《傲慢与偏见》chapter6（2）（适合高中及以上词汇量，不是指学历）

今天学习内容很少，应该很容易记忆哟～

“Your plan is a good one, ” replied Elizabeth, “where nothing is in question but the desire of being well married; and if I were determined to get a rich husband, or any husband, I dare say I should adopt it. But these are not Jane's feelings; she is not acting by design. As yet, she cannot even be certain of the degree of her own regard, nor of its reasonableness. She has known him only a fortnight. （易错：两周）She danced four dances with him at Meryton; she saw him one morning at his own house, and has since dined 进餐（原形：dine）in company with him four times. This is not quite enough to make her understand his character.”

“Not as you represent it. Had she merely dined with him, she might only have discovered whether he had a good appetite; but you must remember that four evenings have been also spent together — and four evenings may do a great deal.”

“Yes; these four evenings have enabled them to ascertain that they both like Vingt-un better than Commerce; but with respect to any other leading characteristic, I do not imagine that much has been unfolded.”

“Well, ” said Charlotte, “I wish Jane success with all my heart; and if she were married to him tomorrow, I should think she had as good a chance of happiness, as if she were to be studying his character for a twelvemonth. Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other, or ever so similar before-hand, 事先，预先it does not advance把……向前推

预付款，挑逗，攀比，书的样本，唱片的样片

their felicity/ fɪlɪsɪti, fɪlɪsəti; fəˋlɪsətɪ /幸福，贴切 in the least. They always contrive to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation烦恼，苦恼

in vexation

Erika stamped her foot in vexation. 埃丽卡恼火地跺了跺脚。

令人恼怒的事

; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects 缺陷，背叛of the person with whom you are to pass your life.”

“You make me laugh, Charlotte; but it is not sound. You know it is not sound, and that you would never act in this way yourself.”