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这是个很地道的表达，大家要记住哦！

4. That's actually very perceptive.

这句话我们可以翻译为“理解很深刻呀！”

5. Were Prudie and her mom close?

“普鲁迪和她妈妈关系好吗？”当要问“某人和某人关系亲近与否”时，可以用close这个词。

6. Well, there was tension.

“她们之间关系紧张。”

7. She doesn't die on the page.

“书里的妈妈没有死。”

文化面面观

Northanger Abbey 诺桑觉寺

Northanger Abbey was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed for publication, though she had previously made a start on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. According to Cassandra Austen's Memorandum, Susan (as it was first called) was written about the years 1798-1799.

Northanger Abbey follows Catherine Morland and family friends Mr. and Mrs. Allen as they visit Bath, England. Seventeen year-old Catherine spends her time visiting newly-made friends, such as Isabella Thorpe, and going to balls. Catherine finds herself pursued by Isabella's brother John Thorpe (Catherine's brother James's friend from university), and by Henry Tilney. She also becomes friends with Eleanor Tilney, Henry's younger sister. Mr. Henry Tilney captivates her with his view on novels and his knowledge of history and the world. The Tilneys invite Catherine to visit their father's estate, Northanger Abbey, which, because she has been reading Ann Radcliffe's gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho, Catherine expects to be dark, ancient and full of fantastical mystery.

在小说中，Catherine 喜欢读的一本哥特式小说The Mysteries of Udolpho，是一本真实存在的书。

The Mysteries of Udolpho, by Ann Radcliffe, was published in the summer of 1794 by G. G. and J. Robinson of London in 4 volumes. Her fourth and most popular novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho follows the fortunes of Emily St. Aubert who suffers, among other misadventures, the death of her father, supernatural terrors in a gloomy castle, and the machinations of an Italian brigand. Often cited as the archetypal Gothic novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho plays a prominent role in Jane Austen's novel Northanger Abbey, in which an impressionable young woman, after reading Radcliffe's novel, comes to see her friends and acquaintances as Gothic villains and victims with amusing results.

考考你

将下面的句子译成汉语。

1. I got inspired reading The Mysteries of Udolpho. You know, the book in Northanger Abbey that Catherine's obsessed with reading?

2. Prudie said to ask you. She's supposed to talk or something, about some book?

The Jane Austen book club《奥斯汀书会》精讲之四 考考你 参考答案

1. 他泄露了帮凶。

He gave away his accomplices.

2. 他和一群坏蛋交往密切。

He took up with a bad crowd.

 

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