Pride and Prejudice · chapter 25 of 25
Two Weddings
两场婚礼
Jane can't believe the news, Mr. Bennet has questions, Mrs. Bennet has numbers, and Elizabeth finally asks Mr. Darcy the question she has been saving.
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- Narrator 那天晚上，伊丽莎白把好消息告诉了简。
Nà tiān wǎnshang, Yīlìshābái bǎ hǎo xiāoxi gàosu le Jiǎn.
That night, Elizabeth told Jane her good news.
- Jane Bennet 丽兹，你开玩笑吧？嫁给达西先生？这不可能！
Lìzī, nǐ kāi wánxiào ba? Jià gěi Dáxī xiānsheng? Zhè bù kěnéng!
Lizzy, you're joking! Marry Mr. Darcy? It can't be!
- Jane Bennet 你还说过：“我永远不跟他跳舞，我保证！”
Nǐ hái shuō guo: “Wǒ yǒngyuǎn bù gēn tā tiàowǔ, wǒ bǎozhèng!”
You even said, “I will never dance with him, I promise!”
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- Elizabeth Bennet 后来，我不是也跟他跳了吗？
Hòulái, wǒ bú shì yě gēn tā tiào le ma?
And then I danced with him anyway, didn't I?
- Jane Bennet 你爱他多久了？
Nǐ ài tā duō jiǔ le?
How long have you loved him?
- Elizabeth Bennet 我也说不清。大概……是从我看见彭伯利漂亮的花园开始的吧。
Wǒ yě shuō bu qīng. Dàgài… shì cóng wǒ kànjiàn Péngbólì piàoliang de huāyuán kāishǐ de ba.
I hardly know. I suppose… it began when I first saw his beautiful grounds at Pemberley.
- Jane Bennet 丽兹！认真一点儿！
Lìzī! Rènzhēn yìdiǎnr!
Lizzy! Be serious!
- Elizabeth Bennet 好，认真的：我爱他。还有……莉迪亚的事，都是他做的。
Hǎo, rènzhēn de: wǒ ài tā. Hái yǒu… Lìdíyà de shì, dōu shì tā zuò de.
All right, seriously: I love him. And there's more… everything for Lydia, he did it all.
- Mr. Bennet 丽兹，达西先生刚才来找我了。你不是一直不喜欢他吗？
Lìzī, Dáxī xiānsheng gāngcái lái zhǎo wǒ le. Nǐ bú shì yìzhí bù xǐhuan tā ma?
Lizzy, Mr. Darcy has just been to see me. Haven't you always disliked him?
- Mr. Bennet 我还不知道你吗？你不尊重你丈夫，是不会幸福的。
Wǒ hái bù zhīdào nǐ ma? Nǐ bù zūnzhòng nǐ zhàngfu, shì bú huì xìngfú de.
Don't I know you? If you can't respect your husband, you will never be happy.
- Elizabeth Bennet 爸爸，我尊重他，也爱他。他一点儿也不傲慢，你不知道他是怎样的人。
Bàba, wǒ zūnzhòng tā, yě ài tā. Tā yìdiǎnr yě bú àomàn, nǐ bù zhīdào tā shì zěnyàng de rén.
Papa, I respect him, and I love him. He isn't proud at all. You don't know what he's really like.
- Elizabeth Bennet 找到莉迪亚、还清了钱的，不是舅舅，是他。
Zhǎodào Lìdíyà, huánqīng le qián de, bú shì jiùjiu, shì tā.
It wasn't my uncle who found Lydia and paid. It was him.
- Mr. Bennet 是达西？那更好了！我就不用欠你舅舅的钱了。
Shì Dáxī? Nà gèng hǎo le! Wǒ jiù bú yòng qiàn nǐ jiùjiu de qián le.
Darcy? So much the better! Then I don't owe your uncle a penny.
- Mr. Bennet 明天我说要把钱还给他，他会说他多爱你、多爱你，这件事就完了。
Míngtiān wǒ shuō yào bǎ qián huán gěi tā, tā huì shuō tā duō ài nǐ, duō ài nǐ, zhè jiàn shì jiù wán le.
Tomorrow I'll offer to pay him back. He'll rant and rave about how much he loves you, and that will be the end of it.
- Mr. Bennet 你妈妈……我想，她也不会有意见的。
Nǐ māma… wǒ xiǎng, tā yě bú huì yǒu yìjiàn de.
Your mother… I don't imagine she'll object either.
- Mr. Bennet 如果有年轻人来找玛丽或者凯蒂，让他们进来。我今天正好有空。
Rúguǒ yǒu niánqīngrén lái zhǎo Mǎlì huòzhě Kǎidì, ràng tāmen jìnlai. Wǒ jīntiān zhènghǎo yǒu kòng.
And if any young men come for Mary or Kitty, send them in. I'm quite at leisure today.
