Pride and Prejudice · chapter 3 of 8
The Cousin and the Soldier
表哥和军官
A pompous cousin arrives to find a wife, and a charming officer tells Elizabeth a sad story about Mr. Darcy. Is he telling the truth?
Read what you hear
- Mr. Bennet 太太，我们的表侄柯林斯先生今晚要来吃饭，他的信写得非常有意思。
Tàitai, wǒmen de biǎozhí Kēlínsī xiānsheng jīnwǎn yào lái chīfàn, tā de xìn xiě de fēicháng yǒu yìsi.
My dear, our cousin Mr. Collins is coming to dinner tonight. His letter was most entertaining.
- Mrs. Bennet 表侄？就是以后要继承我们房子的那一位？他到底想做什么？
Biǎozhí? Jiùshì yǐhòu yào jìchéng wǒmen fángzi de nà yí wèi? Tā dàodǐ xiǎng zuò shénme?
The cousin? The one who'll inherit our house someday? What does he actually want?
- Mr. Bennet 他说他想和我们和好，还想在我们的女儿里面，找一位太太。
Tā shuō tā xiǎng hé wǒmen héhǎo, hái xiǎng zài wǒmen de nǚ'ér lǐmiàn, zhǎo yí wèi tàitai.
He says he wants to make peace with us, and he hopes to find a wife among our daughters.
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- Mrs. Bennet 真的吗？那太好了，这样房子就不会给外人了！
Zhēn de ma? Nà tài hǎo le, zhèyàng fángzi jiù bú huì gěi wàirén le!
Really? How wonderful, then the house won't go to a stranger!
- Mr. Collins 各位晚上好！我是柯林斯，一位牧师，也是伟大的凯瑟琳夫人的好朋友！
Gèwèi wǎnshang hǎo! Wǒ shì Kēlínsī, yí wèi mùshi, yě shì wěidà de Kǎisèlín fūrén de hǎo péngyou!
Good evening, everyone! I am Collins, a clergyman, and a friend of the great Lady Catherine!
- Mr. Bennet 欢迎欢迎，柯林斯先生，请问凯瑟琳夫人到底是您的什么人呢？
Huānyíng huānyíng, Kēlínsī xiānsheng, qǐngwèn Kǎisèlín fūrén dàodǐ shì nín de shénme rén ne?
Welcome, Mr. Collins. May I ask who exactly Lady Catherine is to you?
- Mr. Collins 她帮了我很多，我的工作，我的房子，全是她给我的！所以我每天都要夸她三次。
Tā bāng le wǒ hěn duō, wǒ de gōngzuò, wǒ de fángzi, quán shì tā gěi wǒ de! Suǒyǐ wǒ měitiān dōu yào kuā tā sān cì.
She has helped me so much. My job and my house all came from her! So I praise her three times a day.
- Mr. Bennet 一天三次？那您一定累了，快吃饭吧，菜都要凉了。
Yì tiān sān cì? Nà nín yídìng lèi le, kuài chīfàn ba, cài dōu yào liáng le.
Three times a day? You must be tired. Come, eat, the food is getting cold.
- Mr. Collins 太太，您的汤太好喝了！请问是哪一位小姐做的？我想认识她。
Tàitai, nín de tāng tài hǎohē le! Qǐngwèn shì nǎ yí wèi xiǎojie zuò de? Wǒ xiǎng rènshi tā.
Madam, your soup is delicious! May I ask which young lady made it? I'd like to meet her.
- Mrs. Bennet 哎呀，柯林斯先生，我们家的女儿从来不进厨房，汤是厨师做的。
Āiyā, Kēlínsī xiānsheng, wǒmen jiā de nǚ'ér cónglái bú jìn chúfáng, tāng shì chúshī zuò de.
Oh, Mr. Collins, none of our daughters ever goes into the kitchen. The cook made it.
- Mr. Collins 对不起，对不起！我要马上向厨师道歉，也请您原谅我。
Duìbuqǐ, duìbuqǐ! Wǒ yào mǎshàng xiàng chúshī dàoqiàn, yě qǐng nín yuánliàng wǒ.
Sorry, sorry! I must apologize to the cook at once, and please forgive me too.
- Mr. Bennet 不用不用，您已经说得够多了。伊丽莎白，你觉得这位表哥怎么样？
Búyòng búyòng, nín yǐjīng shuō de gòu duō le. Yīlìshābái, nǐ juéde zhè wèi biǎogē zěnmeyàng?
