71天，《傲慢與偏見》賓利先生繼承十萬英鎊！

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一

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這是第71天閱讀英文版《傲慢與偏見》。

上篇筆記講到伊莉莎白對賓利的姐妹不是很認同，伊麗莎白有著敏銳的觀察力和獨立的判斷力。

小說接著就介紹了賓利先生：

Mr. Bingley inherited property to the amount of nearly an hundred thousand pounds from his father, who had intended to purchase an estate, but did not live to do it. — Mr. Bingley intended it likewise, and sometimes made choice of his county; but as he was now provided with a good house and the liberty of a manor, it was doubtful to many of those who best knew the easiness of his temper, whether he might not spend the remainder of his days at Netherfield, and leave the next generation to purchase.

我瀏覽了一遍沒能看明白啥意思，我借助工具對這段文字轉(zhuǎn)化為中文，啥時候我看英文版的小說跟中文版一樣溜，我就對閱讀英文的水平自我滿意啦。

賓利先生從他父親那里繼承了一大筆財產(chǎn)，有十萬英鎊，本來是要購置一處莊園，但活著的時候沒來得及。賓利先生也有這個打算，有時還會在中意的郡去挑選；但是他現(xiàn)在有了這個好房子，還有使用權(quán)，那些知道他好脾氣隨遇而安的人就疑問，他可能會在內(nèi)瑟菲爾德莊園度過余生，把購置房產(chǎn)的事留給下一代。

這個中文是我先用工具翻譯，然后我瀏覽著英文原文和譯文，自己理解著寫過來的。

二

我把陌生詞匯簡潔注釋，適度補充例句：
1. inherited property
詞性：動詞+名詞
含義：繼承財產(chǎn)
用法：文中指賓利從父親處繼承財富

我補充三個權(quán)威例句，體會“inherited property”的運用：

The House of Representatives has already voted to repeal the estate tax on inherited property.
眾議院已經(jīng)投票決定廢除遺產(chǎn)稅中針對繼承財產(chǎn)的部分。

As such, not only will estates be subject to the estate tax, those inheriting property will be subject to capital gain tax upon sale of that inherited property.
因此，不僅遺產(chǎn)要繳納遺產(chǎn)稅，繼承財產(chǎn)的人在出售該繼承財產(chǎn)時還需繳納資本利得稅。

They inherited equally and held property independently.
她們平等繼承財產(chǎn)，并且獨立持有財產(chǎn)。

2. purchase an estate
詞性：動詞+名詞
含義：購置莊園
用法：“estate”，莊園。

我補充權(quán)威例句，體會“purchase”的用法：

This purchase will account for 39.5% of the outstanding shares of the brokerage following the issuance.
此次收購將在發(fā)行后占該經(jīng)紀(jì)公司流通股的39.5%。

Politicians are loath to raise gasoline taxes, which would force people to purchase more fuel-efficient vehicles.
政客們不愿提高汽油稅，因為這會迫使人們購買更省油的汽車。

The Stupak-Pitts Amendment blocks abortion coverage for women who purchase subsidized insurance on the public exchange.
斯塔帕克-皮茨修正案阻止了在公共交易所購買補貼保險的女性獲得墮胎保險覆蓋。

First have a product (not necessarily new) or service that people want to purchase.
首先要有人們想要購買的產(chǎn)品（不一定是新產(chǎn)品）或服務(wù)。

SolarCity raises money from banks and other investors to finance the leases and power purchase agreements.
SolarCity 從銀行和其他投資者那里籌集資金，為租賃和電力購買協(xié)議提供資金。

我補充權(quán)威例句，體會“estate”的用法：

If they then resort to an estate agent, they will have spent more money, not less.
如果他們之后求助于房地產(chǎn)經(jīng)紀(jì)人，他們花的錢會更多，而不是更少。

But if you die, the account bypasses your estate and belongs to the joint holder.

