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一

1813 年的英國(guó)倫敦郊區(qū)的梅里頓舞會(huì)，就是現(xiàn)在年輕人婚禮的翻版：有人全場(chǎng)加微信，有人角落刷手機(jī)。

同一場(chǎng)舞會(huì)，賓利和達(dá)西的觀感迥然不同。

賓利視角是這樣的：

“這輩子沒(méi)見過(guò)更友善的人！簡(jiǎn)·貝內(nèi)特簡(jiǎn)直是天使！”

達(dá)西視角是這樣的：

“一群路人，0 時(shí)尚值；簡(jiǎn)？笑得像表情包?！?/strong>

英國(guó)女作家奧斯汀確實(shí)是文學(xué)大家，寫作高手，僅用 100多個(gè)英文單詞就寫盡了“性格決定眼光”。

昨日流量收入0.81元，但我一如既往的閱讀英文原版的傲慢與偏見，這是我第74天閱讀傲慢與偏見英文原版。

上篇筆記講到賓利和達(dá)西性格上迥然不同，但是二人有著牢固的友誼，二人性格上的不同，給人的感覺(jué)也是很不一樣，賓利性格溫和友善，受到大家的歡迎，達(dá)西傲氣冷漠，很多人比較煩他。

那么，二人性格上的迥異有什么具體佐證呢，小說(shuō)隨即就給出了對(duì)應(yīng)的描述：
The manner in which they spoke of the Meryton assembly was sufficiently characteristic. Bingley had never met with pleasanter people or prettier girls in his life; everybody had been most kind and attentive to him, there had been no formality, no stiffness, he had soon felt acquainted with all the room; and as to Miss Bennet, he could not conceive an angel more beautiful. Darcy, on the contrary, had seen a collection of people in whom there was little beauty and no fashion, for none of whom he had felt the smallest interest, and from none received either attention or pleasure. Miss Bennet he acknowledged to be pretty, but she smiled too much.
這段描述不屬于很長(zhǎng)，但是我的英文水平較低，只能是分開層次慢慢看才能看懂，還時(shí)不時(shí)瞅一眼生詞注釋。

二

第一部分：賓利和達(dá)西談?wù)撁防镱D舞會(huì)
The manner in which they spoke of the Meryton assembly was sufficiently characteristic.

他們二人談?wù)撁防镱D舞會(huì)的方式，就有著足夠充分的特征。
第二部分：賓利積極評(píng)論舞會(huì)
Bingley had never met with pleasanter people or prettier girls in his life; everybody had been most kind and attentive to him, there had been no formality, no stiffness, he had soon felt acquainted with all the room; and as to Miss Bennet, he could not conceive an angel more beautiful.

賓利從來(lái)沒(méi)有遇到過(guò)這么友善的人和這么漂亮的姑娘們；每個(gè)人都對(duì)他很友好且很關(guān)心，沒(méi)有拘謹(jǐn)感，沒(méi)有生硬感，很快和屋子里的人熟悉了；對(duì)于貝內(nèi)特小姐，他想象不出更漂亮的天使了。

第三部分：達(dá)西消極評(píng)價(jià)舞會(huì)
Darcy, on the contrary, had seen a collection of people in whom there was little beauty and no fashion, for none of whom he had felt the smallest interest, and from none received either attention or pleasure. Miss Bennet he acknowledged to be pretty, but she smiled too much.

相反的，達(dá)西在一群人里面看不到有幾個(gè)漂亮?xí)r尚的，他對(duì)這些人沒(méi)興趣，也沒(méi)從這些人里得到關(guān)注和愉快。他承認(rèn)貝內(nèi)特小姐漂亮，但笑得太多。

整個(gè)的這段英文，描述的是賓利和達(dá)西對(duì)待梅里頓舞會(huì)這件事的不同視角。

賓利是積極陽(yáng)光的，看到的是人美人善，收獲的是大家對(duì)他的熟悉和友善。

達(dá)西對(duì)待舞會(huì)是幾乎沒(méi)有看到漂亮的，自己又孤傲，因此也沒(méi)有誰(shuí)關(guān)注理會(huì)他。

這是符合交往對(duì)等原則的，種瓜得瓜種豆得豆。
三

這段文字里有一些生詞，我給出簡(jiǎn)潔注釋補(bǔ)充若干例句：

assembly

詞性：名詞

含義：集會(huì)；舞會(huì)