- Mrs. Bennet 达西先生？一年一万镑！也许还更多！还有伦敦的房子！
Dáxī xiānsheng? Yì nián yíwàn bàng! Yěxǔ hái gèng duō! Hái yǒu Lúndūn de fángzi!
Mr. Darcy? Ten thousand a year! And very likely more! And a house in London!
- Mrs. Bennet 天哪！我的头疼……马上就好了！
Tiān na! Wǒ de tóuténg… mǎshàng jiù hǎo le!
Good heavens! My headache… it's gone this very minute!
- Elizabeth Bennet 你什么时候开始爱我的？是我一裙子泥，走到宾利家那天吗？
Nǐ shénme shíhou kāishǐ ài wǒ de? Shì wǒ yì qúnzi ní, zǒu dào Bīnlì jiā nà tiān ma?
When did you begin to love me? Was it the day I walked to the Bingleys' with mud all over my skirt?
- Mr. Darcy 我说不清是哪一天、哪一句话。我走到半路，才发现自己早就上路了。
Wǒ shuō bu qīng shì nǎ yì tiān, nǎ yí jù huà. Wǒ zǒu dào bànlù, cái fāxiàn zìjǐ zǎojiù shànglù le.
I can't say which day, or which word. I was halfway along the road before I knew I had set out.
- Elizabeth Bennet 第一次见面，你说我“还可以，但是不够漂亮”。那现在呢？
Dì yī cì jiànmiàn, nǐ shuō wǒ “hái kěyǐ, dànshì bú gòu piàoliang”. Nà xiànzài ne?
The first time we met, you said I was “tolerable, but not pretty enough.” And now?
- Mr. Darcy 你……你听见了？
Nǐ… nǐ tīngjiàn le?
You… you heard that?
- Elizabeth Bennet 每一个字。
Měi yí gè zì.
Every word.
- Mr. Darcy 那你听听这个：在彭伯利，我跟宾利小姐说过，我认识的女人里，很少有人比你更美。
Nà nǐ tīngting zhège: zài Péngbólì, wǒ gēn Bīnlì xiǎojie shuō guo, wǒ rènshi de nǚrén li, hěn shǎo yǒu rén bǐ nǐ gèng měi.
Then hear this: at Pemberley I told Miss Bingley that few women I know are as beautiful as you.
- Narrator 同一天，在同一个教堂里，有了两场婚礼。
Tóng yì tiān, zài tóng yí gè jiàotáng li, yǒu le liǎng chǎng hūnlǐ.
On one and the same day, in the same church, there were two weddings.
- Mrs. Bennet 两场婚礼！简嫁给宾利先生，丽兹嫁给达西先生！
Liǎng chǎng hūnlǐ! Jiǎn jià gěi Bīnlì xiānsheng, Lìzī jià gěi Dáxī xiānsheng!
Two weddings! Jane is marrying Mr. Bingley, and Lizzy is marrying Mr. Darcy!
- Narrator 一年以后，宾利先生和简搬到了彭伯利附近。凯蒂常去姐姐们家，懂事多了。
Yì nián yǐhòu, Bīnlì xiānsheng hé Jiǎn bān dào le Péngbólì fùjìn. Kǎidì cháng qù jiějiemen jiā, dǒngshì duō le.
A year later, Mr. Bingley and Jane moved near Pemberley. Kitty often stayed with her elder sisters, and grew much more sensible.
- Narrator 凯瑟琳夫人生了很久的气，后来也来彭伯利了。
Kǎisèlín fūrén shēng le hěn jiǔ de qì, hòulái yě lái Péngbólì le.
Lady Catherine stayed angry for a long time, but in the end she came to Pemberley too.
- Mr. Darcy 舅舅，舅妈，欢迎！舅舅，河里的鱼都在等您呢！
Jiùjiu, jiùmā, huānyíng! Jiùjiu, hé li de yú dōu zài děng nín ne!
Uncle, Aunt, welcome! Uncle, the fish in the stream have all been waiting for you!
- Narrator 他们常常请舅舅和舅妈来彭伯利。是他们，把伊丽莎白带到了达西身边。
Tāmen chángcháng qǐng jiùjiu hé jiùmā lái Péngbólì. Shì tāmen, bǎ Yīlìshābái dài dào le Dáxī shēnbiān.
They often asked her aunt and uncle to Pemberley. After all, it was the Gardiners who had brought Elizabeth to Darcy.
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What changed in the story?
- What does Jane remind Elizabeth she once promised?
“我永远不跟他跳舞，我保证”
- Why is Mr. Bennet worried at first?
“你不是一直不喜欢他吗”
- Why is Mr. Bennet pleased to hear the truth about Lydia?
“我就不用欠你舅舅的钱了”
- What happens to Mrs. Bennet's headache?
“我的头疼……马上就好了”
- How does Mr. Darcy answer when Elizabeth asks when he began to love her?
“我走到半路，才发现自己早就上路了”