但如果你去世了，該賬戶會繞過你的遺產(chǎn)，直接歸共同持有人所有。

A. in 2007 and planned to eventually set up his own real estate firm.
A. 于2007年（入行），并計劃最終成立自己的房地產(chǎn)公司。

The tax cut eliminates the federal estate tax in tortured stages over the next nine years.
這項減稅政策將在接下來的九年里分階段取消聯(lián)邦遺產(chǎn)稅。

The federal government has opened real estate to foreigners for projects exceeding 25 acres.
聯(lián)邦政府已向外國人開放超過25英畝的房地產(chǎn)項目。

3. likewise

詞性：副詞
含義：同樣地；也
用法：賓利“同樣有購置莊園的打算”。

4. provided
詞性：動詞（過去分詞）
含義：提供；配備
用法：文中“provided with a good house”，“擁有舒適住所”

5. liberty of a manor
詞性：名詞短語
含義：莊園的使用權(quán)
用法：區(qū)別于“所有權(quán)”。

我補充權(quán)威例句，體會“liberty”的用法：

Throughout our history, Americans have risen to the challenge of defending our country and our liberty.
縱觀我們的歷史，美國人挺身而出，迎接捍衛(wèi)我們的國家和自由的挑戰(zhàn)。

The idea is to ward off rapidly growing competitors Liberty Tax Service and Jackson Hewitt.
這個想法是為了抵御快速發(fā)展的競爭對手 Liberty 稅務(wù)服務(wù)公司和杰克遜休伊特公司。

Admittedly, adopting a posture of liberty won't resolve every internal disagreement within the GOP.
誠然，采取自由的姿態(tài)并不能解決共和黨內(nèi)部的所有分歧。

America's institutions are built on principles of liberty, they claim, therefore defending them means defending liberty.
他們聲稱，美國的制度建立在自由原則之上，因此捍衛(wèi)這些制度就意味著捍衛(wèi)自由。

Living in liberty begins and ends with the manner in which we live our lives.
生活在自由之中，始于且終于我們生活的方式。

6. manor
詞性：名詞
含義：莊園；宅邸
用法：同上

我補充例句，體會“manor”的用法：

It was the quintessence of an English manor house.

那是典型的英式莊園宅第。

On this occasion he was away from Misselthwaite Manor until afternoon.

這次，他一直拖到下午，才到米塞斯維特莊園。

We've got to drive five miles across Missel Moor before we get to the Manor.

我們得行五英里跨過米索荒原后才能到莊園。

7. doubtful
詞性：形容詞
含義：可疑的；不確定的
用法：“他人對賓利長期居住的懷疑”。

8. easiness
詞性：名詞
含義：溫和；隨和
用法：“easiness of his temper”。

我補充權(quán)威例句，體會“easiness”的用法：

There was an easiness about them without looking like beach resort wear.
它們有一種隨性的感覺，卻又不像海灘度假裝。

Characters such as Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan and Jack Bauer on Fox's prime-time series 24 are engraved with the same irreverence, patriotism and easiness with violence that 007 has portrayed throughout his 53 years in the service.

像湯姆·克蘭西筆下的杰克·瑞安，以及?？怂裹S金時段劇集《24小時》里的杰克·鮑爾這樣的角色，都帶有與007在其53年特工生涯中所展現(xiàn)的一樣的玩世不恭、愛國主義以及對暴力的習(xí)以為常。

9. temper
詞性：名詞
含義：脾氣；性情
用法：同上

10. remainder
詞性：名詞
含義：剩余部分；余生
用法：“remainder of his days”，“余生”

11. purchase
詞性：動詞
含義：購買；購置
用法：“購置莊園”。

三

我對這段文字逐句拆解閱讀一遍：

1. “Mr. Bingley inherited property to the amount of nearly an hundred thousand pounds from his father, who had intended to purchase an estate, but did not live to do it.”

inherited property：“繼承財產(chǎn)”

nearly an hundred thousand pounds：“近10萬英鎊”。

purchase an estate：“購置莊園”

2. “— Mr. Bingley intended it likewise, and sometimes made choice of his county;”

intended it likewise：“同樣有此打算”

“l(fā)ikewise”，同樣地

made choice of his county：“挑選自己所在的郡”

3. “but as he was now provided with a good house and the liberty of a manor,”

provided with a good house：“擁有舒適的住所”

liberty of a manor：“莊園的使用權(quán)”

“l(fā)iberty”，使用權(quán)

4. “it was doubtful to many of those who best knew the easiness of his temper, whether he might not spend the remainder of his days at Netherfield, and leave the next generation to purchase.”

easiness of his temper：“溫和的脾氣”

spend the remainder of his days：“度過余生”

leave... to the next generation：“留給下一代”

這段文字交代了賓利作為“優(yōu)質(zhì)單身漢”的物質(zhì)基礎(chǔ)，有巨額遺產(chǎn)、莊園使用權(quán)，“可能長期居住在 Netherfield”。