试听180秒21【恢复社交】默默付出的人

选段解析 

原文选段1:

 “A man of whom he had always had such reason to think well! Such a good-natured fellow! He did not believe there was a bolder rider in England! It was an unaccountable business. He wished him at the devil with all his heart. He would not speak another word to him, meet him where he might, for all the world! No, not if it were to be by the side of Barton covert, and they were kept waiting for two hours together. Such a scoundrel of a fellow! Such a deceitful dog! It was only the last time they met that he had offered him one of Folly’s puppies! and this was the end of it!” (160-161)

Sir John提起原来对Willoughby的印象，说他一直受人尊重，还可能是英国最勇敢的骑手呢。不过接下来他咒骂起Willoughby来，我希望他滚得远远的，我不会再跟他说一句话。即便是我要跟他在Barton的树林一起待两个小时，我也不会跟他说话。这个混蛋！败类！亏我上次还送了他一只小狗呢。

原文选段2:

“She was determined to drop his acquaintance immediately, and she was very thankful that she had never been acquainted with him at all. She wished with all her heart Combe Magna was not so near Cleveland; but it did not signify, for it was a great deal too far off to visit; she hated him so much that she was resolved never to mention his name again, and she should tell everybody she saw, how good-for-nothing he was.” (P. 161) 

我决计马上和他断绝往来，不过谢天谢地，我其实从没和他结交过。我真希望Combe Magna离Cleveland别那么近，不过也没关系，要去拜访其实也还嫌太远了些。我太厌恶他了，我决心永远不再提起他的名字，我还要告诉每个我遇到的人他就是个饭桶。

原文选段3:

The rest of Mrs. Palmer’s sympathy was shown in procuring all the particulars in her power of the approaching marriage, and communicating them to Elinor. She could soon tell at what coachmaker’s the new carriage was building, by what painter Mr. Willoughby’s portrait was drawn, and at what warehouse Miss Grey’s clothes might be seen. (P. 161) 

Mrs. Palmer的同情心还表现在，尽力搜集有关Willoughby婚礼的一切信息，并告诉Elinor。很快她就能说出，婚礼用的马车是哪家铺子做的，新郎的画像由哪位画师绘制，新娘的服装在哪家衣料店可以看到。

原文选段4:

“His chief reward for the painful exertion of disclosing past sorrows and present humiliations, was given in the pitying eye with which Marianne sometimes observed him, and the gentleness of her voice whenever (though it did not often happen) she was obliged, or could oblige herself to speak to him. These assured him that his exertion had produced an increase of good-will towards himself.” (P. 162)

上校沉痛地讲述了自己的旧怨新耻，得到的回报是，有时Marianne会用同情的目光看着他，每当她被迫或偶尔主动跟上校说话时，语气总是那样温和。这些让上校确信他的努力增加了Marianne对自己的好感。

背景文化知识 

在奥斯汀生活的时期英国贵族都会登报刊登自己的婚讯，这其实是一个悠久的传统，这一举动意味着向公众宣布男女双方、甚至是双方家庭的结合，反映了婚姻在英国贵族阶层的神圣性和严肃性。相比之下，普通民众更多选择在牧师主持下秘密举行婚礼，或仅仅是在上帝的关注下即可结婚，也就是没有任何证人。

1753年，英国议会通过了哈德维克勋爵的婚姻法案，规定只有教堂婚礼才是合法结合，订婚不再有法律上的约束力；而所有教堂婚礼必须在教区注册，且配偶双方要签署确认；同时，21岁以下男女未经父母或监护人同意不得结婚。此外，法案规范了婚配注册程序，要求新人按照教会规定的时间、地点公开婚礼，这使婚配的公众知情度大为提高，很大程度上降低了重婚、骗婚的可能性。

下讲预告 

随着Willoughby与Miss Grey的婚讯在城中传开，姐妹俩的好友们努力以各种形式送上安慰。上校那不着痕迹的付出，给了姐妹俩以支撑和宽慰。尤其在听了上校和养女的悲惨经历后，Marianne对上校的态度发生了微妙的变化。不管怎么说，好友们给了姐妹俩各种形式的关心，那么她们真正的亲人，哥哥嫂嫂，又有怎样的表现呢？