No need, no need; you've said quite enough. Elizabeth, what do you think of our cousin?
- Elizabeth Bennet 爸爸，他说话像在教堂里做演讲，我怕他一开口，别人就没有办法吃饭了。
Bàba, tā shuōhuà xiàng zài jiàotáng lǐ zuò yǎnjiǎng, wǒ pà tā yì kāikǒu, biéren jiù méiyǒu bànfǎ chīfàn le.
Papa, he talks as if he's giving a speech in church. I'm afraid once he starts, nobody else can eat.
- Lydia Bennet 伊丽莎白！简！快看，穿红衣服的军官们来了，他们个个都好帅啊！
Yīlìshābái! Jiǎn! Kuài kàn, chuān hóng yīfu de jūnguānmen lái le, tāmen gègè dōu hǎo shuài a!
Elizabeth! Jane! Look, the officers in red coats are here, and every one of them is so handsome!
- Elizabeth Bennet 莉迪亚，你能不能小声一点儿？街上的人都在看我们呢。
Lìdíyà, nǐ néng bu néng xiǎoshēng yìdiǎnr? Jiē shàng de rén dōu zài kàn wǒmen ne.
Lydia, can you please keep your voice down? Everyone in the street is looking at us.
- Lydia Bennet 我才不管呢！你看最前面那一位，他在笑，还在向我们走过来！
Wǒ cái bù guǎn ne! Nǐ kàn zuì qiánmiàn nà yí wèi, tā zài xiào, hái zài xiàng wǒmen zǒu guòlái!
I don't care! Look at the one in front, he's smiling and walking toward us!
- Mr. Wickham 小姐们，早上好。我是威克姆，一位刚来到这个小镇的军官，请问怎么称呼你们？
Xiǎojiěmen, zǎoshang hǎo. Wǒ shì Wēikèmǔ, yí wèi gāng láidào zhège xiǎo zhèn de jūnguān, qǐngwèn zěnme chēnghu nǐmen?
Good morning, ladies. I'm Wickham, an officer who has only just arrived in this town. May I ask your names?
- Elizabeth Bennet 我是伊丽莎白·班纳特，这位是我的妹妹莉迪亚。欢迎你，威克姆先生。
Wǒ shì Yīlìshābái Bānnàtè, zhè wèi shì wǒ de mèimei Lìdíyà. Huānyíng nǐ, Wēikèmǔ xiānsheng.
I'm Elizabeth Bennet, and this is my sister Lydia. Welcome, Mr. Wickham.
- Lydia Bennet 威克姆先生，你要在这儿住很久吗？我们镇上的舞会可多了！
Wēikèmǔ xiānsheng, nǐ yào zài zhèr zhù hěn jiǔ ma? Wǒmen zhèn shàng de wǔhuì kě duō le!
Mr. Wickham, will you be staying long? We have plenty of balls in this town!
- Mr. Wickham 住多久，要看军官的命令，也要看这里的人对我好不好。有你们这样的朋友，我一定舍不得走。
Zhù duō jiǔ, yào kàn jūnguān de mìnglìng, yě yào kàn zhèlǐ de rén duì wǒ hǎo bu hǎo. Yǒu nǐmen zhèyàng de péngyou, wǒ yídìng shěbude zǒu.
That depends on my orders, and on how kind the people here are to me. With friends like you, I'll never want to leave.
- Elizabeth Bennet 你看，宾利先生和他的朋友来了，简，你的心上人来了！
Nǐ kàn, Bīnlì xiānsheng hé tā de péngyou lái le, Jiǎn, nǐ de xīnshàngrén lái le!
Look, Mr. Bingley and his friend are coming. Jane, your sweetheart's here!
- Mr. Bingley 班纳特小姐们，早上好！简小姐，我正想去你们家拜访呢！
Bānnàtè xiǎojiemen, zǎoshang hǎo! Jiǎn xiǎojie, wǒ zhèng xiǎng qù nǐmen jiā bàifǎng ne!
Good morning, Misses Bennet! Miss Jane, I was just on my way to visit you!
- Mr. Darcy 宾利，我们走吧。……那个人，怎么会在这里？
Bīnlì, wǒmen zǒu ba… Nà ge rén, zěnme huì zài zhèlǐ?
Bingley, let's go. …How can that man be here?
