VOLUME 1 --Part 4

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" Don't keep coughing so, Kitty, for heaven's sake! Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces."
不要老是咳嗽个不停， Kitty，看在上帝的份上，稍微体谅先我的神经吧，你咳得把它撕裂了。

for heaven's sake!; compassion on; pieces; tear; 

"Kitty has no discretion in her coughs," said her father;"she times them ill."
“Kitty 真不识趣，”，父亲说道，“咳嗽也不拣个时候。”

discretion;

"I do not cough for my own amusement," replied Kitty fretfully.
“我又不是自己咳着玩的。” Kitty 气冲冲的答道。

amusement; fretfully;

"When is your next ball to be,Lizzy?"
“你们下次一定去舞会是什么时候，Lizzy?”
"Tomorrow fortnight"
从明天算起，两周后
"Aye,so it is," cried her mother,"and Mrs.Long does not come back till the day before; so, it will be impossible for her to introduce him,for she will not know him herself.;
“啊，原来如此，”母亲嚷道，“Long 太太 到舞会的前一天才会回来，所以她就不可能向你介绍 Bingley 先生了，因为她自己都没有认识他。”
"Then,my dear, you may have the advantage of your friend, and introduce Mr.Bingley to her."
然后，亲爱的，你就可以用你朋友的优势，介绍 Bingley 先生给她。
"Impossible,Mr.Bennet,impossible,when I am not acquainted with him myself;how can you be so teasing?"
办不到，Bennet 先生， 办不到，我自己还不认识他呢，你怎么如此的戏弄人

acquainted; tease; how can you be so teasing；

"I honour your circumspection. A fortnight's acquaintance is certainly very little. One cannot know what a man really is by the end of a fornight. But if we do not venture, somebody else will; and after all, Mrs Long and her nieces must stand their chance;and therefore, as she will think it an act of kindness,if you decline the office, I will take it on myself."
我佩服你的谨慎，结识两周当然微不足道，你不可能在两周里了解一个人。 但如果我们不抢先一步，别人就不客气了，不管怎么说，Long 太太和她的侄女们一定会抓住机会去结识 Bingley 先生的，因此，如果你不愿意做，那就我来做好了，

The girls stared at their father. Mrs.Bennet said only,"Nonsense,nonsense!"
姑娘们瞪大着眼看着父亲。Bennet 太太只说了声：“无聊，无聊！”

"What can be the meaning of that emphatic exclamation?" cried he."Do you consider the forms of introduction, and the stress that is laid on them, as nonsense? I cannot quite agree with you there. What say you,Mary?for you are a young lady of deep reflection I know, and read great books, and make extracts."
Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how.
"While Mary is adjusting her ideas," he continued,"let us return to Mr.Bingley."
"I am sick of Mr.Bingley," cried his wife.
"I am sorry to hear that; but why did not you tell me so before? If I had known as much this morning, I certainly would not have called on him. It is very unlucky; but as I have actually paid the visit, we cannot escape the acquaintance now. "
The astonishment of the ladies was just what he wished; that of Mrs.Bennet perhaps surpassing the rest; though when the first tumult of joy was over, she began to declare that it was what she had expected all the while.