Passage9: pride? prejudice?

Happy National Day!

May you have a good time!

国庆快乐,祝愿你有一个愉快的假期!

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傲慢与偏见


I wrote this passage mainly for girls, of course, boys are supposed to read it as well, LOL!

我写这篇文章,主要是给女孩看的,但男孩也要看,嘻嘻!

The eternal theme of Jane Austen's novels is the choice people make for marriage partners, so is in Pride and Prejudice.  Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, who are the middle class, have five daughters and Elizabeth, the protagonist of this book, is the second one.

简·奥斯汀的小说的一个永恒的主题就是选择人生伴侣,《傲慢与偏见》也不例外。身为中产阶级的贝内特先生和女士有五个女儿。本书的主角伊丽莎白是她们的二女儿。

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红楼梦


It is the different fates of the five girls that reminds me of A Dream of Red Mansions, one  of  the  literature  masterpieces in China

这五个女儿的不同命运让我想起了中国的文学巨著《红楼梦》。

In Chinese literary history, there were so many works described  woman as something demon or evil. For instance,  in Journey to the West ,the  alluring  women  appreaed and attempted to allure Tangseng always for Tangseng rou. In Shui Hu, Pan Jinlian was blamed for promiscuity.

在中国文学史上,有很多作品都把女性刻画成一种带点邪恶的东西。比如说,《西游记》里的漂亮女人的出现总是为了引诱唐僧而得到唐僧肉。《水浒传》里的潘金莲因劈腿而遗臭万年。


Cao Xueqin, who knows very well of the sufferings of Chinese women and cries for their fate, wrote this work  mainly  for women,  especially  the young girls. He even said that girl are extremely pure and honourable in the world by the mouth of Baoyu.

曹雪芹非常了解中国女人的遭遇并且为她们的命运感到悲哀。他写了一部关乎女性命运的书,又特别是年轻的女孩。他甚至借宝玉之口说女儿是世界上的极其清净,极其尊贵的存在。


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Elizabeth


Let's get to the point, it  is  a  truth universally acknowledged  that  a  single man  in  possession  of  a  good fortune  must  be  in  want  of  a wife.

回到正题上,众所周知,一个极其富有的男人都想娶一个妻子。

At a dancing ball, Mr. Bingly falls in love  at the first sight with Jane, the eldest daughter of Mr. Bennet, because of her unexpected beauty. It is, however, not so lucky for Elizabeth. Darcy, another man of substance is so proud that he refuses to dance with Elizabeth for she is from middle class.

舞会上,彬格利先生因为贝内特先生的大女儿简的出众的美貌而对她一见钟情。然而,伊丽莎白就不那么幸运了。达西是一个极其骄傲自大的有钱人,他拒绝了和来自中产阶级的伊丽莎白跳舞。

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Darcy and Elizabeth


From that moment on, the young girl begins to have prejudice on him. She is optimistic, brave and has a strong consciousness for equality and freedom. She also dares to express love and hate. Therefore she never feels afraid of his high social status even criticizes his pride and social prejudice.

从那之后,这个女孩就对他有了偏见。她很乐观,勇敢,有强烈的平等与自由意识,敢爱敢恨。因此她从不因达西先生如此高的社会地位而畏惧,甚至批评他的自大与阶级偏见。


It is, in fact, the character that Elizabeth shows attracted him. A series of things Darcy had done make Elizabeth realize that Darcy is a man who has strong sense of honor and virtue. She finally accepts his proposal.

正是伊丽莎白的这些品质吸引了他。达西先生所做得的一切也让伊丽莎白意识到他是一个有很高荣誉感和美德的人。最后,她接受了达西先生的求婚。



I mainly have two ideas about this book.

我主要有两个观点。

The first one:

You may not have beauty, but you have character! It is true that person was borned with different apprearence, beautiful, average-looking or a little ugly, different wisdom, smart or a little stupid.  Some of the congenital condition can't be changed , and some can through the hard work.

第一个:

也许你不美,但你要有个性。我们每个人出生,有不同的外貌,漂亮,普普通通,抑或还有点点丑。有不同的智慧,聪明抑或有点傻傻笨笨。有的先天条件我们改变不了,有的可以通过努力改变。

The second one:

Many of us show a great admiration to others' life sometimes , but not ours, even a little. Actually we admire others because we also want to be like that but we don't have the courage or something others. Do you really think about what is the meaning of life?

第二点:

有些时候,我们特别羡慕别人的生活,但一点也不在意自己的生活。我们羡慕别人因为我们也想拥有那样的生活,但没有勇气或者我们缺乏别的什么东西。你真的有认真思考过生命的意义吗?



Long time ago, there were some people told you like this:

you come to this world, studying hard and getting graduated, finding a good job.

You get married with someone, then you have your babies.

Gradually, you become a machine to handle the stress.

By the time the kids become independent you start getting old.

The kids leave you for a higher education, work, leaving you two alone.

......

Finally, you two leave this world.

很久以前,别人告诉你:

你来到这个世界上,努力学习然后毕业,找到了一个好工作。

你和一个人结婚,然后有了你们的宝贝。

渐渐地,你成了机器,整天就在解决压力问题。

当孩子变得独立,你就开始变老。

孩子为了更好的教育、工作而远行,留下孤单的你们俩。

Maybe you would ask what's the meaning of life after all if all of us must follow the pattern that being forgot gradually. 

也许你会问如果我们都是遵循着渐渐被遗忘的模式,那么人生的意义究竟是什么。

Let me tell you the story that maybe you never care so much but you have certainly experienced:

You came this world as a great joy of your parents.

You made your first friend in the school.

You stood outside the classroom with your friends as punishment for being late, talking in the class, forgetting to do the homework and so forth.

You have huge crush on one girl or boy and the friends stay with you year after year.

You do a sumptuous dinner for your lovers and surprise him.

You get rejected in a job interview, celebrate the failure and bid farewell to your colleage classmates in the party.

......

我来告诉你,你经历过的但也许你从来没怎么在意的故事:

你作为父母的快乐而来到这个世界上。

你在学校交了第一个朋友。

你和朋友被罚站在教室外面,因为迟到、在课堂上讲话、忘了做作业等等。

你特别迷恋一个男孩或者女孩,一年又一年,朋友也始终陪伴着你。

你为爱的人做了一顿丰盛的晚餐,并想给他一个惊喜。

你面试被拒,和朋友一起"庆祝"失败,在送别会上和大学同学挥挥手告别。

......

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Life is in every moments and in the little things. One day you'll look back and realize those were the big things.

You may not have beauty, but you have character! What's more important, live consciously, pay more attention to your own life and form your own characters. You are not others.

人生的意义就在于每一个瞬间一件件小事。当你某天回首往事,所有的小事都是大事。

也许你不美,但你要有个性。更重要的是,有意识地生活、更多地关注自己的生活,塑造自己的个性。你不是别人。

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