外文赏读 | Pride And Prejudice（领读者：高若静）

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

However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.

“My dear Mr. Bennet,” said his lady to him one day, “have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?”

Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.

“But it is,” returned she; “for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it.”

Mr. Bennet made no answer.

“Do not you want to know who has taken it?” cried his wife impatiently.

“You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.”

有钱的单身汉总要娶位太太，这是一条举世公认的真理。这条真理还真够深入人心的，每逢这样的单身汉新搬到一个地方，四邻八舍的人家尽管对他的性情见识一无所知，却把他视为自己某一个女儿的合法财产。

“亲爱的贝内特先生，”一天，贝内特太太对丈夫说道，“你有没有听说内瑟菲尔德庄园终于租出去了？”

贝内特先生回答道，没有听说。

“的确租出去了，”太太说道。“朗太太刚刚来过，她把这事一五一十地全告诉我了。”

贝内特先生没有答话。

“难道你不想知道是谁租去的吗？”太太不耐烦地嚷道。

“既然你想告诉我，我听听也无妨。”

《傲慢与偏见》，（英）简·奥斯汀著，孙致礼译，译林出版社，1990

姓名：高若静

院系：外国语言文学学院2021级本科生

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