- Elizabeth Bennet 达西先生的脸一下子白了，威克姆先生的脸却红了。他们认识吗？
Dáxī xiānsheng de liǎn yíxiàzi bái le, Wēikèmǔ xiānsheng de liǎn què hóng le. Tāmen rènshi ma?
Mr. Darcy's face went white and Mr. Wickham's went red. Do they know each other?
- Mr. Wickham 再见，班纳特小姐。今晚在你姨妈家的聚会上，我会把这件事讲给你听。
Zàijiàn, Bānnàtè xiǎojie. Jīnwǎn zài nǐ yímā jiā de jùhuì shàng, wǒ huì bǎ zhè jiàn shì jiǎng gěi nǐ tīng.
Goodbye, Miss Bennet. At your aunt's party tonight I'll tell you the story.
- Mr. Wickham 我小时候，和达西一起长大，他的父亲对我像亲儿子一样好。
Wǒ xiǎoshíhou, hé Dáxī yìqǐ zhǎngdà, tā de fùqin duì wǒ xiàng qīn érzi yíyàng hǎo.
As a boy I grew up alongside Darcy, and his father treated me like his own son.
- Elizabeth Bennet 那后来呢？为什么你们现在像陌生人一样？
Nà hòulái ne? Wèishénme nǐmen xiànzài xiàng mòshēngrén yíyàng?
And then? Why are you like strangers now?
- Mr. Wickham 他父亲去世的时候，说过要给我一份好工作，可是达西没有给我，他把钱都留给了自己。
Tā fùqin qùshì de shíhou, shuō guo yào gěi wǒ yí fèn hǎo gōngzuò, kěshì Dáxī méiyǒu gěi wǒ, tā bǎ qián dōu liú gěi le zìjǐ.
When his father died he promised me a good position, but Darcy never gave it to me. He kept all the money for himself.
- Elizabeth Bennet 太过分了！我早就觉得他是一个又骄傲又小气的人。
Tài guòfèn le! Wǒ zǎo jiù juéde tā shì yí gè yòu jiāo'ào yòu xiǎoqì de rén.
That's outrageous! I always thought he was a proud and mean man.
- Mr. Wickham 我不想说他的坏话，他毕竟是我小时候的朋友。我只是希望，别人不要被他骗了。
Wǒ bù xiǎng shuō tā de huàihuà, tā bìjìng shì wǒ xiǎoshíhou de péngyou. Wǒ zhǐshì xīwàng, biéren bú yào bèi tā piàn le.
I don't want to speak ill of him; after all, he was my childhood friend. I only hope others aren't fooled by him.
- Elizabeth Bennet 你真善良，威克姆先生。我相信你说的每一句话。
Nǐ zhēn shànliáng, Wēikèmǔ xiānsheng. Wǒ xiāngxìn nǐ shuō de měi yí jù huà.
You're so kind, Mr. Wickham. I believe every word you say.
- Jane Bennet 伊丽莎白，别这么快就下结论，也许这里面有误会呢。
Yīlìshābái, bié zhème kuài jiù xià jiélùn, yěxǔ zhè lǐmiàn yǒu wùhuì ne.
Elizabeth, don't jump to conclusions so fast. Maybe there's been a misunderstanding.
- Elizabeth Bennet 简，你总是不愿意看到别人不好的一面。可是这一次，我看得很清楚，我永远不会原谅达西先生！
Jiǎn, nǐ zǒngshì bú yuànyì kàndào biéren bù hǎo de yí miàn. Kěshì zhè yí cì, wǒ kàn de hěn qīngchu, wǒ yǒngyuǎn bú huì yuánliàng Dáxī xiānsheng!
Jane, you never want to see the bad side of anyone. But this time I see it clearly, and I will never forgive Mr. Darcy!
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What changed in the story?
- Why has Mr. Collins come to visit the Bennets?
“还想在我们的女儿里面，找一位太太。”
- Who is Lady Catherine to Mr. Collins?
“我的工作，我的房子，全是她给我的！”
- What does Elizabeth notice when Darcy sees Wickham?
“达西先生的脸一下子白了，威克姆先生的脸却红了。”
- What does Wickham claim Darcy did to him?
“可是达西没有给我，他把钱都留给了自己。”
- How does Elizabeth react to Wickham's story?
“我相信你说的每一句话。”……“我永远不会原谅达西先生！”