试听180秒08 【开始新生活】英俊救美，梦中情人出现了

阅读技巧 

如何读懂复杂从句？

读长句，抓住主句主要成分的核心意思，再找看次要成分核心意思。

范例：Marianne herself had seen less of his person than the rest, for the confusion which crimsoned over her face, on his lifting her up, had robbed her of the power of regarding him after their entering the house.

判断结构：前半句“Marianne herself had seen less of his person than the rest” 这是个比较句，意思是Marianne对绅士的观察比别人少。接下来，for引导原因状语从句，这个从句很长，可以先猜原因：一个女孩子家被陌生的男子突然抱着，因为害羞所以不敢多看。有了预判，再把控整体意思。

接下来找句子的主要结构，先找主语：这个原因从句里的主语是“the confusion”，主语确定以后，就直接进入从句本身的主结构。找谓语，“had robbed her of the power of regarding him after their entering the house. ”这是谓语和宾语，那这半句话跟主语“the confusion”连起来，意思就是Marianne的窘迫夺走了她直视绅士的力量。

最后，再看次要结构：回去看从句里面套的从句——which crimsoned over her face,姑娘那份confusion都把自己脸给羞红了，就在他抱起来自己的那个时候。

选段解析 

原文选段1:

Marianne herself had seen less of his person than the rest, for the confusion which crimsoned over her face, on his lifting her up, had robbed her of the power of regarding him after their entering the house. But she bad seen enough of him to join in all the admiration of the others, and with an energy which always adorned her praise. His person and air were equal to what her fancy had ever drawn for the hero of a favourite story; and in his carrying her into the house with so little previous formality there was a rapidity of thought which particularly recommended the action to her.

选段注解：

Marianne从被救起，到回到家中，其实她都一直处在羞涩和紧张的情绪里，没顾不上仔细端详这位救命恩人。但从家人的反应看，抱她回来的人是位外形英俊、风度翩翩的绅士。被美丽的幻想和甜蜜回忆包裹的Marianne，很快就忘了脚伤的疼痛。在文稿区为你准备了原文，如果你想跟读，可以去看看。

原文选段2:

Aye, aye, I see how it will be,” said Sir John, “I see how it will be. You will be setting your cap at him now, and never think of poor Brandon.

选段解析：

Sir. John打趣Marianne要去追求和挑逗Willoughby了，不理可怜的Brandon上校了。

原文选段3:

That is an expression, Sir John,” said Marianne, warmly, “which I particularly dislike. I abhor every common-place phrase by which wit is intended; and ‘setting one’s cap at a man,’ or ‘making a conquest,’ are the most odious of all. Their tendency is gross and illiberal; and if their construction could ever be deemed clever, time has long ago destroyed all its ingenuity.

选段解析

Marianne说，“挑逗”是她最不喜欢的一种表达。而且把神秘庸俗的话都当成俏皮话也真令人讨厌，比如像“挑逗男人”‘setting one’s cap at a man’或者是“征服男人”making a conquest，这种语言尤其不堪入耳。这些话粗俗，显得没有教养，刚开始可能还觉得挺聪明，时间长了就发现毫无俏皮可言了。

文化知识补充 

终身未婚的奥斯汀，嫁给了爱情

奥斯汀时代的英国，女性不能从事任何职业，所以除非能够有幸继承到丰厚的遗产，不然女性想脱离贫穷，只能靠婚姻。而在当时的社会，大多数女性是没有资产、没有继承权的，所以把自己嫁出去，就成为她们这辈子最重要的事。但凡热心一点的长辈，也就对说媒的事非常上心了。奥斯汀终身未婚，在27岁那年拒绝了人生中的最后一个求婚者。这之后，单身的奥斯汀面临的最大苦恼就是经济上的拮据。父亲去世后，三十多岁的奥斯汀“常常为没钱买茶叶和糖而发愁”。

除了经济困难，大龄未婚女性在那个时代难免遭到旁人的非议。电影《简·奥斯丁的遗憾》描述过这样的场景，一位妇女让奥斯汀帮忙抱抱小孩，可她手法笨拙，妇人十分生气，嘲讽她说，“成天就知道写些幼稚的小说，自以为聪明却连孩子都抱不来，根本不像个女人。”但对于今天的我们而言，终身未嫁的奥斯汀虽然挑战了当时的世俗，却也因此免于沦为一位平庸的妇人。有人说，她没有嫁给男人，却最终嫁给了爱情。奥斯汀将现实生活中没有得到的爱情寄托于作品中，写出了世上最动人的爱情故事。

下讲预告 

Willoughby每日都来问候伤情，两个人就发现，他们实在是有着太多的共同兴趣。所以，虽然只认识短短几天时间，但二人迅速陷入爱河。妹妹Marianne确信自己这次是遇到了真命天子，但姐姐Elinor却有另一番看法，而且她还发现Brandon上校对妹妹的爱慕。这三个人之间接下来会发生什么呢？Elinor为什会对Willoughby有其他的看法呢？