英文名著精选阅读:《理智与情感》第七章 第2节
Sense and Sensibility《理智与情感》--Jane Austen简.奥斯丁
The arrival of a new family in the country was always a matter of joy to him, and in every point of view he was charmed with the inhabitants he had nowprocuredfor his cottage at Barton. The Miss Dashwoods were young, pretty, andunaffected. It was enough to secure his good opinion; for to be unaffected was all that a pretty girl could want to make her mind as captivating as her person. The friendliness of his disposition made him happy in accommodating those, whose situation might be considered, in comparison with the past, as unfortunate. In showing kindness to his cousins therefore he had the real satisfaction of a good heart; and in settling a family of females only in his cottage, he had all the satisfaction of a sportsman; for a sportsman, though he esteems only those of his sex who are sportsmen likewise, is not often desirous of encouraging their taste by admitting them to a residence within his ownmanor.
乡里新来了一户人家,这对约翰爵士总是一件喜幸事儿。不管从哪个角度看,他给巴顿乡舍招来的新房客都使他着迷。三位达什伍德小姐年轻漂亮,毫不做作,这就足以博得他的好评,因为不屑做作正是年轻姑娘所缺乏的东西,装腔作势使其心灵不能像外貌一样具有魅力。爵士性情善良,每逢谁遭到不幸,总是提供方便。因此,能对几个表侄女表明一番好意,使他感到一个好心人的由衷喜悦;而能让一家女眷住进他的乡舍,却又使他感到一个行猎爱好者的由衷喜悦。因为对于一个行猎爱好者来说(虽然他只敬佩那些与他属于同一性别、也爱好打猎的人们),他并不是经常愿意把女人们引进自己的庄园居住,纵容她们得寸进尺。
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