wh-question: A wh-question fronts where and inverts the verb to ask about place.
But where is Miss Margaret?Sense and Sensibility · 1995 — 第 3 / 27 章 · 4'46" · B2
Edward Ferrars Visits Norland, Explained：by any chance
Edward's first visit to Norland is polite small talk and quiet embarrassments: he praises the stables when his window overlooks the lake, and admits, 'I'm shy of strangers myself.' The chapter also drifts into the Dashwoods' hunt for a cheap cottage and a comic geography lesson, where Edward and Elinor disagree about the Nile.
あらすじ
Edward Ferrars arrives at Norland and is introduced to Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters. He makes gentle small talk, mistakes a lake for stables, and confesses he is shy of strangers. Later the family searches for an affordable cottage on five hundred pounds a year, and Edward shares a comic geography lesson in which he and Elinor both misplace the Nile.
注目の表現
shy of strangersrun wildby any chancemake your acquaintance
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このシーンの表現
by any chance
perhaps, if possible
Edward wants an excuse to talk to Elinor, so he asks, by any chance, for an atlas.
Do you by any chance have a spare pen?
このシーンの他の表現
- shy of strangers
nervous around new people
- run wild
behave with no discipline
- make your acquaintance
meet someone formally
- knocked down
demolished
- make way for
clear space for something new
このシーンのメモ一覧
73 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ
starting to question
I declare, I'm beginning to doubt her existence. She must run wild.cannot be located
Pray forgive us, Mr. Ferrars. My youngest is not to be found.Link shy of into one sound, with of very light.
I'm shy of strangers myself, and I have nothing like her excuse.what do you think of
How do you like your view?face onto
Stables? Edward, your windows overlook the lake.The d in installed slides into in.
but I've rectified the situation and am happily installed in the guest quarters.present simple habit: The present simple pictures a habitual, repeated behaviour.
Miss Margaret spends all her time up trees and under furniture.a single polite word
I've barely had a civil word from Marianne.no justification
That is no excuse.intend to change
I hear you have plans for the walnut grove.take me to see
Mm. That does sound extremely interesting. Would you show me the site?searching for
but I think I may have found what you're looking for.make it bigger
So later, of course, we shall have to enlarge it.get used to
Mattocks will help you adjust to our hours.perhaps, if possible
Edward wants an excuse to talk to Elinor, so he asks, by any chance, for an atlas.
Forgive me. Do you, by any chance, have a reliable atlas?reported clause: The clause after tells me reports what someone said, in statement order.
My sister tells me it is in South America.must mean
Surely not. I think you must be thinking of the Volga.And reduces to n and links into in.
- Vladivostok and in... - Wimbledon.borders it
- It adjoins this property. - Quite so.glad enough to
He ought to be pleased enough to sell.let a rival take it
We have no desire to lose it to somebody else.help from
It's possible we may get some assistance from Mama.「Edward Ferrars Visits Norland」を読み解く
What's really going on
The chapter is a study in manners rather than plot. Edward's charm comes from getting things slightly wrong — praising stables when the view is a lake, then taking the correction with a joke at his own expense: 'I'm shy of strangers myself, and I have nothing like her excuse.' Against him, Fanny supplies the household's cold voice, calling the girls spoiled and brushing off their grief with 'That is no excuse.' What the chapter quietly shows is where Edward belongs. He defends the Dashwoods, joins their search for a cottage, and settles into an easy, teasing exchange with Elinor over an atlas, each pretending the Nile might be anywhere. The geography lesson is really a flirtation, and the household's real warmth is not in the drawing room talk but in that corner of the room.
Theme
ClassThe Dashwoods' reduced income and hunt for a cheap cottage frame every exchange, even the polite small talk.
RomanceEdward's real ease is with Elinor, and their atlas banter reads as courtship disguised as geography.
このチャプターで学べること
- Edward's shyness shows in what he notices first: stables, not a view.
- A map joke lets two stiff strangers relax together.
- Fanny measures grief by manners, not mourning.
- Politeness here hides a whole inheritance battle.
発音のポイント
- shy of — Link shy of into one sound, with of very light.
- installed in — The d in installed slides into in.
- and in — And reduces to n and links into in.
I'm shy of strangers myself, and I have nothing like her excuse.Edward's self-deprecating joke, putting himself on Margaret's side instead of judging her shyness.
Their lives will never be the same again.His gentle defense of the sisters after their father's death, spoken against Fanny's complaint that they are spoiled.
Miss Margaret spends all her time up trees and under furniture.Fanny's vivid complaint about the youngest sister, which defines her by wildness rather than grief.
I've never liked the smell of books.Edward's offhand remark in the library, another small confession that makes him human rather than impressive.
My sister tells me it is in South America.Edward's joke that launches the geography game, pretending to trust bad information so the mistake can be shared.
The source of the Nile is in Abyssinia.Margaret's correcting line, which ends the adults' banter by quietly supplying the true fact.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Edward praise the stables?
He is looking out of the wrong window. He thinks he is admiring the view, but the window overlooks the lake, so his compliment lands on the stables instead.
How does Edward defend the Dashwood sisters?
When Fanny calls them spoiled and rude, he points out that they have just lost their father and that their lives will never be the same again.
Why does the family need a cheaper house?
After Mr. Dashwood's death they have only five hundred pounds a year, so they must leave Norland and look for somewhere affordable to live.
What is going on in the atlas scene?
Edward and Elinor each pretend to be hopeless at geography, joking that the Nile is in Belgium or that it is the Volga, until Margaret gives the correct answer.
Where does Margaret say the Nile begins?
She says the source of the Nile is in Abyssinia, correcting both Edward's and Elinor's deliberately wrong guesses.
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第 1 章discharge my promiseJohn Dashwood's Deathbed Promise
第 2 章not to be borneThe Dashwoods Lose Norland
再生中 · 第 3 章by any chanceEdward Ferrars Visits Norland
第 4 章do me the honourEdward and Elinor Talk of Their Futures
第 5 章formed an attachmentMarianne and Elinor Debate Love
第 6 章eligible bachelorMrs. Jennings Teases Marianne at Dinner
第 7 章on what groundsMrs. Jennings Tells Brandon's Story
第 8 章at death's doorMarianne Falls in the Rain
第 9 章set your cap atWilloughby Rescues Marianne
第 10 章crawling withWilloughby Visits Barton Cottage
第 11 章set something at naughtBrandon Invites Them to Delaford
第 12 章swallow one's bonnetColonel Brandon Leaves the Picnic
第 13 章force a confidenceWilloughby's Abrupt Farewell
第 14 章the whip handLucy Tells Elinor Her Secret
第 15 章brook no refusalLucy Reveals Her Secret Engagement
第 16 章once and for allBrandon Asks About Willoughby
第 17 章set her heart at restMrs. Jennings Presents Robert Ferrars
第 18 章confide inWilloughby Snubs Marianne at the Ball
第 19 章engaged elsewhereWilloughby's Letter to Marianne
第 20 章imagine the worstBrandon Confesses His Past to Elinor
第 21 章take a fancy toBrandon Tells Elinor the Truth
第 22 章take my leaveEdward Calls on the Dashwood Sisters
第 23 章break one's wordElinor's Secret Finally Comes Out
第 24 章only too delightedBrandon Offers Edward a Living
第 25 章stroke of luckMarianne Walks Out Before the Storm
第 26 章does it follow thatMarianne Revisits Where She Fell
第 27 章not a wordA Visitor Arrives at Barton Cottage第 3 / 27 章 · 残り約 79 分