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這是個很地道的表達，大家要記住哦！

4. That's actually very perceptive.

這句話我們可以翻譯為“理解很深刻呀！”

5. Were Prudie and her mom close?

“普魯迪和她媽媽關系好嗎？”當要問“某人和某人關系親近與否”時，可以用close這個詞。

6. Well, there was tension.

“她們之間關系緊張?！?/p>

7. She doesn't die on the page.

“書里的媽媽沒有死。”

文化面面觀

Northanger Abbey 諾桑覺寺

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.

在小說中，Catherine 喜歡讀的一本哥特式小說The Mysteries of Udolpho，是一本真實存在的書。

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

將下面的句子譯成漢語。

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《奧斯汀書會》精講之四 考考你 參考答案

1. 他泄露了幫兇。

He gave away his accomplices.

2. 他和一群壞蛋交往密切。

He took up with a bad crowd.

 

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