn le hūnlǐ.
Early in the new year, Charlotte and Mr. Collins were married.
- Charlotte Lucas 伊丽莎白，三月来肯特看我吧。答应我，好吗？
Yīlìshābái, sānyuè lái Kěntè kàn wǒ ba. Dāying wǒ, hǎo ma?
Elizabeth, come and see me in Kent in March. Promise me?
- Elizabeth Bennet 好，我答应你。
Hǎo, wǒ dāying nǐ.
All right. I promise.
- Jane Bennet 亲爱的丽兹：宾利小姐来看过我一次，只坐了一会儿，也不太热情。宾利先生……一次也没有来。
Qīn'ài de Lìzī: Bīnlì xiǎojie lái kàn guo wǒ yí cì, zhǐ zuò le yíhuìr, yě bú tài rèqíng. Bīnlì xiānsheng… yí cì yě méiyǒu lái.
Dearest Lizzy: Miss Bingley called on me once. She stayed only a few minutes, and she wasn't very warm. Mr. Bingley… has never come at all.
- Elizabeth Bennet 威克姆先生天天去看一位刚继承了一万镑的小姐。奇怪，我一点儿也不失望。
Wēikèmǔ xiānsheng tiāntiān qù kàn yí wèi gāng jìchéng le yíwàn bàng de xiǎojie. Qíguài, wǒ yìdiǎnr yě bù shīwàng.
Mr. Wickham calls every day on a young lady who has just inherited ten thousand pounds. Strange: I'm not the least bit disappointed.
- Mrs. Gardiner 亲爱的丽兹：今年夏天，我们带你去北方旅行！
Qīn'ài de Lìzī: jīnnián xiàtiān, wǒmen dài nǐ qù běifāng lǚxíng!
Dearest Lizzy: this summer, we'll take you on a trip to the north!
- Elizabeth Bennet 太好了！年轻男人有什么好？山比他们好看多了！
Tài hǎo le! Niánqīng nánrén yǒu shénme hǎo? Shān bǐ tāmen hǎokàn duō le!
Wonderful! Who needs young men? Mountains are far better to look at!
- Narrator 三月里，伊丽莎白坐马车到了肯特，夏洛特的新家。
Sānyuè li, Yīlìshābái zuò mǎchē dào le Kěntè, Xiàluòtè de xīn jiā.
In March, Elizabeth traveled by carriage to Kent, to Charlotte's new home.
- Mr. Collins 表妹，欢迎！你看，这是我们的房间，这是我们的花园……
Biǎomèi, huānyíng! Nǐ kàn, zhè shì wǒmen de fángjiān, zhè shì wǒmen de huāyuán…
Welcome, cousin! Look, here are our rooms, and here is our garden…
- Mr. Collins 从这儿看过去，那座大房子，就是凯瑟琳夫人家！
Cóng zhèr kàn guòqu, nà zuò dà fángzi, jiù shì Kǎisèlín fūrén jiā!
Look across the park: that great house is Lady Catherine's!
- Mr. Collins 凯瑟琳夫人说，我们的花园很漂亮！
Kǎisèlín fūrén shuō, wǒmen de huāyuán hěn piàoliang!
Lady Catherine says our garden is very pretty!
- Charlotte Lucas 亲爱的，你去花园里忙吧。你表妹累了，要休息。
Qīn'ài de, nǐ qù huāyuán li máng ba. Nǐ biǎomèi lèi le, yào xiūxi.
My dear, why don't you go and see to the garden? Your cousin is tired and needs to rest.
- Elizabeth Bennet 夏洛特，你真聪明。柯林斯先生去了花园，这里就安静了。
Xiàluòtè, nǐ zhēn cōngming. Kēlínsī xiānsheng qù le huāyuán, zhèlǐ jiù ānjìng le.
Charlotte, how clever you are. Once Mr. Collins is in the garden, it's peaceful in here.
- Charlotte Lucas 说真的，他很喜欢花园。我也很喜欢……他在花园里。
Shuō zhēn de, tā hěn xǐhuan huāyuán. Wǒ yě hěn xǐhuan… tā zài huāyuán li.
Honestly, he loves the garden. And I love it too… when he's in it.
- Mr. Collins 好消息！复活节的时候，有两位先生要来看凯瑟琳夫人！
Hǎo xiāoxi! Fùhuójié de shíhou, yǒu liǎng wèi xiānsheng yào lái kàn Kǎisèlín fūrén!
Wonderful news! At Easter, two gentlemen are coming to visit Lady Catherine!
- Mr. Collins 一位是达西先生，来看他的姨妈。你们在舞会上见过他！
Yí wèi shì Dáxī xiānsheng, lái kàn tā de yímā. Nǐmen zài wǔhuì shang jiàn guo tā!
One of them is Mr. Darcy, coming to see his aunt. You met him at the ball!
- Elizabeth Bennet 达西先生？他要来这儿？
Dáxī xiānsheng? Tā yào lái zhèr?
Mr. Darcy? He's coming here?
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What changed in the story?
- Who does Mr. Bennet jokingly tell Elizabeth to choose?
“就选威克姆吧！”
- Why does Aunt Gardiner warn Elizabeth about Mr. Wickham?
“他很穷，你的钱也不多。你千万别爱上他。”
- How does Elizabeth feel when Mr. Wickham starts calling on a rich young lady?
“奇怪，我一点儿也不失望。”
- How does Charlotte keep Mr. Collins busy?
“亲爱的，你去花园里忙吧。”
- Who is coming to visit Lady Catherine at Easter?
“一位是达西先生，来看他的姨妈。”