影视英语：Pride & Prejudice 《傲慢与偏见》（精讲之三）

影片对白

Elizabeth: I love this dance.

Darcy: lndeed. Most invigorating.

Elizabeth: It is your turn to say something, Mr. Darcy. I talked about the dance. Now you ought to remark on the size of the room or the number of couples.

Darcy: I'm perfectly¹ happy to oblige. Please advise me of what you would like most to hear?

Elizabeth: That reply will do for present. Perhaps by and by I may observe that private balls are much pleasanter than public ones. For now, we may remain silent.

Darcy: Do you talk as a rule while dancing?

Elizabeth: No. No, I prefer to be unsociable and taciturn. Makes it all so much more enjoyable, don't you think?

Darcy: Tell me, do you and your sisters very often walk to Meryton?

Elizabeth: Yes, we often walk to Meryton. It's a great opportunity to meet new people. In fact when you met us, we'd just had the pleasure of forming a new acquaintance.

Darcy: Mr. Wickham's blessed with such happy manners, he's sure of making friends. Whether he's capable of retaining them is less certain.

Elizabeth: He's been so unfortunate as to lose your friendship. And I dare say that is an irreversible event?

Darcy: It is. Why do you ask such a question?

Elizabeth: To make out your character, Mr. Darcy.

Darcy: And what have you discovered?

Elizabeth: Very little. I hear such different accounts of you as puzzle me exceedingly.

Darcy: I hope to afford you more clarity in the future.

妙词佳句，活学活用

1. oblige

To do a service or favor for: 施恩惠于，帮助

They obliged us by arriving early.
他们的早到帮了我们一个大忙。
If you ever need help with the babysitting, I'd be glad to oblige.
如果你需要我帮忙照顾孩子，我很愿意效劳。

2. by and by

这是一种习惯表达，意思是“不久以后；不一会儿”。在口语中和by相关的习惯用语很多，如：
By and again 时常，常常
By and large 总的来说，基本上
By the by(e) 顺便提一下

3. be blessed with

If someone is blessed with a particular good quality or skill, they have that good quality or skill. 幸运地享有（优良品质或技巧），在……方面有福气
e.g. The two brothers both are blessed with uncommon² ability to fix things.

4. make out

If you try to make something out, you try to understand it or decide whether or not it is true.辨认出，理解。我们来看看下面的例子：
e.g. I couldn't make it out at all.
我一点也不明白。
It is hard to make out what criteria³ are used to judge a person.
很难理解应该用什么标准来评判一个人。

文化面面观

Keira Knightley

凯拉·奈特莉出身英国演艺世家，11岁初登银幕。小小年纪就星光闪耀，获多位名导垂青。在《加勒比海盗》中饰演总督女儿，凭借出色的演技获得了大导演斯皮尔伯格的青睐，将受邀出演《侏罗纪公园4》。其它代表作品还有：《真爱至上》、《加勒比海盗1、2》、《我爱贝克汉姆》。在《傲慢与偏见》中，伊丽莎白是一个聪敏机智、有胆识、有远见，有很强的自尊心，并善于思考问题的女性，奈特莉对这个角色的把握和演绎都十分到位。

考考你

1. 请帮我把门关上
2. 伊丽莎白拥有出色的语言能力。
3. 不久之后这件事情的真相终于被揭露了。

Pride & Prejudice 《傲慢与偏见》（精讲之二）考考你 参考答案

1. 他十分溺爱这个九岁的孩子。
He doted on this nine-year-old kid.

2. 上法学院是她的梦想，也是她注定要去做的事情。
To go to law school is her dream; something that falls to her lot to do.

3. 现在真是很少见这么多才多艺的女人了，而且最重要的是她还很漂亮。
It's so rare to meet such an accomplished⁴ woman. Most of all, she is very pretty.

1 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

2 uncommon   

adj.罕见的，非凡的，不平常的

参考例句：

• Such attitudes were not at all uncommon thirty years ago.这些看法在30年前很常见。
• Phil has uncommon intelligence.菲尔智力超群。

3 criteria   

n.标准

参考例句：

• The main criterion is value for money.主要的标准是钱要用得划算。
• There are strict criteria for inclusion in the competition.参赛的标准很严格。

4 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。