用法：社交場(chǎng)景。

sufficiently

詞性：副詞

含義：足夠地；充分地

用法：“sufficiently characteristic”，“極具代表性”

characteristic

詞性：形容詞

含義：典型的；特有的

用法：評(píng)價(jià)的屬性

pleasanter

詞性：形容詞（比較級(jí)）

含義：更令人愉快的

用法：“pleasanter people”，對(duì)舞會(huì)上人群的正面評(píng)價(jià)

prettier

詞性：形容詞（比較級(jí)）

含義：更漂亮的

用法：“prettier girls”，對(duì)女性的夸贊

attentive

詞性：形容詞

含義：殷勤的；關(guān)心的

用法：“attentive to him”，“對(duì)他很殷勤”

formality

詞性：名詞

含義：拘謹(jǐn)；形式主義

用法：文中“no formality”表示“毫無(wú)拘謹(jǐn)”，體現(xiàn)賓利對(duì)輕松社交的喜愛

stiffness

詞性：名詞

含義：刻板；僵硬

用法：同上

acquainted

詞性：形容詞

含義：熟悉的；認(rèn)識(shí)的

用法：文中“felt acquainted with all the room”，“很快就和全場(chǎng)人熟絡(luò)”

conceive

詞性：動(dòng)詞

含義：想象；設(shè)想

用法：文中“could not conceive an angel more beautiful”，“想象不出更美的天使”

contrary

詞性：名詞

含義：相反；反面

用法：文中“on the contrary”是固定短語(yǔ)，表示“相反地”

fashion

詞性：名詞

含義：時(shí)尚；時(shí)髦

用法：文中“no fashion”表示“毫無(wú)時(shí)髦感”

pleasure

詞性：名詞

含義：愉悅；快樂(lè)

用法：文中“received neither attention or pleasure”表示“既沒(méi)得到關(guān)注也沒(méi)獲得愉悅”

pretty

詞性：形容詞

含義：漂亮的；標(biāo)致的

用法：文中達(dá)西對(duì)簡(jiǎn)的評(píng)價(jià)“承認(rèn)她漂亮”

四

逐句拆解與賞讀
“The manner in which they spoke of the Meryton assembly was sufficiently characteristic.”

The manner in which...：“……的方式”

sufficiently characteristic：“充分體現(xiàn)性格的”
“Bingley had never met with pleasanter people or prettier girls in his life; everybody had been most kind and attentive to him, there had been no formality, no stiffness, he had soon felt acquainted with all the room;”

never met with pleasanter... prettier：“從沒(méi)遇到過(guò)更友善/更漂亮的”

kind and attentive：“熱情周到”

“no formality, no stiffness”：“沒(méi)有拘謹(jǐn)刻板”

felt acquainted with all the room：“和全場(chǎng)人熟絡(luò)”
“and as to Miss Bennet, he could not conceive an angel more beautiful.”
as to：“至于”

could not conceive an angel more beautiful：“想象不出比她更美的天使”

“Darcy, on the contrary, had seen a collection of people in whom there was little beauty and no fashion, for none of whom he had felt the smallest interest, and from none received either attention or pleasure.”
a collection of people：“一群人”

little beauty and no fashion：“相貌平平、毫無(wú)格調(diào)”

“fashion”，格調(diào)

no... smallest interest“no... attention or pleasure”：三個(gè)“no”疊加，強(qiáng)化對(duì)舞會(huì)的負(fù)面感受
“Miss Bennet he acknowledged to be pretty, but she smiled too much.”
acknowledged：“承認(rèn)”

but she smiled too much：“但笑太多了”
這段文字通過(guò)“總起—賓利的積極評(píng)價(jià)—達(dá)西的負(fù)面評(píng)價(jià)”的結(jié)構(gòu)，以“談?wù)撏晃钑?huì)”為場(chǎng)景，用極致的對(duì)比手法深化了兩人的性格特質(zhì)。