喜欢跳舞是坠入爱河的一种确定的步骤。
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《傲慢与偏见》作者

简·奥斯汀(Jane Austen),被誉为世界上最伟大的英语作家之一,与莎士比亚齐名。作品有《理智与情感》、《傲慢与偏见》、《曼斯菲尔德花园》、《爱玛》、《诺桑觉寺》和《劝导》。其作品《傲慢与偏见》,以其独特的文筆和对社交习俗的敏锐观察而蜚声文坛。

人尽皆知的真理是,一个财富殷实的单身汉,必定在寻找妻子。

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

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我宣布,毕竟没有什么能比阅读更令人愉快的了!任何事物,人们对它的厌倦远远不如对一本书的厌倦来得快。

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book!

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一个女人的想象力是非常迅猛的;她可以在瞬间从钦佩跳到爱情,再从爱情跳到婚姻。

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.

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喜欢跳舞是坠入爱河的一种确定的步骤。

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

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如果他没有伤害我的自尊,我是可以容忍他的傲慢的。

I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.

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你必须是自己幸福的最好判断者。

You must be the best judge of your own happiness.

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我相信,每个性格都有一种倾向于某种特定邪恶的倾向,一种天生的缺陷,即使最好的教育也无法克服。

There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.

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我不怕被这印象压倒。它很快就会过去的。

I am not afraid of being overpowered by the impression. It will pass away soon enough.

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每一天都证实了他对所有人类性格的不一致性的信仰,以及对功绩或理智外表的依赖性很小。

Every day confirms his belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.

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我也许已经失去了我的心,但没有失去我的自控力。

I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.

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虚荣和傲慢是不同的东西,尽管这两个词经常被用作同义词。

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously.

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我是世界上最幸福的人。也许其他人以前说过这样的话,但没有一个说得那么有道理。我甚至比简还要快乐;她只是微笑,我是大笑。

I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. I am happier even than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh.

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我必须学会满足于比我应得的更幸福。

I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.

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你太慷慨了,不要跟我开玩笑。如果你的感情仍然和去年四月一样,请立刻告诉我。我的感情和愿望没有改变,但是你的一句话将永远让我对这个问题保持沉默。

You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.

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